Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, first published in 1866, is a collection of 24 of the most commonly held superstitions of the Medieval era. For each story, Baring-Gould presents his research into the history and possible inspiration for the myth. Included among these familiar tales are: The Wandering Jew, the story of the Jewish shoemaker who is doomed to wander the earth until the Second Coming. William Tell, the Swiss hero who shot an apple off his son’s head. Saint George, a Christian...

During the 90’s, two young historians travel to Budapest. How-ever, fate interviens. The car battery dies in Beieren. When the car stops, the two historians find themselves in Bad Reichenhall, the town where Karl Ullrich, one of the most wellknown commanders of the infamous Waffen-SS divisions ‘Totenkopf’ and ‘Wiking’, lives. An unplanned meeting turns into an interview that lasts multiple days, which gives a unique perspective on the life of this officer. He shares his past so open...

The focus on the 1944 Ardennes offensive is always on the initial dash of Kampfgruppe Peiper and the battles around Bastogne. The tanks steal the show. Most German forces involved were however infantry divisions with little means of transport. They are often regarded as the weak link: the footsloggers who could not catch up with the tanks.

There was however an often overlooked German infantry success in the Schneiffel sector. The German 18th Volksgrenadierdivision almost singlehanded defeated...

Heinrich Himmler, one of the most infamous mass murderers of all time, was originially from a conservative and Catholic family in Bavaria. Later he would break away from the church.

Himmler and his SS are responsible for the murders of 6 million Jews. The Allied Forces knew more about this during the war than they care to admit, since the British had broken the SS-codes.

Himmler was heavily involved in the state-of-affairs of the Netherlands and Belgium. However, he clashed with NSB-collabora...

SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘The most important book of the year’  Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers

One of our foremost historical novelists, Philippa Gregory, makes history.

This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.

Presents a controversial view of the origins of fascism, locating them in the eighteenth century with the advent of the Anti-Enlightenment, a far earlier date than most historians. This book contends that J G Herder, Edmund Burke, and Joseph de Maistre can be connected to the origins of the Anti-Enlightenment.

The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific