Author: W. B. Bartlett

The year 1066: a battlefield in England, a mighty king lies prone on the ground, his lifeblood ebbing out of him. As he draws his last breath, the ...

The year 1066: a battlefield in England, a mighty king lies prone on the ground, his lifeblood ebbing out of him. As he draws his last breath, the ...

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 kingdom w...

While the Anglo-Zulu War is now best remembered for two battles, the stunning British defeat at Isandlwana and the victory against the odds at Rork...

A major new history of the disaster that weaves into the narrative the first-hand accounts of those who survived. It was twenty minutes to midnight...

It was not long before midnight on 17 May 1943 when the inhabitants of Gunne, the German village close to the Mohne Dam, heard the airraid warnings...

In recent times, globalisation has made the world more interdependent than ever before. W. B. Bartletts masterly new history of the world narrates ...

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 fresh wave ...

The Zulu War grabs attention in a way that no other of Queen Victoria's Little Wars does. It is a story rich in the extremes of human experience: g...

It was not long before midnight on 17 May 1943 when the inhabitants of Günne, the German village close to the Möhne Dam, heard the air-raid warning...

Whilst Richard I is one of medieval Englands most famous kings he is also the most controversial. He has variously been considered a great warrior ...

The Viking Conquest of England in 1016 a far tougher and more brutal campaign than the Norman Conquest exactly half a century later saw two great...

Downfall of the Crusader Kingdom tells the story of the reason for Richard the Lionhearts infamous Third Crusade, culminating in the disastrous bat...

British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Dive ...

British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Go ri...