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Throughout the centuries, the castles of Dover, Deal and Walmer, in Kent, have been of prime strategic importance to England, protecting the south-east tip of the country from invasion. This is an authoritative account of their British importance and includes fascinating stories of historical characters associated with them, from King Henry VIII through to the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Shortlisted for the BSHS Hughes Prize What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Whilst...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Athelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland, read by Roy McMillan. The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of...

Bletchley 1945: a place where nearly 10,000 people would contribute decisively to the Allied war effort. Their role? To decode the Enigma cypher used by the Germans for high-level communications. It is an astonishing story. A melting pot of Oxbridge dons, maverick oddballs and more regular citizens worked night and day at Station X, as Bletchley Park was known, to derive intelligence information from German coded messages.

Thomas Edward Lawrence war "Lawrence von Arabien". Der englische Offizier unterstützte in den Jahren 1917/18 den Aufstand der Araber gegen die türkische Herrschaft. Als Verbindungsmann zur britischen Armee organisierte er zusammen mit Scherif Faisal den arabischen Unabhängigkeitskampf. Seine Guerillataktiken verschafften den Aufständischen schnell erste Erfolge - die Legende des "Lawrence von Arabien" war geboren.

In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to...

‘Based on meticulous research in original sources … Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was … Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated’ Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books A bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting –...

Under åren mellan de två världskrigen, särskilt under den stora depressionen, var den allmänna opinionen delad. En del trodde att fascism skulle lösa de problem som tyngde Europa, andra ansåg att socialism var lösningen. Tron på dessa olikartade ideologier var ofta orsaken till splittringar inom familjer. Inte minst inom familjen Mitford under 1930-talets Storbritannien. David Mitford och Sydney Bowles var föräldrar till sex döttrar. En nazist, en fascist, en kommunist, en hertiginna och en författare. Tillsammans var de en framstående och inflytelserik familj.

På morgonen torsdagen den 19 februari 2015 var det som om 16 åriga Becky Watts i Bristol plötsligt försvann från jordens yta. Hennes försvinnande var oförklarligt. Natten innan hade hon sovit över hos en vän och skickat kärleksfulla sms till pojkvännen Luke som hon skulle träffa dagen därpå. Men Becky dök aldrig upp till träffen. Sms:en till pojkvännen från tidigare den morgonen var det sista någon skulle höra från henne. Becky anmäldes försvunnen och en enorm skallgång inleds.

The finest fighting force in the world. Escape. Evade. Survive. Repeat. Seven gripping tales of overcoming the impossible. Arguably the finest special forces troops of the Second World War, the SAS was the jewel in the British military crown. But the near-impossible nature of their heroic missions sometimes left them trapped behind enemy lines, the enemy closing and forced to endure the unendurable. But the unendurable is all in a day’s work for these magnificent seven. Incredible odds. Outstanding bravery. Real adventure.

Den har kallats den största kärlekshistorien i historien, såväl som den största kungliga skandalen - affären mellan Wallis Simpson och Edward VIII förändrade brittisk historia för evigt. Edwards liv hade varit fullt med skandaler, främst på grund av sin förkärlek för opassande kärleksaffärer. Från 20-årsåldern ägnade han sig åt många relationer med både prostit­uerade och med gifta kvinnor. Kan den affär han är mest känd för möjligen vara den minst skandalösa av dem alla?

Hur bör man straffa två elvaårigar som tillsammans mördat ett litet barn? Utanför domstolen i South Sefton i Liverpool 1993 hade en ilsken folkmassa samlats för att bevittna rättegången mot två elvaåriga pojkar som stod anklagade för kidnappning och mord på en tvåårig pojke. De åtalade var Robert Thompson och Jon Venables som i media kallades för barn A och barn B för att skydda deras identiteter. Rättegången kom sedan att skjutas upp och flyttas pågrund av de stora pådraget från arga åskådare och media utanför domstolen i South Sefton.

COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE ‘This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit’ Adam Nicolson Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature...

Three days before her 51st birthday, Clio Campbell - one-hit-wonder, political activist, life-long love and one-night stand - kills herself in her friend Ruth’s spare bedroom. And, as practical as she is, Ruth doesn’t know what to do. Or how to feel. Because knowing and loving Clio Campbell was never straightforward. The media had loved her as a sexy young starlet but laughed her off as a ranting spinster as she aged. But with news of her suicide, Clio Campbell is transformed into a posthumous heroine for politically chaotic times.

The first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s life together, finally revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives, from two top royal reporters who have been behind the...

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of conflicts between Scotland and England that spanned more than 60 years during the 13th and 14th centuries. These wars led directly to the establishment of Scotland as an independent, sovereign country and to the emergence of two of Scotland’s best-known national heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Yet these wars are much more than a simple struggle on the part of Scotland to free itself from English incursions.

J. R. R. Tolkien, an orphan in love with words, spent most of his life as an unassuming Professor of Literature at Oxford studying and teaching old languages. During his time there, he created his very own languages and a mythological world, Middle-earth. Middle-earth was inhabited by Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves, and other fascinating creatures. It was a world that became almost more real to Tolkien than the one he lived in. Tolkien’s two masterpieces, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have set the standard in mythological literature.

Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways star as Mr & Mrs Pepys in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the world famous diaries. Samuel Pepys was 26 when he decided to start keeping a diary, in January 1660. For the next 10 years he faithfully recorded the day's events and confessed his innermost thoughts. That diary has since become one of our most important, and fascinating, historical documents. Pepys gave us eyewitness accounts of some of the great events of the 17th century, including the Great Fire of London and the Second Dutch War.

Six raids that changed the course of history. Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto. Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. This successful raid persuaded Hitler that the Allies were planning a full-scale invasion. Operation Biting: a cross-Channel raid into France that was the first major attack by the British Airborne Division and its first battle honour. Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway....

The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a...