Exploring the historical links between Birmingham and the nations it is poised to host in the 2022 Commonwealth Games
The gripping account of two momentous battles fought in the same location - 129 years apart
In Victorian England, police forces were granted powers to force any woman they suspected of being a 'common prostitute' to undergo compulsory and invasive medical examinations, while women who refused to submit willingly - some as young as 13 - could be arrested and incarcerated.
The fascinating untold stories of three women from England's most famous family.
Over 200 old photographs depicting Loftus, Carlin How, Easington, Skinningrove and Liverton Mines.
A glorious full colour celebration of the golden days of classic jetliners at London's second airport
A sumptuous guide to the art of Henry VIII - and what his collection of paintings and artworks reveal about the man and his reign
From Tuscany to Rome and to the modern-day streets of Hamburg and the government ministries of Bonn, The Olive Trees Screamed Murder tells the comprehensive story of the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema, and the 75-year international failure to bring the killers to justice.
Paperback edition of the first biography of Doris Delevingne, influential inter-war temptress and lover of Churchill and Beaton, amongst many others
A long-overdue full-length biography of one of England's timeless greats
Discover the real personality behind the multi-million-dollar Netflix blockbuster Outlaw King
Its centrepiece - war service as one of only two women SOE agents parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium - is just one episode in an extraordinary real-life drama of highs and lows, love, loss and betrayal.
A collection of tales and folklore centred on the flora and fauna of the Irish hedgerow. These are atmospheric stories, interweaving fact and fiction, written by a professional storyteller.
By combining the results of archaeological excavation carried out over the last thirty years with important discoveries in previous centuries, Alison Taylor is able to piece together the history of Cambridge through prehistoric, Roman,Anglo-Saxon and medieval times, and then the expansion of the university in later centuries.
The Diary of Ralph Tanner, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Showcasing photographs and illustrations from a variety of collectors' archives, The Unseen Mauretania 1907 reveals the Cunard company's most luxurious ocean liner of the early twentieth century as you have never known her before.
Independent Wales was defined in the centuries after the Romans withdrew from Britain in AD 410. The wars of Welsh independence encompassed centuries of raids, expeditions, battles and sieges, but they were more than a series of military encounters: they were a political process.
Honour restored
This book the story of the hunt for Athelstan's greatest battlefield and sets the whole era in the context of politics, religion and Viking attacks of the age.
The Supermarine Spitfire is probably the most famous fighter aircraft of all time, with a distinctive shape and sound that mark it out from most other aircraft of the World War II period. Alfred Price employs first-hand accounts to evoke a series of snapshots of this legendary aircraft in combat.
A complete historical chronicle of living afloat on Britain's waterways
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