Author: Nigel Cawthorne

Did you know that: It's against the law to check into a hotel in London under assumed names for the purpose of lovemaking? Under a statute of Edwar...

This title tells the story of an iconic aircraft from World War II, that is illustrated with over 250 colour and black and white photographs. It ta...

Did you know that a child can be cured of the whooping cough by passing it under the belly of a donkey?The history of medicine in Britain is filled...

In the current conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, Britain's Special Forces are on the front line. These heroes are so respected that they are even c...

The Disturbing Inside Story of Women Who Are Driven to Kill Killer Women are the most disturbing yet compelling of all criminals, representing the ...

A study of the sex killer Chris Halliwell who, having been arrested in 2011 for one murder, led police to the scene of a second. But the senior pol...

On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport bound for Beijing. Less than an hour after take-off,...

World War I was a slaughter on an unprecedented scale. Nevertheless there was no shortage of young men willing to sacrifice themselves for their co...

Throughout history the English have been a warlike lot. Often we fight among ourselves - there have been a good few civil wars - and when we were n...

Benjamin Patrick Newton''s translation of Cicero''s On Duties is the most complete edition of a text that has been considered a source of moral aut...

A comprehensive guide to P. G. Wodehouse's two best-loved comic characters, Bertram Wilbeforce Wooster and his valet ('Reggie') Jeeves, Bertie's fr...