Jane Austen is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English literary canon, and recent film and television adaptations of her works have brought them to a new audience almost 200 years after her untimely death.
This collection brings together thirteen criminal cases from County Durham's past that shocked not only the county but also made headline news across the country.
Throughout his distinguised career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the profile of astronomy amoung the British public than any other figure in the scientific world.
Since 1066 when William the Conqueror (alias William the Bastard) took the throne, English and Scottish kings have sired at least 150 children out of wedlock.
One of the most charismatic and enigmatic personalities of the High Middle Ages, Edward the 'Black Prince' commanded an English division at the battle of Crecy when just sixteen years old.
The incredible story of Marco Polo's journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity.
While everyone knows the story of King Arthur, few will have heard of King Lucius, a figure who has been consigned to myth and largely forgotten in the annals of British history.
Kabul is a name that has had much resonance in current affairs over the last few years, however its place in military history can be charted much further back to the first British incursions into Afghanistan during the 19th century.
'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War.
It's common knowledge that the Enigma cipher was broken at Bletchley Park, but less is known of the background: an exhilarating spy story of secret documents smuggled across borders, hair-raising escapes, Gestapo interrogations and betrayals.
Princess Diana is seen as the first member of the British royal family to tear up the rulebook, and the Duchess of Cambridge is modernising the monarchy in strides.
'Witty and well-researched' - Daily Express'A fascinating profile' - Daily TelegraphFor seven decades the Duke of Edinburgh was the Queen's 'strength and stay', far surpassing the predictions of courtiers who had feared 'a foreign interloper out for the goodies'.
Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure: a butcher's son, a man of letters and the Church, a divisive political expert, a man of principle - yet, to some, an arrogant upstart.
Elena Moreau lebt zwei Leben: Tagsüber ist sie die perfekte Assistentin eines Milliardärs, nachts wird sie zur exklusiven Escort-Dame Violet – gefangen in einem Netz aus Schulden, Lügen und der Sehnsucht nach einem echten Leben.
Michael Wittmann: Panzerass aus der OberpfalzVom Bauernhof zur Legende des Panzerkriegs und zurück in die harte WirklichkeitMichael Wittmann (1914–1944) gilt bis heute als der erfolgreichste deutsche Panzerkommandant des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
There are four days between Southampton and the iceberg - four days in which history handed two thousand people an enclosed world of extraordinary beauty and suspended consequence.
Prema – Zeitlose LiebeTranszendentales Tagebuch | Winter 2026von Jan "Yashomatinandana Dasa" Wolter"Prema – Zeitlose Liebe" ist ein tief persönliches, spirituelles Tagebuch über Transformation, Hingabe und die Suche nach wahrer Liebe.
This book investigates how female rulers quietly reshaped empires, frontiers, and belief systems despite being dismissed, caricatured, or erased by the historians who wrote after them.
In the latest volume of the Stairlift to Heaven series Terry Ravenscroft, his wife The Trouble, and his best friend Atkins are at it once more, growing older and even more disgracefully than ever.
In den engen Gassen des mittelalterlichen Rheinlands, zwischen brodelnden Märkten, romanischen Kirchen und dem ewig fließenden Rhein, entfaltet Fumiko Arase sieben Liebesgeschichten von zeitloser Tiefe und ungewöhnlicher Zartheit.
Nachdem Gustav aus dem Krieg zurückkehrt, zieht es ihn auf Einladung seines Onkels Georg Sattler, der dort eine private Lufttransportfirma aufbaut, nach Kolumbien.
KlappentextPaul von Lettow-VorbeckDer Löwe von AfrikaEr war der preußische Offizier, der mit einer Handvoll Soldaten und afrikanischen Askaris ein ganzes Weltreich in Atem hielt.
