Celebrated storyteller Fiona Collins has collected the best-loved stories from the misty, magical mountains, rushing rivers and green rolling hills of North Wales. In this treasure trove of tales you
This is the story of one of the great battles of the Hundred Years War, often ignored in favor of its more celebrated siblings, Crecy and Agincourt. The victory at Poitiers by an English force outnumb
The story of a man who survived Treblinka, to be haunted by his memories for?50 years?and ultimately, to be killed by them?More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka and fewer than?70 came out. Hershl
The Roman war machine comprised land and naval forces. Although the former has been studied extensively, less has been written and understood about the naval forces of the Roman empire and, in particu
In the closing months of World War II, General Eisenhower exhorted the Western Allied forces to redouble their efforts to break the German will to resist. In considering this appeal, General Gubbins,
THE PUB has always been one of the main centres of the community, and never more so than in Herefordshire. From the inns next to the markets in Hereford that thrived on market-day trade, to the lonel
Around the world there are hundreds of nightly performances of Goethe’s Faust as well as actual attempts at soul-selling on eBay. Faustus has rightly been described as an icon of modern culture. But i
Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in the history of Greater Manchester. They include the case of notorious cat burglar, Charlie Peace, w
There’s something about Jane… Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived all her life in the south of England and rarely strayed far from the genteel
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was the Shakespeare of opera, the composer of Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida and Otello. The chorus of Hebrew slaves fromNabucco (1842) is regarded in Italy as v
This forgotten part of Tudor history is told here for the first time with all the passion and thrill of a novel, but this is no fiction—Henry VIII really did almost hand the throne to his beloved niec
A star-struck, naive 17-year-old country bumpkin leaves her mom, her cat, her budgie and her 16-foot caravan home in Botley and catches a coach to a near-mythical land—London and the Swinging ’60s. Da
At age 25, Elizabeth II, the ‘accidental queen’, 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 sixteen
Hints and tips from the world of 1940s BritainIllustrated with period pictures throughout, this handbook brings old fashioned values and skills to our very modern world. The author shares recipes, tip
The best of England's castles, including Windsor, Warwick, and Alnwick, with such colorful stories as the two princes in the towerTo use a phrase from Shakespeare, castles are "stories in stones.
The work of two passionate photographers, Philip Bell and John Kempster, offer insights into what it meant to build, deploy and operate the great White Star ships in the era ofTitanic. From the surgin
Ships To Remember is a beautifully illustrated collection of stories about remarkable ships. Some are famous, but many, like the tugsYelcho, Foundation Franklin, and Turmoil are virtually unknown. The
Why is Nelson a hero? Because he was a captain before he was 21, a man who shaped the course of history from the decks of his ships, hailed as a savior of the nation, a hero killed in action at the mo
