The Unknown Soldier
The story of the missing of the great war
Of all the million British dead of the First World War, only one – The Unknown Soldier – was ever returned to his native land. … Read More
Of all the million British dead of the First World War, only one – The Unknown Soldier – was ever returned to his native land. … Read More
‘Continual, destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague between decks, hell in the forecastle and the devil at the helm.’ It is … Read More
A fire needs only three things: a spark to ignite it and fuel and oxygen to feed it. Since the autumn of 1665, a ten … Read More
On 5 July 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from Southampton bound for Sydney. Halfway through their voyage, Captain Tom Dudley and his crew of … Read More
July, 1918. Holzminden was the most heavily guarded and escape-proof POW camp in the world. Surrounded by steel palisades and barbed wire fences, and patrolled … Read More
First Blitz tells an extraordinary story, and one which I knew nothing about until I began to research it. I had, of course, heard of … Read More
The true story of one of the most notorious and enigmatic figures of the gangster era, whose 2000-strong “army” of thugs, thieves and prostitutes, in … Read More
Priestley’s Wars traces the personal odyssey of one of our greatest and best-loved literary figures. JB Priestley, a man whose life virtually spanned the 20th … Read More
Some places announce themselves by a distinctive smell in the air, long before the town or city itself is reached: the hoppy aroma of brewing … Read More
“The man who has done it all… Outstanding, inspiring and beautifully told, no true tale of the sea makes better reading” Clive Cussler Goldfinder – … Read More
Post-war Britain was a grey, drab place where work was hard and poorly paid, slums, smogs, smoke-blackened buildings and bomb-sites still scarred the landscape and … Read More
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To order a signed copy – also personalised with your name, if you wish – for the special price of £8.00, post free (retail price £8.99), call … Read More