Biography: Historical, Political & Military

In 1728, in the wake of his fathers death, the twelve-year-old heir to five aristocratic titles and the scion of Irelands mighty house of Annesley ...

Jane Whorwood (1612 - 1684) was one of Charles I's closest confidantes. The daughter of Scots courtiers at Whitehall and the wife of an Oxfordshire...

This is the autobiography of Reginald Levy, a British pilot who reached a total of 25,090 flying hours in over forty years of civil, military and c...

The President who freed the slaves and held the Union together in the face of the slaveholding Souths bid to create a separate Confederacy. The tel...

For nearly 700 years debate has raged over the true nature of William Wallace and his role in Scotlands turbulent history. Was he the Braveheart of...

In 1836, Charles Henry Harrod found himself in a prison hulk awaiting transportation to Tasmania for seven years'' hard labour. He had been convict...

Mary Allen, once a window-smashing suffragette, went on to become a pioneer policewoman, helping create Britains first female police force. Honoure...

Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court celebrates the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), considered to be one of the best Parisia...

This compelling new account of Henry VIII is by no means yet another history of the old monster and his reign. The monster displayed here is, at th...

Following the extraordinary career of a Second World War bomber pilot, Flying Among Heroes brings together adventure and human daring with the hars...

Before Diana Mitford's disgrace as a social pariah, she was a celebrated member of the Bright Young Things, moving at the centre of 1920s and '30s ...

Born in Kulm, Germany, on 17 June 1888, Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was the son of an army officer. He eventually joined the German Army and was commiss...

A vivid study in the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of th...

In the early hours of 10 February 1567 a large explosion ripped through the Provosts lodgings at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, where Mary Queen of Scot...

'I did not regard myself as a slacker. Even in childhood I taught myself to carry out tasks entrusted conscientiously and carefully. In war, it is ...

One of the most intriguing mysteries about the rise of history s most despised dictator is just how utterly ordinary he once seemed. A chubby chil...

The military achievements of Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-57/56 B.C.) have been the subject of admiration and great respect throughout the history...

While in exile on St Helena, Napoleon dictated a commentary on the wars of Julius Caesar, later published in 1836. In each chapter he summarized th...

Reverend David Railton MC served as a chaplain on the Western Front during World War I. Attached to three divisions between 1916 and 1918, Railton ...

1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. In 19...

''Inch by inch, he moved the gun out from underneath his stomach, over to his right side. He rolled over just enough to get the gun in the clear, s...