History

Cannon to the left of them; cannon to the right of them The legend of an extraordinary defeat brought vividly to life The cavalry charge of the Light Brigade in...

The prowess of the German panzers is the stuff of legend, but it is not generally known that Hitler stole thousands of British, Czech, French, Italian, Polish, and Soviet tanks...

the first-ever collection of David Day's groundbreaking World War II histories tHE GREAt BEtRAYAL and RELUCtANt NAtION. the fall of Singapore in February 1942 confronted Australia with its worst nightmare...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * "A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill's statement that the first month of World War I...

The First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank. In Tank Men , ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings...

This book is not only a complete history of the Zulus but also an account of the way the British won absolute rule in South Africa. In the early decades...

Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the Black Death of 1348 and the Great Plague of London in 1665, and for...

Secondhand History & Politics Bargain Book Box SP4194 Twenty-one Penguin Specials, Pelican Books, and Penguin Classics from the 1960s and early 1970s — a remarkable collection of political and historical...

Based on huge research and scores of interviews, this book offers an unforgettable and richly illustrated narrative of the military action that took place in Moscow during 1941; telling portraits...

From the bestselling author of The Templars . 'Voyages, battles, sieges and slaughter: Dan Jones's tumultuous and thrilling history of the crusades is one of the best' SUNDAY TIMES ....

5 August 2005. While conducting a secret mission thirty miles off the remote cost of Kamchatka, the Russian Navy submarine AS-28 became snared in the thick cables anchored to 60-tonne...

Like the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of the Frontiers has often been ignored by military historians, who assumed that the French lost the first battles of the World War...

Following the acclaimed Frontiers, Noel Mostert?s new book chronicles the first true 'world war?. This was to be the longest, hardest and cruellest war ever fought at sea - on...

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?...

They died in their millions, shattered by German shells and tanks, freezing behind the wire of prison camps, driven forward in suicidal charges by the secret police. Yet in all...

The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain...

A blend of military history and memories, this text represents the fruits of 20 years of research. It is a chronicle of World War I, told from the viewpoint of...

In these murky tales of grisly ingenuity and quick-witted opportunism, The Wreckers opens a beguiling vista of life at the rough edges of our land and legality.

The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. The sinking...

The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to...

This volume tells of the difficult birth of a whole new weapon. From the schemes and plans of the mid-19th century to the introduction of the first tanks into service...

Taking six of the most popular historical periods, this book shows how re-enactors and other historical enthusiasts can recreate the uniforms equipment and lifestyle of past warriors and their comrades....

"Chariots of Fire" brings to life the experiences of tank crews both past and present, and the many unusual and dramatic photographs of men and machines convey a vivid impression...

While many books have been published on Waterloo, none have rivalled this in either scale or authority. The text, based on Adkin's fastidious research, including many days spent on the...

We still need tanks any time it's necessary to invade an enemy, not just punish him. The major fighting vehicles of the world are on display in this photographic parade...

According to Shinto belief, the human body in Japan is part of nature and must be in harmony with the wider world. This is a cultural history of the human...

The personal and the political collide in this masterful account of the death of a dictator. When Joseph Stalin died in 1953, he had been the unchallenged leader of the...

This beautifully illustrated book is a moving pictorial record of World War I as experienced by the Anzacs, the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Over 500...

Benedetta Craveri describes the world of women and French salons in the 17th and 18th centuries. Salons brought together not only intellectuals (Voltaire was a frequent and much-sought-after guest) and...

This title is designed to be the standard reference on Allied soldiers in World War II. It covers troops from the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and more; and includes...

Pepys's diary has made him a literary celebrity. In his own time he was known as the chief naval official under Charles II and James II and this aspect of...

Over 150 years after publication, still one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of the human costs of capitalism Written when Engels was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular...

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys? The eel. Beginning life in the Sargasso Sea, the eel travels...

Founded in 1888, James Hardie Industries is one of Australia's oldest, richest and proudest corporations. And its fortunes were based on what proved to be one of the worst industrial...

'Exchanging nervous glances, Dickson turned to Grierson. Go backstage and make sure they don't kill each other, he said.' In the 1990s, a generation of independent-minded Australian musicians found themselves...

From the cooking methods of Ulysses to Victorian nursery fare, from Biblical food facts to modern food fads, Alice Thomas Ellis takes delight in all things gastronomical, and generously seasons...

What difference do individuals make to history? Are we all swept up in the great forces like industrialisation or globalisation, or is the world we inhabit shaped just as much...

Settlements of the Doomed is part of the Pocket History series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of twelve books that each open a window onto...

A hugely entertaining exploration of Ireland's historical sites with a dark side. Fizzing with curiosity and humour and revealing fascinating and unearthed stories from our past The Darkness Echoing will...

**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** For the mothers of the disappeared in 1970s Argentina, protest was difficult. Every Thursday they marched in front of government buildings...

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Allegedly a curse to those that own it, the Hope Diamond - a flawless blue diamond of over forty-five carats - has inspired centuries of legends and lies, fabulous superstition...

Using the example of great modern leaders - Lincoln, Clemenceau, Churchill and Ben Gurion - all of whom were without military experience, Supreme Command argues that, in fact, civilian statesman...

Nine hundred years ago Pope Urban II initiated one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history by stating that, in spite of the apparently pacifist message of the New...

Banned takes us on an unexpurgated journey through the ebb and flow of Australian obscenity. throughout the last century and a half, society in general reacted against what it deemed...

One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed...

The book titled The Fighting First: Combat Operations in Vietnam 1968-69, the First by the author Lex McAulay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...