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Fighting Men of the North
The North East of England has been witness to some of the finest fighting men in the world. Featured here are 22 of the greatest, over the past 100 years, with full biographies and …
Madmen
What was it like to be insane in the Georgian England of Mary Wollstonecraft and Coleridge (himself afflicted with madness?) How were our eighteenth-century ancestors confined and …
The Rorke's Drift Men
Through the night of 22/23 January 1879, a small garrison of British soldiers behind a makeshift barricade of bags and boxes successfully defended the storehouse and field hospital …
All the Kaiser's Men
Convinced that both God and the Kaiser were on their side, the officers and men of the German Army went to war in 1914, confident that they were destined for a swift and crushing …
Men Behind the Medals
Of the many characteristics that emerge in warfare, none generates more admiration than gallantry. Using medal groups chosen for their unique combinations of gallantry and campaign …
Allez les Irlandais: Irishmen in the Tour de France
Gentlemen Gardeners
The English love affair with the landscape garden reached its height in the eighteenth century, when the creation of some of our greatest gardens set a stylistic lead which …
Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Pirates and Highwaymen
One hundred and eighty-five years ago, the Terrific Register thrilled its readers with tales of Turkish princes and wicked thieves, black-hearted murderers, wicked massacres and …
Essex Airmen 1910-1918
This book creates a record of the Essex men who joined up with the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Naval Air Service.