Fusiliers: How The British Army Lost America But Learned To Fight by Mark Urban (More from this author). Added: In the last week

A unique perspective on the American Revolution, seen through the eyes of a redcoat regiment.From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one British regiment marched thousands of miles and... read more

Moondust: In Search Of The Men Who Fell To Earth by Andrew Smith (More from this author). Added: In the last week

The Apollo Moon landings have been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys, and all were indelibly marked by it. In Moondust,... read more

Zulu by Saul David (More from this author). Added: In the last week

The Zulu War of 1879 was the most brutal and controversial British imperial conflict of the 19th century. Saul David is presenting a programme on the subject which will be aired in October 2003. He... read more

Do Not Pass Go: From The Old Kent Road To Mayfair by Tim Moore (More from this author). Added: In the last week

In the wonderful world of Monopoly, it still only costs GBP50 to buy a house in Islington, you can move around London with the shake of a dice and even park your car for free. In "Do Not Pass Go",... read more

Nelson: Britannia's God Of War by Andrew D. Lambert (More from this author). Added: In the last week

Nelson explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of the man's genius, to understand how the greatest warrior that Britain has ever produced transformed the art of... read more

Unnatural Murder: Poison In The Court Of James I: The Overbury Murder by Anne Somerset (More from this author). Added: In the last week

In the autumn of 1615 the Earl and Countess of Somerset were detained on suspicion of having murdered Sir Thomas Overbury. The arrest of these leading court figures created a sensation. The Countess ... read more

Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam by Joseph T. Ward (More from this author). Added: In the last week

The letters Joseph War, one of the elite Marine Scout Snipers, wrote home reveal a side of the Vietnam war seldom seen. Whether under nigthly mortar attack in An Hoa, with a Marine company in the... read more

Whores, Wars And Waste: Antics Of The Modern British Army by R.T. Sharp (More from this author). Added: In the last week

This revealing and entertaining collection of true stories documents one man’s life in the British army from the time of his enlistment to his departure more than 24 years later. Ranging from... read more

Behind The Lines: Revealing And Uncensored Letters From Our War-torn World by Andrew Carroll (More from this author). Added: In the last week

'Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read' - Stephen E. Ambrose on "War Letters". In 2001, Andrew Carroll authored the US top ten bestseller,... read more

War Walks: From Agincourt To Normandy V. 1 by Richard Holmes (More from this author). Added: In the last week

lass="linkBullets"> Reviews Synopsis A companion to the BBC 2 series. Six moments in British History, from the Norman Conquest to the... read more

Rubicon: The Triumph And Tragedy Of The Roman Republic by Tom Holland (More from this author). Added: In the last week

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s... read more

Redcoat: The British Soldier In The Age Of Horse And Musket by Richard Holmes (More from this author). Added: In the last week

The battlefield museum of Waterloo, Richard Holmes comments in Redcoat, tells us much about Napoleon, Wellington and their senior commanders but far less about the men they led. Holmes aims, in this... read more

Scapa Flow - The Story Of Britain's Greatest Naval Anchorage In Two World Wars by Malcolm Brown, Patricia Meehan (More from this author). Added: In the last week

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Archaeology Coursebook by Jim Grant, et al (More from this author). Added: In the last week

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Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser (More from this author). Added: In the last week

George MacDonald Fraser—beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels—offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II.  Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there... read more

How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The World by Francis Wheen (More from this author). Added: In the last week

A big bestseller in the UK and right on about the U.S.: Francis Wheen's delightful "assault on all things irrational, inexplicable, dumb-headed and phony" (The Financial Times) What characterizes... read more

Fighting In Hell: The German Ordeal On The Eastern Front by Peter G. Tsouras (Editor) (More from this author). Added: In the last week

On 22 June 1941, the German army invaded the Soviet Union, one hundred fifty divisions advancing on three axes in a surprise attack that overwhelmed and destroyed whatever opposition the Russians... read more

Will In The World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt (More from this author). Added: In the last week

Why should we read Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World? There have been innumerable biographies of William Shakespeare, but the greatest of all writers remains the great unknowable. We know about... read more

The Autobiography Of The British Soldier: From Agincourt To Basra, In His Own Words by John Lewis-Stempel (More from this author). Added: In the last week

From Agincourt to Waterloo, from Dunkirk to the Gulf War, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles. This is the story of Britain at war from the perspective of that man. It... read more

The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (Women In History) by Antonia Fraser (More from this author). Added: In the last week

The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr - have become defined in a popular sense not so much by their lives... read more