Following in the example of L.T.C Rolt who was influential in the revival of British inland waterways and preserved steam ...

Extraordinary and thrilling … This story should be known to every man, woman and child’ – Lemn Sissay In 1868, British troops ...

ALAN WARREN is the author of the critically acclaimed Singapore 1942: Britain’s Greatest Defeat. He has been a fellow of the State Library of Victoria and has lectured in history at Monash University.

Last, but not least, I hope that readers – whether experienced polar travellers and historians or those who have learned recently about the finding of the Endurance wreck or at-risk penguin colonies – ...

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MICHAEL R. BAILEY is a railway historian who has undertaken projects for museums in England, Canada and Denmark. He writes and lectures (and occasionally acts as a TV consultant) and was a consultant ...

Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War ...

‘The relationship between my grandmother and her mother was very important and indeed crucial to her childhood and the very early days of her writing … So, to have more insight into this particular ...

The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics ...

Author Anne Strathie is a writer and researcher, whose three biographies of members of Robert Scott’s 1910-13 Terra Nova Antarctic expedition are published by The History Press. Her new book, A ...

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The Five Senses 1485-1603: How the Tudors Experienced the World ...