A comprehensive history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. Explores the philosophy of an 'honourable death', and the manner in which this was achieved by scores of Japanese pilots under or
This narrative account of the Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, fought near Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 10, 1865, is accessible to general readers and war buffs, while also detailed enough for
Fascinating reinvestigation of the Haigh serial murders of 1944-9, based on fresh primary research into case files and Haigh's family background. Provides insight into the police methods and forensic
Nikolai Vasil'evich Sutiagin, the top-scoring Soviet air ace of the Korean War, flew his MiG-15 in lethal dogfights against American Sabres and Australian Meteors. He is credited with at 22 'kills'. Y
LONDON needed rebuilding after the great fire of 1666. Eighty-eight churches had been destroyed and a grand plan to rebuild them was started by Sir Christopher Wren. In the end, he designed fifty-one
Bristol, Rhode Island is the sire town in the smallest county in the smallest state. Originally part of Plymouth Colony, Bristol Harbor was the most important seaport of the colony. Few realize that B
On 9 Dec. 1943 the men of the United States 82nd Airborne Division set foot on Northern Irish soil. By the end of the day 12,000 had disembarked from ships. By March the next year, they had all moved
1963. In her mansion in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Joana idles her days away, banished by her powerful husband and alienated from her family. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, her daughter Carla is impover
In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Robert Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through it
This is a first person account of the Anglo-Zulu War written by a young man who grew up in Natal and participated in several of the major battles of the war.
Once described by a subordinate as "the most completely ignorant general I served during the war", there was much more to Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney than this dismissive remark would have
1947. Excited and in love Gracie Brown leaves her home in England and moves to America with her husband Jeff. With little money and no job prospects, the couple move in with Jeff's parents whilst they
1919, London's East End. Robert Hunter is eagerly awaiting the return of his father from the war. Next door, Ruth Cooper's family are also preparing to welcome her dad, whose ship was lost at Jutland.
This beautiful and extensively illustrated catalogue presents in-depth case studies of twenty-four rare and remarkable Late Medieval panel paintings, many from the German-speaking regions of Europe, b
Edmond Dantès, a merchant sailor in the early 19th Century, is wrongfully imprisoned for life without trial. After years of incarceration on the remote island prison of the Château d'If, he learns of
March 1915. Caroline Lilley's fiance, Reggie, is away at the Front and Caroline gives up her job and returns home at this request. She throws herself into saving the harvest by organising the village
