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The Auxiliary Territorial Service was formed in 1938 as Britain faced the threat of war. This is the..

The story of Pamela Jackson, nee Mitford, is a fascinating one. As the only Mitford sister who did n..

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For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human..

Oxfordshire Murders brings together twenty-five murderous tales, some of which were little known out..

An irreverent, vibrant, satirical, and largely untrue history of Ireland. Irish history started whe..

The development of forensic pathology in Britain is told here through the lives of five outstanding ..

No one has had the same impact on the literary world as Agatha Christie: she is the world's bestsell..

This is a history of the four-year period from 1959 to 1963 when Raf bomber command operated 60 Thor..

With a new royal baby we witness fundamental changes in the succession laws, but then rules governin..

This fascinating book looks at a typical day in a big house, the relationship between the master and..

In the heart of south-central Africa there are remains of monuments, ruined cities, temples, forts, ..

From St Augustine in the sixth century to Rowan Williams in the twenty-first, the archbishops of Can..