Overview :Although the answer appears obvious, there is far more to the sinking of the Titanic than is popularly understood. On 10 April 1912 Titanic ... Read More
Overview :Now in paperback - A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst ... Read More
Overview :The Crusades continue to exert a fascination in the West as a story of perceived gallantry and battles against impossible odds. Yet what is ... Read More
Overview :In the early middle ages the Christian presence in the Middle East took a series of blows from often superior Muslim forces, only for a fres... Read More
Overview :While Richard I is one of medieval England's most famous kings he is also the most controversial. This reassessment looks at his deeds and a... Read More
Overview :The Viking Conquest of England in 1016 saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut and his equally ruthless English opponent King Edmund ... Read More
Overview :In recent times, globalisation has made the world more interdependent than ever before. W. B. Bartlett's masterly new history of the world n... Read More
Overview :Bartlett goes beyond Rorke's Drift to tell the largely forgotten story of how the Anglo-Zulu war was really won and lost. While the Anglo-Z... Read More
Overview :In 878, Alfred king of Wessex was on the verge of oblivion. Trapped on a small island in the Somerset Levels, it seemed as if he and his kin... Read More
Overview :Henry V, King of England and claimant to the throne of France, looked out across the field of Agincourt, the site of a remarkable victory, b... Read More