History Books
The History Press Ltd Drawing Somersets Past
Book SynopsisThe archaeology and history of Somerset based on images of the county by Victor Ambrus
£16.19
The History Press Ltd Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic
Book SynopsisReport into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985. This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern report provides fascinating insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the damage and sinking, rescue of survivors, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the aftermath and ramifications that followed the disaster.The book seeks to answer controversial questions, such as whether steerage passengers were detained behind gates, and also reveals the names and aliases of all passengers and crew w
£18.00
The History Press Ltd 1966 From Good Vibrations to World Cup Victory
Book Synopsis1966 was an iconic year in an incredible decade. and Top of the Pops dominated the television screen, and England won the World Cup in nail-biting fashion against West Germany at Wembley. But now, fifty years later, this collection of memories by bestselling author Paul Feeney will be enjoyed by anyone who lived through 1966.
£11.78
The History Press Ltd The Fishing Boats Story
Book SynopsisThe history of fishing boats
£9.49
The History Press Ltd Jersey Ghost Stories
Book SynopsisStep away from sunny Jersey’s present day and into the sinister shadows of the past … the island’s history is filled with dark deeds and restless spirits.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd The AZ of Curious Shropshire
Book SynopsisRichly illustrated, The A-Z of Curious Shropshire is great for dipping into, but can equally be enjoyed from cover to cover.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Fife at Work
Book SynopsisThis fascinating pictorial history takes a look back at the days when Fife was home to a wide variety of traditional industries, including mining, farming, fishing, pottery and textile factories, shipping and shipbuilding.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Female Tommies
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of women in the First World War at the front line, under fire, and in combat.Trade Review'Elisabeth Shipton is a stand-out researcher and with this book she stakes a claim as a great writer in her own right.' -- Dan SnowElisabeth Shipton is a stand-out researcher and with this book she stakes a claim as a great writer in her own right. -- Dan Snow
£12.34
The History Press Ltd The Making of Chipping Norton
Book SynopsisChipping Norton today is a thriving Oxfordshire market town of some 6,500 people at the eastern edge of the Cotswolds. Its handsome Georgian houses and iconic tweed mill are well known, but the town’s history goes back much further, and by looking closely at its buildings and streets we can find survivals from earlier times.
£15.29
The History Press Ltd The Blue Badge Guides Edinburgh Quiz Book
Book SynopsisCelebrating Edinburgh’s diverse riches, this quiz book invites you to come on a wide-ranging exploration of Scotland’s hilly capital.
£7.59
The History Press Ltd A 1950s Irish Childhood
Book SynopsisA nostalgic look at a turbulent and character-defining decade in Irish history
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Great Passenger Ships that Never Were
Book SynopsisA revised and enhanced new edition of this classic work, filling an important gap in maritime history
£32.00
The History Press Ltd Wherever the Firing Line Extends
Book SynopsisThe First World War was the biggest conflict in Irish history. More men served and more men died than in all the wars before or since that the Irish fought in. Often forgotten at home and written out of Irish history, the Irish soldiers and their regiments found themselves more honoured in foreign fields. From the first shot monument in Mons to the plaque to the Royal Irish Lancers who liberated the town on Armistice Day 1918, Ronan McGreevy takes a tour of the Western Front. At a time when Ireland is revisiting its history and its place in the world, McGreevy looks at those places where the Irish made their mark and are remembered in the monuments, cemeteries and landscapes of France and Flanders.Trade ReviewThough a century has passed since the First World War, many in Ireland are discovering its remarkable and continuing legacy for the first time. They are learning that for many on this island it was our war and is our story. Ronan McGreevy’s book helps the ongoing unpacking of that complex story. It is a very opportune and important addition to the growing body of scholarly literature on the Irish in the Great War. Ronan focuses on the monuments the war left behind, providing a useful guide for the growing numbers of visitors to those foreign fields where so many young Irish and many other lives were lost and from where home-coming survivors, for the rest of their lives carried grim memories often too raw to share. -- Mary McAleeseThe superlative and definitive account of Ireland in World War I -- The Irish IndependentThe best of books are those which you never wish to finish and put down. Perhaps even finer are those works which upon finishing you know will return for the magic of its authorship and its content. This is one of the latter. -- David FilsellIt’s a great read. And, unlike many tomes about that war, it’s an easy read. Highly recommended. -- Paddy MurrayMy colleague’s passion for his subject and meticulous research has resulted in a valuable historical work, rich in compassion, documenting the Irish contribution to the Great War. -- Eileen BattersbyA brilliant book -- Professor Patrick GeogheganRonan McGreevy has written a vivid and endlessly informative study of Irish sites of memory of the Great War in France and Belgium, though in the case of nationalist Ireland they are really sites of non-memory. As the memory changes, so new sites are created and old ones rediscovered. The great merit of McGreevy’s book is to demonstrate that process for Ireland’s Great War over the past century. -- Professor John HorneThis is a wonderful interwoven account of the legacy and story of World War I which mixes history, personal stories and contemporary assessment. It is written with the brio and economy of a journalist and is an absorbing account, both moving and at times depressing in terms of the war's sustained and seemingly pointless loss. He has written an utterly absorbing book which brings alive the heroism, drama and struggle of the wider conflagration in Europe - and Ireland's part of it. -- Eamon DelaneyNo better travelling companion is the book Wherever the Firing Line Extends - Ireland and the Western Front which takes you on a journey through the “war to end all wars” by visiting the places where the Irish soldiers made their mark and are commemorated in the monuments, cemeteries and landscapes of France and Flanders. -- Campbell Spray'Wherever the Firing Line Extends' can be used as guide book on the ground, and at the same time is a fine addition to the canon of publications on the double identity of the Irish soldiers in World War I. While the book is focusing on individual stories in the face of industrial scale slaughter, it is the new approach of appreciating the memorials later generations left for these men that makes it a refreshing read. After all it is for us, the living, that these memorials exist. They remind us not to repeat the mistakes of the past. -- Marcel Krueger
£18.00
History Press With a Bended Bow
Book SynopsisIn With a Bended Bow Erik Roth presents a comprehensive examination of the archer and his weapon in a time when archery was both economically and militarily vital to the security of England, based on the study of mediaeval writings and period artefacts.As an accomplished artist, his illustrations are an invaluable aid to understanding the manufacture and use of the bow. The book examines the types of weapons and kit produced by guildsmen, the materials used and the work of different specialists including bowyers, fletchers and stringers. It also details the life of the archer himself, how he cared for his equipment, learned to shoot and fought for his country on the battlefields of Scotland and France.With a Bended Bow gives an exceptional insight into the tools, training and fighting techniques of the soldier who defined mediaeval warfare.
£14.24
The History Press Ltd 1968 Those Were the Days
Book SynopsisA compendium of milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture, politics and news at home and abroad from 1968, including: Assassination of Martin Luther King; Bobby Kennedy shot and killed; The Beatles found Apple Records; Manchester United win the European Cup
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Kill Them All
Book SynopsisA paperback edition of the first book to provide a military history of the whole Albigensian Crusade, covering vital over-looked battlesTrade ReviewA gripping and dramatic narrative ... McGlynn is able to captivate the reader ... Highly recommended. * Medieval Warfare Magazine *A gripping and dramatic narrative ... McGlynn is able to captivate the reader ... Highly recommended * Medieval Warfare Magazine *
£17.09
The History Press Ltd Devon Folk Tales for Children
Book SynopsisFolk tales from Devon, selected for children by a professional storyteller and illustrator
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Shipwrecks of the Cunard Line
Book SynopsisA unique book dedicated to documenting the dive-able shipwrecks of the Cunard line
£21.25
The History Press Ltd The Bloodiest Year 1972
Book SynopsisKen Wharton''s latest book on the Northern Ireland Troubles is, as always, written from the perspective of the British soldier. Here he chronicles the worst year of The Troubles - 1972 - a year in which 172 soldiers died as a direct consequence of the insanity that would grip Ulster for almost 30 years. His empathy lies firstly with the men who tramped the streets and countryside of Northern Ireland - but also with the good folk of the six counties who never wanted their beautiful land to be the terrorists'' battleground. Ken Wharton is utterly condemnatory of the Provisional IRA and INLA but he certainly pulls no punches in his assessment of the Loyalist paramilitaries and terror gangs who sought to outdo the barbarism of their republican counterparts. Based on the testimony of the men who were there during that terrible year, the author tries to investigate every loss in as much detail as time and space permit, with longer chapters to describe ''Bloody Friday'' the appallinTrade ReviewThis is good honest history. Soldiers and civilians alike owe the author a debt of gratitude for telling it like it was. -- Patrick Bishop * author of 3 Para *
£17.00
The History Press Ltd Oceanic
Book SynopsisThe first book on this prestigious and exceptional liner, the pinnacle of ship-building in her day
£21.25
The History Press Ltd RMS Mauretania 1907
Book SynopsisThe fascinating story of the 1907 RMS Mauretania, the then-most-famous liner in the worldTrade Review[Pride of the North Atlantic is] an exceptional volume, noteworthy for its engaging and fact-packed style.[QE2: A Ship for All Seasons] keeps the historical record moving along . . . a first-class tome.[RMS Titanic: Owner’s Workshop Manual] comes through loud and clear that the authors know ships from stem to stern.
£32.00
The History Press Ltd The Little History of Suffolk
Book SynopsisThe only concise yet comprehensive history of Suffolk, stretching from pre-history to the present day
£13.49
The History Press Ltd The Portsmouth Dockyard Story
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive history of Portsmouth Dockyard ever published
£17.00
The History Press Ltd Lighthouses of England and Wales
Book SynopsisVisually stunning and complete guide to all the lighthouses of England, Wales and the Channel Islands
£32.00
The History Press Ltd BRIXMIS
Book SynopsisThe only first-hand account of BRIXMIS, the British Army’s most secret unit of the Cold War
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Stokes Croft and Montpelier
Book SynopsisCandid street photography that catches the essence of life and culture in Stokes Croft and Montpelier
£16.20
The History Press Ltd When Giants Ruled the Sky
Book SynopsisHow the American airship came within a hair’s breadth of replacing planes, trains, and ocean liners as dominant long-distance transportTrade ReviewTotally captivating. A fascinating account of glory and tragedy that soars with suspense. I enjoyed the hell out of it! -- Dirk CusslerWhen Giants Ruled the Sky examines the successes, problems and controversies of the American rigid airship program bringing the industrialists and engineers who designed and built them, and the officers and men who flew them, to life. No airship fancier’s library should be without a copy. -- Tom CrouchIt’s too often forgotten that for a few short years the U.S. Navy actually possessed flying aircraft carriers and the world’s greatest airship fleet. In his latest book, John Geoghegan has performed sterling service in excavating the astounding story of the Akron and the Macon from the tomb of lost history. -- Alexander RoseA well-researched history of the rigid airship “carrier” during the interwar years of U.S. naval aeronautics. A genuine contribution. -- William AlthoffThe best book focused upon the USS Akron & Macon published in the last 55 years! -- C.P. Hall
£21.25
The History Press Ltd The Little Book of Tyrone
Book SynopsisThe Little Book of Tyrone is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about this much-loved county. Here you will find out about Tyrone's myth and legend, its proud sporting heritage, its castles and great houses and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through quaint villages and bustling towns, this book takes the reader on a journey through County Tyrone and its vibrant past. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the history and the secrets of this ancient county.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Nicholson
Book SynopsisThe Irishman who became the ‘Hero of Delhi’
£999.99
The History Press Ltd Concorde The Complete Inside Story
Book SynopsisThe inside story of this world-famous supersonic passenger jet by the former British chief test pilot
£21.25
The History Press Ltd A History of the World with the Women Put Back In
Book SynopsisA retelling of global history which reinstates women to their rightful place in the story, without excluding men from the narrative
£17.00
The History Press Ltd The Worst Street in London
Book SynopsisThe first book to reveal the remarkable and tragic story of London’s Dorset Street - the worst street in London
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Londons Labyrinth
Book SynopsisA new, paperback edition of Fiona Rule's fascinating history of the city beneath London's streets
£10.44
The History Press Ltd Londons Docklands
Book SynopsisA new, paperback edition of the first book to tell the remarkable story of London’s Docklands
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Yesterday We Were in America
Book SynopsisThis successful book describes one of the most momentous flights all time, the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1919Trade Review[An] engaging account of one of the most remarkable feats in aviation history'Yesterday We Were in America' is a very fine book; I only wish I had written it -- Len Deighton[A] popular account of Alcock and Brown's pioneering flight, which combines readability with accuracy
£17.09
The History Press Ltd The Granite Men
Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of the industries of the Granite City of Aberdeen
£17.00
The History Press Ltd The AZ of Curious Wales
Book SynopsisStrange stories of Welsh mysteries, crimes, characters, achievers, inventors, folklore and legends
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Katherine Howard
Book SynopsisThis revelatory biography disputes the popular belief that Katherine Howard committed adultery or that she was promiscuous
£17.09
The History Press Ltd Five Million Tides
Book SynopsisThe forgotten story of Britain’s most southerly haven, from prehistory to the presentTrade ReviewA magnificent celebration of one of Cornwall’s least understood rivers – a book that deserves to be treasured by every lover of this magical landscape and its wealth of extraordinary human stories. -- Dr Rowan Whimster MBEFive Million Tides, with its ebbs and floods, encapsulates the diverse history of the iconic Helford River and its many creeks. Recognised for stunning scenery and unique ecology system, the river is one of Cornwall’s hidden gems stretching from sea to the ancient port of Gweek -- David Barnicoat
£17.00
The History Press Ltd Protest
Book SynopsisA vivid pictorial history of protest in the UK
£11.69
The History Press Ltd UnRoman Britain
Book Synopsis‘… a thrillingly provocative book’ Tom Holland, Sunday Times
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Black Poppies
Book SynopsisA fully revised and updated edition of a vitally important piece of black British historyTrade ReviewA powerful, revelatory counterbalance to the whitewashing of British history -- Bernardine Evaristo
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Royal Bargemasters
Book SynopsisRoyal Bargemasters have been serving their monarchs for over 800 years, yet their story has never been told. Always working in close proximity to their sovereigns, they have witnessed and played their part in many of the important events in our country's history. They have been close witnesses to rebellions and coronations, to initial courting and grand royal weddings, and added their colourful presence to the splendour of celebrations and pageants. Painstakingly researched by ex-Royal Bargemaster Robert Crouch and professional researcher Beryl Pendley, this beautifully illustrated book offers a colourful insight into the role of the Bargemasters over the centuries, revealing the part they have played in both the day-to-day lives of the Royal Family and their contribution to great ceremonial occasions from the Plantagenets to our present Queen.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Cannibals and Carnage
Book SynopsisIn the nineteenth century true stories of cannibal tribes massacring white traders (and vice versa) and missionaries fed the morbid appetites of Europeans, North Americans and colonials. Accounts of cannibalism committed by seafarers on their dead shipmates quickened the pulses of landfolk even more, and pricked their moral disquiet. Acts of desperate men committing unspeakable atrocities. The warring frenzy of cannibal headhunters and their gruesome feasting. Such was the stuff of real-life sixpenny romances', rich in human butchery and garnished with treachery and terror. The more atrocious the at rocities, the more exotic the locations; the more sensational the narratives, the greater was the thrall of these thrilling tales of the sea.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd A History of Amersham
Book SynopsisIn this entertaining book the author identifies each of the old coaching inns which provide ample evidence of Amersham''s importance as a stopping place on the great coach road from London to the Midlands. He traces the history of all the town''s tanneries and proves that Weller''s brewery is much older than previously believed and that its many maltings were selling vast quantities of malt to London brewers in the 17th century. He does not neglect the townspeople themselves, not least the Drakes of Shardeloes who dominated the political, religious and social life of Amersham for 350 years. Here he is able to draw on the unique knowledge of Barney Tyrwhitt Drake, a direct descendant. Julian Hunt''s well-researched narrative is both comprehensive and easy to read. Splendidly illustrated, it is a significant contribution to the published history of Buckinghamshire and will be warmly welcomed in and around old Amersham itself.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd Lumberjills
Book SynopsisThe first book to fully recognise and tell the tale of the efforts of the Lumberjills - the Women's Timber Corps - during the Second World War
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Stoke Newington
Book SynopsisThe history of a fascinating, 'dissenting' area of London from late medieval times to the present day
£14.39
The History Press Ltd The Little History of Somerset
Book SynopsisThe entire history of Somerset, in one easy-to-read volume!
£13.49
