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David Stirling: The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS
Author: Gavin Mortimer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Aristocrat, gambler, innovator and special forces legend, the life of David Stirling should need no retelling. His formation of the Special...
The Great British Speeches
Author: Simon Heffer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title...
Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
Author: Alistair Moffat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. While Scotland's...
This Dark Business: The Secret War Against Napoleon
Author: Tim Clayton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a campaign of black propaganda of...
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown
Author: Katie Nicholl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire...
This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe
Author: Robert Tombs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 One of Brexit's leading intellectual advocates examines the referendum vote in the context of history Geography comes before history. Islands cannot...
SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour.
Author: Damien Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio 'A convincing insight into the terror and adrenaline rush of war'...
The Winter Rose: The heartwarming festive novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Author: Katie Flynn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Can love weather any storm? The festive follow-up to the Sunday Times bestseller The Rose Queen, from beloved historical romance author...
Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades
Author: Caitlin Davies Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been...
The Red Hotel: The Untold Story of Stalin's Disinformation War
Author: Alan Philps Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 'A riveting trip down the corridors of Soviet deception' Sunday Telegraph (Five-Star Review) 'Philps' book vindicates the value of truth' Washington...
Treasures of British History: The Nation's Story Told Through Its 50 Most Important Documents
Author: Dan Snow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Told by two of our most celebrated historians, this is a spirited journey of discovery of our nation's history seen through...
Hardcover History Treasure Trove
Hardcover History Treasure Trove Explore pivotal moments and gripping narratives from history in this exceptional collection of historical hardcover books. Each volume offers insights into extraordinary events, influential figures, and...
Blood and Oil in the Orient
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What If?: A Collection of Political Counterfactuals
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Terracotta Warriors: History, Mystery and the Latest Discoveries
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Mandy: Unauthorised Biography of Peter Mandelson
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Robin Cook
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Freedom's Sword: Scotland's Wars of Independence
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Isaiah Berlin
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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Author: Cody KeenanFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 265g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up...
Paris Requiem: From the Winner of the HWA Gold Crown for Best Historical Fiction
Author: Chris LloydFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 300g, 416 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023'In Detective Eddie Giral, Chris Lloyd has created a flawed hero not just for occupied...
You Can't Say That: Memoirs
Author: Ken LivingstoneFormat: Paperback, 126mm x 196mm, 563g, 720 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2012A frank, gripping, moving - and controversial - autobiography from one of the most idiosyncratic...
Common People: The History of An English Family
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Military Atlas of World War II
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Chronicle of Clifton and Hotwells
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The Legend Of Napoleon
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The Great Man
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The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation
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Whispering City: Rome and Its Histories
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Fact or Fission?: the truth about Australia's nuclear ambitions
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A Brief History of Henry VIII: King, Reformer and Tyrant
Author: Mr Derek Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completely than any monarch since the Conquest. In the portraits of...
Tobruk: Birth of a legend
Author: Frank Harrison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in...
From Spitfires to Vampires and Beyond: A Kiwi Ace's RAF Journey
Author: Owen Hardy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 World War Two Spitfire pilot Owen Hardy was probably the last New Zealand ace to tell his story. He left home...
Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet
Author: Charlotte Bailey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin...
Turkey Rediscovered: A Land between Tradition and Modernity
Author: Klaus Reichert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 120 This book, available for the first time in English, is an exhilarating journey through Turkey's history and a perceptive look at...
His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill
Author: Christopher Catherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man'...
The Gurkhas
Author: Chris Bellamy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 The Gurkhas have fought on behalf of Britain and India for nearly two hundred years. As brave as they are resilient,...
Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39
Author: Florian Illies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Strikingly original, utterly absorbing' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third ReichA Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'1930s Europe...
Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland
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Author: Rob Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the British Army's most clandestine...
Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced
Author: Hugh Cecil Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 938 'Facing Armageddon' is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real...
O Sing unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music
Author: Andrew Gant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music...
Men at War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945
Author: Luke Turner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 As the Second World War moves beyond living memory and its last veterans leave us, we are in danger of losing...
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
Author: Al Murray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and...
Among You Taking Notes...
Author: Naomi Mitchison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'As in a good novel, the people, their feelings and reactions are instantly recognisable and as fresh and immediate today as...
The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951
Author: Lord John Julius Norwich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This...
Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm's Top Gun
Author: Nathan Gray Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL 'A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITE On 5 December 2002, trainee...
Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy
Author: Tessa Dunlop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail 'A fresh and original approach' - Hugo Vickers, Royal...
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Author: Anne Sebba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century. Historian...