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Sam Moorhead; David Stuttard The Goths' sack of Rome in AD 410 was an event which shook the Roman world to its core. This book uncovers the key factors that contributed to Alaric the... | Sue Harrington; Stuart Brookes The Kingdom and People of Kent |
Max Hastings Max Hastings' classic account of the famous D-Day landings | Norman Stone An account of the Russian Front in the First World War. It dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic... |
James Holland The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War. From clashes between coastal convoys and Schnellboote in the Channel to astonishing last... | Amanda Foreman Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. |
Robert K. Massie Features the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bulow; Britain's greatest 20th-century Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric... | Frances Wood; Mark Barnard Focusing on the Diamond Sutra, this title describes the discovery of the Sutra by Sir Aurel Stein in May 1907 in a hidden cave on the edge of the Gobi... |
Carmen Callil Tells the story of one of history's despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy... | Michael Prestwich Tells you things you need to know about the ups and downs of knightly life in the Middle Ages, from how to look your best on the battlefield to the... |
Stuart Reid 'Stuart Reid tells a great tale, deeply researched and full of fascinating characters.' Tim Newark, author of Highlander Wellington's Highland Warriors covers the ... | Adrian Keith Goldsworthy The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen. |
Prit Buttar In September 1944 the Soviet Army poured into German territory, flooding the martial heartland of the Reich, Prussia. Hopelessly outnumbered by the human wave of the Red Army, the Wehrmacht... | Max Arthur After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler's inevitable invasion attempt. This title presents... |
Michael Reynolds Reynolds provides unique insight into the experiences of 1st SS Panzer Corps, one of only two units in the German Army which had borne Hitler's name, during its fight against... | Colin Smith The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death for thousands of allied men and women. With material... |