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A new biography of an unjustly neglected Victorian novelist, with original research drawing on his unpublished correspondence, and his work as both a journalist and a novelist.

A superb narrative of a forgotten campaign. Contains vivid first-hand eyewitness accounts. Published to coincide with the anniversaries of the Treaty signings of 1920.

Bridging the gap to bring Irish history to the British market, across a range of titles that are so deeply connected to British history as a whole.

In collaboration with History Ireland, the leading Irish history magazine publisher based in Dublin, this is the second title in P&S;'s new series 'Irish Perspectives' - bridging the gap to bring Irish history to the British market.

In this chilling history of the bodysnatching trade, the stories of Britain's lesser known Resurrection Men are told.

After dinner at the Wolfs Lair it was Hitlers custom to retire to his private quarters where Hitler and his entourage often listened to gramophone records of Beethoven symphonies, selections from Wagner while Hitler would hold forth with lengthy and rambling monologues touching on a wide variety of subjects. Hitler was invariably joined by Keitel and his two secretaries, also present was Martin Bormann who decided to commission a recording of Hitlers words for posterity.

Explores the alternate outcomes of decisions that Hitler could have made, but didn't, during the Second World War. Skilfully and engagingly written by leading military historians.

'Hitler Triumphant is a thoughtful, well-edited and very well-chosen selection of essays . . . Tsouras has assembled an A-Team of well-known historians and military analysts who have given a great deal of thought to the various turning points of World War II' – World War II Based on a series of fascinating 'what ifs' posed by leading military historians, this compelling new alternate history reconstructs the moments during the Second World War that could conceivably have altered the entire course of the war and led to a German victory. Based on real battles, actions and characters, each scenario has been carefully constructed to reveal how at points of decision a different choice or minor incident could have set in motion an entirely new train of events altering history for ever. Scenarios in this volume include the fall of Malta in 1942 and the likely consequences and the possibility of Halifax making peace with Hitler. Other contributors include JOHN PRADOS, editor of The White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President, DAVID ISBY, editor of Fighting the Invasion and The Luftwaffe Fighter Force and NIGEL JONES, author of The War Walk and Rupert Brooke, Life, Death and Myth.

Explores both the reality and myths behind historical characters such as Marie Antoinette, Princess de Lamballe, and her brother-in-law, the Duc d'Orleans

A blow-by-blow analysis of the operations to to secure suitable docks to supply the immense needs of the Allied armies on Northwest Europe, 1944.