In The Pattern in the Carpet Margaret Drabble tells the history of the jigsaw a uniquely British for..

On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..

When FDR Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered outside the Crimean city of Yalta in February 1..

Blood Iron and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world ..

The Royal Air Force is synonymous with its heroic achievements in the summer of 1940 when Winston Ch..

D-Day 6 June 1944 was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation..

Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing ..

Sally Urwin and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland which they share with Mavis ..

Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm met at a motorcycle club in Bournemouth and when war broke out they..

Operation Market Garden the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine ..

A story of love and grief. ‘I became a widower and a father on the same day’ says Joseph Luzzi. ..

In the spring of 1939 two determined 24-year-olds Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver decided to open a m..

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Antoine Lavoisier who wrote the first..

In Tudor England Mary Queen of Scots was under house arrest and her letters were censored so she sew..

In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..