Explores the lives of over forty men and women – great and otherwise – whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history.

A guide to the Greek and Roman Myths. It features a blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient myths in a modern context, discussing the afterlives of the myths and the relevance of their messages. It includes factfiles on heroes and heroines and family trees of the gods.

An exploration of one of England's great ancient monuments: the 360-foot-long chalk White Horse at Uffington.

A spectacular, vivid, ground-breaking work of history which takes us into the mind and lives of medieval woman.

A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.

A survey of the many roles played by women across the world from 1850–1960, using colourised photos and captions to tell to their story.

A revised and updated edition of this magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.

Airborne to Arnhem Volume 3 is the final volume of reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation MARKET, 17th- 26th September 1944 published by Helion and Company. The three volumes contain over 150 personal accounts received from veterans of the 1st Airborne Division alongside those from RAF aircrew and XXX Corps.

The study is the culmination of over forty years of research concentrating on the British 1st Airborne Division's role in the capture of the north end of the Arnhem bridge and t...