Category Archives: History

Revolting – Terry Deary

Published By: BantamPages: 256Released On: 25/09/2025 It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and the working people are always revolting. But every now and again, a new group actually manages to seize power, and it changes history. Horrible Histories author Terry Deary takes readers on a hilariousContinue reading “Revolting – Terry Deary”

The CIA Book Club – Charlie English

Published By: William CollinsPages: 384Released On: 13/03/2025 From copies of Orwell to Agatha Christie, the Western effort was to undermine the censorship of the Soviet bloc, offer different visions of thought and culture to the people, and build relationships with real readers in the East. Historian Charlie English follows the characters of the era, withContinue reading “The CIA Book Club – Charlie English”

Mavericks – Jenny Draper

Published By: WatkinsPages: 224Released On: 11/02/2025 Breaking away from history as told through the lens of kings, queens and nobles, this book instead lifts the lid on 24 fascinating stories of little-known underdogs, mavericks, trailblazers and oddballs. Through these stories you will meet characters such as:  – The Chevalier d’Eon – a fencing master, spyContinue reading “Mavericks – Jenny Draper”

The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan

Published By: Seven DialsPages: 299Released On: 22/02/2024 Great Yarmouth, September 1900: A young woman is found dead on the beach, a bootlace tied tightly around her neck. Despite her death attracting national attention in the press, nobody claims her. Detective Inspector Robert Lingwood of the Great Yarmouth police force declares he will not rest until theContinue reading “The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan”

Spy Artist Prisoner – George Tomaziu 

Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 232Released On: 03/03/2022 Romania allied itself with the Nazis in the Second World War to protect itself from the Soviet Union and to promote its own brand of fascist nationalism. When George Tomaziu, who had spent the 1930s preparing for a career as an artist, was invited to spy for Britain,Continue reading “Spy Artist Prisoner – George Tomaziu “

My Friend Anne Frank – Hannah Pick-Goslar with Dina Kraft

Published By: RiderPages: 320Released On: 08/06/2023 When five-year-old Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, she soon struck up a friendship with a precocious, outspoken and fun-loving girl named Anne Frank. For several blissful years, the girls were inseparable, enjoying carefree childhood games and sleepovers in their neighbourhood of Rivierenbuurt.Then,Continue reading “My Friend Anne Frank – Hannah Pick-Goslar with Dina Kraft”

N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia – Mark Piesing

Published By: MarinerPages: 448Released On: 13/10/2022 The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. During the Roaring Twenties, zeppelin travel embodied the exuberant spirit of the age. Germany’s luxurious Graf Zeppelin ran passenger serviceContinue reading “N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia – Mark Piesing”