Biografien historisch & politisch

In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the

As the First World War roared into its second year, 17-year-old Lawrence Ellis marched into his

North & South (Civil War Boxed Set) is an evocative and comprehensive anthology that unites an

An army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too – yet have you ever wondered how

In the autumn of 1942, British Special Operations Executive agent Ronald Sydney Seth was parachuted

In "History of Friedrich II of Prussia," Thomas Carlyle presents a monumental work that intricately

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few

Objects allow us to reach out and touch the past and they play a living role in history today.

During the Second World War, the only way Winston Churchill and his American counterpart Franklin

"Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" in 2 volumes is a personal account written by the Union

Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy is a biography of Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons

'Alfred is one of the most remarkable rulers of any time or place. This clear, readable and

Eighth-century martyr St Boniface, tennis player and TV presenter Sue Barker, painter Sir Joshua

Between December 1941 and July 1945 the Allied Heads of State met nine times to decide the ongoing

Why is Nelson a hero? Because he was a captain before he was 21, a man who shaped the course of

They were Britain's Second World War 'Band of Brothers', a secret army of fifty handpicked,

The Trio tells the story of three war correspondents, two Englishmen and an Australian, all in

Eric Harden was the only British army medic to be awarded the nation's highest honour for

Lady Sidekick has gathered up all the tired tropes for women so you don't have to! From the Femme

William Melville was one of the most influential counter - espionage figures of the twentieth

This edition is a meticulously edited collection dedicated to the most notable French statesman and

Rumours of buried Spitfires from the Second World War have spread around the world for seventy-five

In this first biography of Theodore Paleologus, new documentary evidence exposes him as a hardened

Stalin is quoted as saying 'One man's death is a tragedy, a thousand deaths is a statistic'. This

In 218, Hannibal Barca, desperate to avenge the defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War, launched

During the First World War many sportsmen exchanged their sports field for the battlefield,

They ruled the streets of London in the 1960s. Half a century later, Ronnie and Reggie Kray,

This book features the most significant aspects of life and work of Denis Diderot (1713-1784),

How much can you really find out about the War in the Air during the First World War in five

The world was stunned when little-known Karol Wojtyła became the first non-Italian pope for 450

In this critically acclaimed biography, now fully updated, Royle revises Kitchener's latter-day

They were told to hold the fort. They did far more than that. When the Second World War broke out,

How much can you really find out about the War at Sea during the First World War in five minutes?

The Second World War (1939–45) was not greeted with the same lavish outpouring of patriotic fervour

Frank and Percy Talley of the 1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) were destined to leave

Johnny Henderson spent four years during the Second World War as aide-de-camp to one of Britain's

John Lennon is a giant of popular music and culture. As one-quarter of the Beatles, he was in the

The Field Marshal was a born commander and, besides being a gifted linguist, was mobilised as a

Summer 1940. In the desperate fight against Nazi Germany, nothing is considered too outlandish, so

'Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.' – Joseph Goebbels, Reich

The Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs is a seven volumes edition which contains biographies of

'An adroit, intelligent and painstaking social history … Poor Bickerton offers us a luxurious

When war was declared in 1939, Britain was almost completely dependent on imported timber – but

+++Attention. This title has a fixed layout. Please make sure your eBook reader can display fixed

Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies is a two-volume work by French historian and biographer Pierre de

Syndrome K is the story of how 80 per cent of Italy's Jews escaped the Holocaust, with the help of

This is the story of Thomas Fremantle, one of Britain's greatest naval captains and Lord Nelson's

The mettle of the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment was tested to the maximum in action in

Maurice 'Moggy' Mayne was a cricket-loving air gunner in the Second World War, with a pretty

'There I met and was introduced to 13 men, one of whom I already knew. Three of these men and