The first volume in the new Helion Library of the Great War, a series designed to bring into print rare books long out-of-print, as well as producing translations of important and overlooked material that will contribute to our knowledge of this conflict.
A detailed account of the composition, structure and Organisation of the First World War German Army has long been needed by English-language readers - this work will fill this gap admirably.
Here is an outstanding personal memoir penned by a German infantry officer recalling his experiences during the initial days and weeks of the war in the West, July-September 1914.
The year of 1914 had been a difficult one for the British Expeditionary Force, the war that had started in August had not been over by the expected time of Christmas.
Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict.
This is the first of a two volume series covering early twentieth century colonial campaigns in Africa, Asia and the Americas, ranging from Mexico and the Philippines to Africa and the North West Frontier.
Captain Claud Williams’ memoir tells, firsthand, what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during the First World War, while Russell McGuirk’s commentary provides the historical background to the formation of the Patrols and follows their activities from the British raid on Siwa Oasis to desert exploration and survey work and the Kufra Reconnaissance Scheme.
Captain Claud Williams’ memoir tells, firsthand, what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during the First World War, while Russell McGuirk’s commentary provides the historical background to the formation of the Patrols and follows their activities from the British raid on Siwa Oasis to desert exploration and survey work and the Kufra Reconnaissance Scheme.
At the end of the First World War the victors decided to punish the aggressors and while doing so to establish free, democratic governments of ethnic groups which would, supposedly, have no reason to go to war.
On the 31st of July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus of one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battle of World War I.
On 25th September 1915, and for a few days afterwards, the small town of Loos, between Lens and La Bassee in Northern France, became the centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War.
';The very grubby coalface of foreign policy I found the entire book most horribly addictive' Independent ';One of the unexpected responses to reading this masterful study is amazement at the efforts the British and French each put into undermining the other' Spectator A fascinating insight into the untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle-lines of the modern Middle East.
THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF AMERICAN ASSASSIN With Iran on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon, Israel is forced to react.
Told through the eyes of a young girl, Lennie, this powerful novel tells of her search for her mum and little sister after the Clydebank Blitz near Glasgow in World War 2.
Edith Cavell was born in 1865, daughter of a Norfolk vicar, and shot in Brussels on 12 October 1915 by the Germans for sheltering British and French soldiers and helping them escape over the Belgian border.
In an empty theatre at the end of the pier the cast of the Fairbourne Follies gathers round the radio to hear Neville Chamberlain declare war on Germany.
Discover the iconic, bestselling Empire series today, beloved by readers around the world'Totally, utterly enthralling' 'Riches is just as good as Bernard Cornwell' 'A breathtaking saga' 'In Roman military fiction, Riches is at the top of the pyramid' 'Fresh, unpredictable, fascinating and exciting' MEET MARCUS VALERIUS, THE LEGENDARY HERO.
Out now: The Land in Winter, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 The Optimists: in a world full of suffering, how can we have faith in humanity, or the future?
Adam Tomaszewski is a Polish airman, flying Hurricanes alongside British pilots as the Battle of Britain rages in the summer skies over Kent and Sussex.
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEThe acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, adapted into the award-winning film Schindler's List'One of the world's greatest writers' Spectator'Extraordinary' Graham Greene'Powerful' The Times'Marvellous' Sunday TimesIn the shadow of Auschwitz, as thousands faced death in Nazi-occupied Poland, an unlikely saviour emerged.
Using the veterans own words and photographs, the book brings to life a mixture of their excitement of embarkation for France, their unbound optimism and courage, the agony of the trenches, and numbing fear of going over the top.
Catch-22 meets The Brothers Karamazov in the last great satire of the Soviet EraThe Great Patriotic War is stumbling to a close, but a new darkness has fallen over Soviet Russia.
