Exploring the enormous upheaval caused by the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, this vivid new history draws on long-forgotten material from the recesses of one of the world’
A highly personal account of India's time of subjugation to the British Empire, from the beginnings of the East India Company in the 17th century to February 1948 when the last British soldiers left.
Visible on a clear day off the west coast of Ireland, the Skellig Islands, a cluster of cruel rocks, rise spectacularly from the Atlantic Ocean. A sanctuary to birds and seals today, for over six hund
Exploring the enormous upheaval caused by the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, this vivid new history draws on long-forgotten material from the recesses of one of the world
Ground-breaking history of how King Henry VIII created England's navyIt was Henry VIII who began the process of making England a first-rate sea-power. He inherited no more than seven warships from Hen
In 1932, Kempka, son of a German miner, became Hitler's personal chauffeur; he served Hitler up until the moment of the Fuhrer's suicide in 1945. In this memoir first published in 1951, Kempka portray
