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Preparing Tudor Kings and Princes to Rule
Explores the lives of those who shaped Tudor princes and princesses, from devoted servants to tragic figures in the monarchy's shadow.The men and women who found themselves …
From Sapper to Spitfire Spy
David Greville-Heygate was one of the few men who served in both the army and the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but it was in the sky that he really earned his …
The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187–75 BC
The concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions …
Life in the Victorian Kitchen
Have you ever wondered what life was like for domestic servants, the etiquette involved during upper class banquets, or simply wished for a glimpse of day-to-day life in the …
Mental Health in Late Medieval England
In 1495, William, Viscount Beaumont, was declared unfit to take care of himself and given into the care of a guardian, due to unspecified mental health problems. Notably, his …
Gun and the Pen
Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Faulkner stand as the American voice of the Great War. But was it warfare that drove them to write? Not according to Keith …
Age of Firepower
An immersive account of 17th-century warfare during the Thirty Years War.A graphic study of military and military revolution in the pivotal 17th century in the context of the …
Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France
At 21:00 on 9 May 1940 Codeword Danzig was issued alerting Adolf Hitler's airborne troops that they were about to spearhead an attack on Belgium and the Netherlands. The following …
Norwich in the Great War
On the eve of the Great War, Norwich was very much a city on the rise – an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It was certainly not, however, without its problems, not least the …
Great Battles of the Classical Greek World
This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy …
America's Unending Civil War
Explores the Civil War's related and enduring conflicts of ideas and principles through four centuries of a nation's history.The Civil War fascinates Americans like no other war in …
Churchill's Enemies, 1927- 1940
A revealing account of how Churchill's early battles with fascism and extremism shaped modern geopolitics.“Remarkably ambitious in scope, Harte manages to knit together a social …