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The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in ...
The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these ...
An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London. Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a ...
An autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. As well as detailing his life and military service, it chronicles the behind-the-scenes events of the Gulf War ...
'Well written and persuasive ...objective and well-rounded...this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography' ***
This is an entertaining and enlightening social history of the world's most famous underground railway. Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is ...
America's Secret MiG Squadrons is the story of a group of incredibly brave military pioneers who put their lives on the line to establish ...
Anton Gill charts the history of Babylon, home of the famous Hanging Gardens and a wonder of the ancient world in itself. Beginning with a ...
Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took on a more practical role, carrying heavy mortar rounds for the ...
In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly ...
That association of mountainous territories shut in among the European powers, Switzerland solved part of its financial problems as early as the Renaissance by developing ...
In most people's opinion, the German Panther tank was the most elegant tank design of World War II. It embodied a balance of firepower ...
The 'poor bloody infantry' do the dirty front-line work of war. It bears the brunt of the fighting and often suffers disproportionately in combat in ...
Ian Kershaw's The End is a gripping, revelatory account of the final months of the Nazi war machine, from the failed attempt to assassinate ...
It seems at first commonplace: a photograph of peasants at harvest time, after work well done, resting contentedly with their tools, behind the fruits of ...
