Books from History Press Limited
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Murder and Crime in Rotherham
By Margaret DrinkallWritten by local author Margaret Drinkall, a true crime expert, this book tackles a subject that many would prefer to ignore, but which remains an important part of Rotherham's history.
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Smuggling in the British Isles: A History
By Richard PlattIn Smuggling in the British Isles, maritime history specialist Richard Platt tells the full story of the smuggling trade, revealing who the smugglers were, why they did it, how contraband was transported and how they avoided detection.
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Lost Gods of Albion: The Chalk Hill-figures of Britain
By Paul NewmanA uniquely British phenomenon, the 30 or so figures cut into the turf of southern England have excited antiquarians, archaeologists, and the general public for generations. However, their origins are...
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The Blast of War: Destruction in the English Civil Wars
By Stephen PorterThe destruction caused by the English Civil Wars was widespread and devastating. Towns, villages, churches, and country houses were destroyed, and by the end of the Second Civil War at...
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The Cutting Edge: Studies in Ancient and Medieval Combat
By Barry MolloyIn this edited volume leading experts in the field of ancient combat explore the reality of inter-personal fighting from prehistory to the medieval period.
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Victorian Engineering
By L. T. C. RoltL T C Rolt was an engineer and pioneer of industrial history; in this book he combined these two passions to give us a fascinating account of the men who...
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Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Sherlock Holmes
By Andrew NormanIn 1916, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declared that he believed in spiritualism, and he also professed to believe in fairies. This work traces the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles strange beliefs.
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2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
By Mauro F. GuillénA ground-breaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends, including answers on how COVID-19 will amplify and accelerate each of these changes
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The First World War in 100 Objects
By Peter DoyleThey bear witness to the stories of men whose only morning comfort in the trenches was the rum ration, children who grew up with only one photograph of the father that they would never get to know, women who would sacrifice their girlhood ...
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Scottish Voices from the Great War
By Derek YoungThis book focuses on the experiences of those who served in the Scottish divisions.
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The Green Hell: A Concise History of the Chaco War Between Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-35
By Adrian J. EnglishSecond in the Spellmount Military Studies series is one of few works in English on this largely forgotten war. It reveals the unconventional tactics that allowed the poorly equipped Paraguayans...
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The Culture of War
By Martin van CreveldThis provocative book sets out to show how wrongheaded, and even dangerous, such attitudes are.