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

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

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

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

Helmut and Charlotte Jacobitz were born in Berlin during the mid-1920s. They experienced depression ..

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

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..

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..

From its beginnings during World War I, the role of the dedicated night fighter aircraft and its pil..

This book is more than a biography of kings and queens; it is an encyclopaedic work on every aspect ..

Beyond the Legend is the authorised biography of William (Bill) Speakman VC. It covers the whole of ..

Still recruited from the Pathan tribes that live in the no-man's land between Pakistan and Afghanist..

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