Endeavour Press: 36 books

A figure described as “the last candle of the Eighteenth Century”, Lord Palmerston was the great statesman of his era.  He served in the War Office in the days of Empire, then in the Foreign and Home Offices before ascending to Prime Minister very late in his life, an office which he held...

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), was the outstanding soldier of his age.  He joined the army and rose rapidly to command a Division in India.  After great military and administrative success, he was knighted on his return to England in 1805, and in 1809 this ‘sepoy general’...

In the aftermath of his defeat to the Allies Napoleon had one last throw of the dice to regain power.  Returning from his exile on Elba, Napoleon encourages French forces to fight with him once more as leader, and to discard their loyalty to the French king who had exiled him.  The old...

Richard Hillary was one of the great heroes of World War Two.  And 'The Last Enemy' is one of the best books to emerge from that epic conflict.  A fighter pilot in the Second World War Hillary was shot down and was in hospital for some months as part of Archibald McIndoe’s ‘Guinea...

“Mad, bad and dangerous to know…”  Caroline Lamb’s fatal description would follow Byron to his grave.  He might have been among the greatest of English poets. But the bad luck of the Byron's had plagued him from birth.  The son of Mad Jack Byron whose wild escapades were...

Napoleon was one of the world’s greatest generals.  He conquered from Spain to the borders of Russia and dominated the international scene of early nineteenth century Europe.  But what were the factors that changed the young Corsican boy into a powerful leader?  Just over two hundred...

The greatest of all wars.  As told by one of England's greatest poets.  'The Irish Guards In The Great War' is a classic of military history - Rudyard Kipling's memorable two volume account of how one regiment fought from 1914-1918.  This e-book edition features an introduction by...

Churchill was perhaps the greatest British leader of the last hundred years.  But how did the man become the Prime Minister who led his country through WWII.  ‘Mr Churchill’ is a brilliant portrait of a brilliant man, telling the life-story of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M.,...

John Fraser lived with his mother and father in the backwoods of North Carolina.  Squire Fraser, a strict but kind Scotsman, was determined that his son should have a gentleman’s education, and so he sent John to the coastal town of Edenton to be tutored by Dr. Clapton, an English clergyman. ...

War has been pervasive throughout the history of mankind.  But who were these men that fought and why did they fight?  This collection of essays by Philip Guedalla examines those question all the way from soldiers of the Norman Conquest through to the Ironsides of the English Civil right...

The Story of the Great War is a comprehensive and masterly account of World War 1 first published in 1920.  The book stands up a century after the Armistice, and is a memorable description of what were then recent events.  Telling the story of each major conflict throughout the continent,...

On the 1st July, 1916, 20,000 British troops lost their lives during the first day of the Somme.  Artillery had barraged the German lines for seven days, but the Germans were heavily dug in and many shells failed to explode due to the wet ground.  The bombardment signalled to the Germans...

‘The greatest novel of war in the air.’ - The Daily Mail  France, 1914.  The war on the land is taking to the skies.  Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane.  But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to...

Jesse Livermore was the greatest trader who ever lived. He started trading at the age of fourteen. He made his first fortune in the market panic of 1907 when he sold the markets short. Over the years that followed, he built up a vast fortune trading in and out of the market right...