Walney Island, which lies just off the Furness Peninsula in south-west Cumbria, is just?eleven miles long and?five miles square. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the island was only sparsely populated
Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this exceptionally researched book offers an insight into spying in
Ex-stewardess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt has lovingly compiled many hundreds of memories to present the ultimate history of the British Airways air hostess.?Collating a multitude of stories from the 1940s
616 Squadron was, in November 1938, one of the last of the RAF’s auxiliary squadrons to be formed, being based at RAF Finningley. Designated a fighter unit, its Spitfires flew with distinction over Du
As many as 250,000 underage boys found themselves fighting in World War I, and over half would never return home. This is their story, delving into the complex history of Britain's youngest Great War
The Picts, the most powerful nation in northern Britain for some 500 years, mysteriously disappeared from contemporary records in the ninth century. All that remains of the language they spoke are a f
Based on archival sources that have not previously appeared in print, this?history of the Wars of the Roses is told?from the perspective of the women behind some of the key participants as the conflic
The first major biography of Edward the Confessor for almost 40 years, written by a critically acclaimed historian, presents a very different interpretation of Edward's personality—not the holy
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. During his brief stay, he crossed paths with six medical men, all of
Soldiers of the Queen tells the story of Victoria's colonial campaigns through the letters and diaries of those who served. As such it is the closest one can get to an 'oral history' of this fascinati
By the time of its introduction into front-line service in July 1944 many Germans thought the ME 262 was capable of turning the tide of the Second World War. Accelerating to speeds well over 500mph, i
This is the story of Britain's most illustrious warship, immortalized as Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar. Constructed from the wood of over 6,000 trees, HMS Victory was desig
At the time of her construction in the late 1920s, His Majesty's Airship R101 was the largest flying object ever made?as big and luxurious as an ocean liner, a Titanic of the skies designed to link th
Margot Turner's tale of survival is so unusual and dramatic that it inspired the 1980s television series Tenko. The cargo ship on which she was evacuated from Singapore in 1942 was shelled, leaving he
Rex Conway's first book, Rex Conway's Steam Album, was a wonderful miscellany of images that introduced a remarkable archive of railway photographs. This book takes the reader on a steam-hauled journe
From goddesses and witches to modern-day doctors?an entertaining history of women healers featuring an A?Z of remedies The woman healer is as old as history?for millennia she has been doctor, nurse, a
The forgotten century of English?voyages to the?Americas, 1518?1618?In the popular imagination, English colonization in the Americas began with the founding of Jamestown in Virginia in 1607. But the f
Some of the funniest and most bizarre news stories printed between 1750 and 1830 Erotic misdemeanors in an Irish bean-field, the recipe for a frog barometer fresh from the French court, a parrot convi
Examining the development of the airship, this detailed history?ranges from the pre-World War I dirigibles up to date. Covering the airship in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S., author John
The Spanish Inquisition is now a byword for violence and religious intolerance. In 1478, at the instigation of the Catholic Ferdinand and Isabella, Torquemada led the Inquisition to root out heresy. T
