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Lady Lucy Houston DBE

The life-story of Lady Lucy Houston DBE must surely be one of the most romantic and dramatic epics of the last one hundred and fifty years, yet nowadays she is a woman unknown. She ...


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The Night Hunter's Prey

Alexander Ollar, raised in Scotland, became an exceptional sporting shot and volunteered as an RAF Air Gunner in 1939. Helmut Lent enrolled for pilot training in the Luftwaffe as ...


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Veteran Lancs

Aviation historians will know that the Avro Lancaster bomber is the most famous aircraft to have fought with RAF Bomber Command during World War Two. They will know too that, of th ...


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Great Spies of the 20th Century

Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthrall us with their abilities to operate secretly in the shadows. With these mini-b ...


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13 Sharks

John D Grainger charts the careers of the thirteen vessels that have served the Royal Navy under the name HMS Shark. Despite the ferocious name, they have all been relatively small ...


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Scourge of Henry VIII

Although Mary, Queen of Scots continues to fascinate both historians and the general public alike, the story of her mother, Marie de Guise, is much less well known. A political pow ...


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The Dark Side of East London

Just hearing the phrase ‘the East End’ summons up images of slums and dark alleyways, with Jack the Ripper appearing from the mist, or housing estates and pubs where you might find ...


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The Lost Story of the William and Mary

The emigrant ship William and Mary departed from Liverpool with 208 British, Irish, and Dutch emigrants in early 1853. Captained by young American Timothy Stinson, the vessel was ...


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Air Battle for Burma

After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fight back and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the e ...


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Aces, Airmen and The Biggin Hill Wing

During the Second World War, RAF Biggin Hill was one of Fighter Command’s premier stations. Throughout the Battle of Britain and beyond, it became a hotbed of talent and expertise, ...


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Surviving the Japanese Onslaught

These are the firsthand memoirs of the late William Albert Tate (W.O, RAF Bomber Command) framed within the factual history of his service career in the Royal Air Force between the ...


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Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor

The Second World War upended many lives, disrupting patterns and routines and bringing an array of terrifying new dangers with it. For Jenny Nater, the war brought great sadness bu ...


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Medicine, Healing and Performance

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Whether it is the binding of shattered bones or the creation of herbal remedies, human agency is a central feature of the healing process. Both archaeological and anthropological r ...


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Violence and Civilization

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This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history. Taking a broad definition of violence, including str ...


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The Archaeology of Politics and Power

Archaeology is not just about the past, but the present and future too. Much of our present condition and future prospects are inevitably bound up with what states do and what they ...


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African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present

African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short l ...


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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner examines how specific types of food were prepared and eaten during feasting rituals in prehistoric Europe and the Near East. Such rituals allowed peop ...


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The Dark Side of Childhood in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

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This volume examines conceptions, ideas and habits connected with children in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, focusing on the "dark sides of childhood" in the pre-modern world. The ...


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The Archaeology of Darkness

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Through time people have lived with darkness. Archaeology shows us that over the whole human journey people have sought out dark places, for burials, for votive deposition and some ...


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Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30BC

This is an important study of the new types of warships which evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians an ...


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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt "Bubbletop"

The book covers the technical history of the late production P-47 Thunderbolts, with the “bubbletop” canopy. From the P-47D-25-RE through to the final P-47N, the changes in the var ...


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17 Big Bets for a Better World

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The adoption of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals was a landmark for the global community and our global sustainability. Now, one year after the initiation of the goals’, i ...


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Fieseler 156 Storch 1938-1945

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (stork) was a German liaison aircraft built before and during World War II, and even post war in France. It remains famous to this day for its excellent ...


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BF 109 Late Versions

This book describes and illustrates the late versions of the Bf 109 with long tail during WW2. Covering the late Bf 109 G and K variants, the camouflage and markings of these airc ...


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Montpellier Fighter Squadron

This is the combat history of the Polish Montpellier squadron, which fought in Polish fighter aircraft MS 406s in the Battle of France in 1940. It provides full details of the unit ...