True war & Combat Stories

In the past 30 years, the devastating effects of international terror have forced their way into the forefront of world affairs. To counter this ne...

They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives and mothers and teenage girls who clocked in daily to work in vast munitions factories, he...

An incredible tale of one man's adversity and defiance, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Horace Greasley escaped over 200 times from a not...

We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.' If there was eve...

The Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (FAR), one of the most powerful and little-publicised air forces in the Americas, had Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) fighte...

1926. Wuhan is in lockdown.Fourteen years ago, its heroes toppled Chinas last emperor, but at great cost. Patriots became politicians. Reformers be...

Two sisters. Two special agents. One War. Sisters and Spies is the incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline ...

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British...

  A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO COMMEMORATE 80 YEARS SINCE THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF 1943 Sophie Scholl and the White Rose tells the grippin...

A haunting ode to those who paid the ultimate price-through the prism of the Maoist insurgency, Ashutosh Bhardwaj meditates on larger questions of ...

A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle Compelling Daily Mail An unmissable read Sunday Tim...

A must read for all Damien Lewis fans Compass ---------------------------------------------------------The most explosive true war story of the 21s...

READ FORMER BRITISH ARMY SOLDIER SHAUN PINNERS EXTRADORDINARY FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINEFor fans of Bravo Two Zero, Touching the Void...

When the Japanese invade in 1942, the men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their governmen...

When everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterdays words suffice?We were so happy and didnt know itA thirty-three-year-old writer ...

A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle Compelling Daily Mail An unmissable read Sunday Tim...

A collection of vivid and powerful testimonies from the conflict in Ukraine, collated and illustrated by award-winning artist George Butler.While r...

This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player - how it, along with him, survived.When her father died, singer songwriter Roxanne de ...

One man, his piano and their miraculous survival.'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story o...

As the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important and controversial operations in modern U.S. mi...

An avaricious knight errant with a taste for the spectacular or one of the few upright and honest figures in these difficult years?Contemporary vie...

Mosquito Warrior tells the engrossing story of General William C. Gorgas (18541920), the once-renowned pioneer in tropical disease research and pub...

Mosquito Warrior tells the engrossing story of General William C. Gorgas (18541920), the once-renowned pioneer in tropical disease research and pub...

'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child'Now that's a Great Escape! How 34 members of the SAS evaded 5,000 Na...

The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab.It is 2012 and in Northern Afghan...

*NOW WITH A FUN PUB QUIZ* 'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history f...

Black Tulip is the dramatic story of history's top fighter ace, Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann. It's also the story of how his service under Hitler...

True stories from the frontlines of World War I Published to mark the centenary of the First World War and of the RSL in 2016, this is a collectio...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fiv...

The Second World War is famed for being the conflict that changed the face of warfare, and it is the last that changed the face of the world. In ad...