The History Press: 2510 books

This is the first new account of Elizabeth's life for over fifty years and David Baldwin sets out to reveal the true story of this complex and intriguing woman. Hers was certainly a dramatic life with dizzying reversals of fortune; from poverty in 1461 to queenship in 1464, followed by deposition,...

The motives, means, and consequences of the murders among members of Europe’s ruling families are examined in fascinating detail. Plucking true stories due to their historical significance and sheer intrigue, this book relates violent deaths amid royal splendor and the overthrow of tyrants by oppressed...

At age 25, Elizabeth II became Britain's 40th monarch and vowed to dedicate her life to service and duty on behalf of her country. She is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, head of the 53 member Commonwealth of Nations, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and head of the armed...

The murder of Rasputin on the night of 16-17 December 1916 has always seemed extraordinary: first he was poisoned, then shot and finally drowned in a frozen river by Russian aristocrats fearful of his influence on Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Or was he? Dramatic new evidence from previously...

Few kings have been more savagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this new biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimize the longer term consequences of his reign has gone too far. For, in spite of genuine idealism and flashes...

Southern England. Late summer 1940. The nation is fighting for its very survival and the Luftwaffe's aerial offensive is unrelenting. All that lies between invasion and salvation for Britain is the 'thin blue line' of RAF Fighter Command and its pilots. This newly illustrated anniversary edition of...

The Little Book of the Cotswolds is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic, or simply strange information which no one will want to be without. The region's wooliest laws, its most eccentric inhabitants, blood-curdling murders, right royal connections, and...

The Little Book of Suffolk is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people, and events from the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, pleasures, and pursuits and will never be short of some frivolous fact to...

Jane Shore often gets just a byline in history. We know her name, and that she was the mistress of a king. But who was this woman caputred for the stage by Shakespeare in 'Richard III', fictionalised by Jean Plaidy and others? Where did she come from? And how was it that having been mistress to the...

Rev up the DeLorean, switch on the Flux Capacitor, and take a cruise back through the decade that made you the person you are todayAnyone who remembers trying to solve a Rubik's Cube while dressed in their He-Man picture pajamas, or trying to make "cool" sound effects with their mouth...

A lighthearted, witty, but factual biographical account of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of 100 country housesExtraordinary buildings require extraordinary people, and over the centuries historic houses have produced more than their fair share of oddballs. Insulated from...

Liverpool has been the birthplace or home to literally hundreds of extraordinary men and women. In this book Christine Dawe features a great many of them, from all eras and walks of life. Locally noteworthy figures, such as Kitty Wilkinson, who started the first public wash-houses in the city, Father...

Merseyside has been the birthplace or home to literally hundreds of extraordinary men and women. In this book Christine Dawe features a great many of them—from all eras and all walks of life. Modern-day noteworthy figures, such as Kim Cattrall, Daniel Craig, Wayne Rooney, and Patricia Routledge,...

What was it really like to be at sea in the Navy with Nelson? Were the sailors excited about the Battle of Trafalgar, or suffering scurvey? How did life compare between those of a high range, and those who served them? What were conditions like below the decks, living among the rats and the filth?...