Author: Stuart Laycock

Did you know? The first African community to arrive in England was stationed at Aballava on Hadrian's Wall to keep out the Picts. Admiral Robert Fi...

Pickup an old stamp album and flick through it. Youll find a host of exotic and unfamiliar names: Cyrenaica, Fernando Poo, Fiume, North Ingria, Obo...

'Delighted to learn from this very enjoyable new book that the first ever game of football played in Austria was won by the Vienna Cricket Club.' -...

Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, weve invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. Thats not far off a massive, ja...

Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign ga...

Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign ga...

Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign ga...

The Roman Empire has been a source of fascination to political thinkers, the obsession of some of the greatest historians, and has influenced art d...

Many Britons like to think they have a basic understanding of Britains amazing history. The Roman invasion, Alfred and the Danes, 1066, Magna Carta...

Since its creation, the United States seems to have pushed the accelerator in the invasion category. This book sets out to find the facts. How many...

Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, weve invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. Thats not far off a massive, ja...