BOOKS

From its medieval origins up to the present day, this book is a fascinating and informative history of an extraordinary city.

In time for the eightieth anniversary, The Lighthouse of Stalingrad will shed fresh light on this iconic battle through the prism of the men who fought one another over five months and the officers who commanded them.

Soldiery explores the British Army as a diverse and proud organisation with a cherished heritage.

This is by no means a mere catalogue of fashion plates, it tells a romping good story cover to cover that will delight academic historians and fashion officiandos alike.

The first part of an epic new two-volume history, Britain at Bay is an engaging, revisionist look at the first half of the Second World War.

Compiles a selection of now unclassified Cold War documents, field manuals and briefing directives, which uncovers the training and techniques required to work as a spy.

There have been numerous books about the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and about Revd David Railton but none so poignant as this. A modest and selfless man who served as a Chaplain on the terrifying battlefields of Flanders.

The Jungle Survival Pocket Manual is reproduced from the original guides issued to British and American soldiers to assist with their survival in unfamiliar territory.

On 19 March 2003, a combined force from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq. The British effort was codenamed Operation Telic and saw the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War.

Giles Orpen-Smellie writes about his experience as a battalion intelligence officer, of how battlefield or tactical intelligence, was collected and assessed to develop a picture of the Argentine defenders.

An original and intimate depiction of Winston Churchill by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians; this is the only biography of Churchill you will ever need to read.

Centre of the first great Slav civilisation in the tenth century, then divided between warring neighbours for a millennium, Ukraine finally won independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union.