Bloomsbury Studies in Military History- General Lord Rawlinson

In this biography Rodney Atwood details the life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent (1864-1925), a distinguished British soldier whose career culminated in decisive victories on the Western Front in 1...

British War Films, 1939-1945

Cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the World War II. Films were also an important propaganda medium. This work is an account and index of feature films produced during the war.

Dominion

'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, Independent The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory...

The Victim's Fortune

Two reporters from the Financial Times piece together the compelling story of the campaign on the part of a group of attorneys, politicians, and Jewish advocates to root out money looted by the Nazis...

The Genius of Alexander the Great

In what respects was Alexander 'Great'? It is an exciting task for the historian to answer that question, and in this fascinating study Nicholas Hammond undertakes it with enthusiasm. His thorough acq...

Winter King: the Dawn of Tudor England

Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012 SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YE...

Black and British

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examinatio...

Sex with the Queen

In this follow-up to the bestselling Sex with Kings we discover the truth about what goes on behind the closed door of the Queen's boudoir. After all, Queen Victoria, that bastion of virtue, had nin...

Dominion

'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, Independent The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory fol...

Composers of the Nazi Era

How does creativity thrive in the face of fascism? How can a highly artistic individual function professionally in so threatening a climate? The final book in a critically acclaimed trilogy that in...

Six Wives

No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. In this remarkable study, Dav...

Killers of the King

January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain's history, Parliament had overpowered King Charles I and now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who r...

Empires Of The Imagination

Between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, Britain evolved from a substantial international power yet relative artistic backwater into a global superpower and a leading cultural force in Europe. In...

Churchill

This work aims to make sense of the extraordinary man - whom many people feel they know well. His career, personal life and his role in Britain's survival during World War II, including her help in th...

Elizabeth I

The books in this series introduce England's royal heritage through the very stuff of history itself: priceless original papers, letters and other documents, mostly held at the Public Record Office -...

Deathly Deception

Operation Mincemeat retells the story of the classic World War Two intelligence plan to pass misleading strategic information to Hitler and his Generals that was immortalized in the 1956 Hollywood fil...

Le Morte D'arthur