Educational: History

On November 4th 1605, a traitor was caught beneath the Houses of Parliament with a plot to kill the king. This is the extraordinary story of the Gu...

In 1940 Britain was in the grip of World War 2. When Germany began to send bomber planes over Britain, one of the greatest battles of the war began...

The ultimate guide for the novice knight, covering everything from sieges to swordplay, feasts to fights and The Crusades to courtly love. Written ...

A brilliant military strategist, superb horseman, statesman, philosopher, Muslim hero ...Emir Abdel Kader (1808-1883) was an international celebrit...

The cleanly drawn, brightly hued cartoon illustrationsclimaxed by a double-gatefold cutaway view of a capacious ship crewed by cheery idlerssail al...

This photographic book gives you an overview of World War Two. From how the war began to how it spread worldwide, the new technology that was used ...

From Hitlers rise to power to the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, The National Archives: World War II uncovers real-life facts about one of the ...

Ways into History: Florence Nightingale tells the story of the famous nurse and her battle to make nursing a respected profession. It also looks at...

Make the same pioneer crafts that Laura did! In her beloved Little House books, Laura Ingalls Wilder tells of her pioneer childhood growing up on t...

Find out which world-famous inventor's last breath has been captured in a test tube, which boffin loved nothing more than a roasted armadillo for l...

Ancient relics--stone tools, bones, footprints, and even DNA--offer many clues about our human ancestors and how they lived. At the same time, our ...

From pasta to paper, the inventions of the Ancient Chinese remain part of everyday life in our modern world. Learn how items like wheelbarrows, the...

Published in 1988, this children''s scrapbook is based on an oral history project conducted by Pauline Cheek. Cheek based her fictional characters,...

Deliver engaging, enquiry-driven lessons and help pupils gain a coherent chronological understanding of and across periods studied with this comple...

What are hill forts? Who built them and why? What was life in a hill fort like? Hill forts are walled places that were built during Prehistoric tim...

Uncover some of the most chilling practices in ancient Egypt. This book explores all the gruesome details, from rituals and rites to battles and si...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps ___...