A tale of scheming, power struggles, conflict and the birth of England as we know it today. W. B. Bartlett, author of Vikings, tells the story of Alfred the Great and his descendants, and reasserts their right to be regarded as one of history's great Royal dynasties.
New B-format paperback - A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond.
The Dam Busters raids have gone down as perhaps the most famous air strikes in history. 'Voices of Courage' is the story of the legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams from the pilots.
A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond.
New paperback edition - The amazing life of Richard I, King of England, known to history as 'Richard the Lionheart', after his reputation for bravery exhibited fighting the 'Saracens' whilst crusading in the Holy Land.
The first full-length biography on its subject for forty years, "Richard The Lionheart" breaks new ground by considering the importance of the three women in Richard I's life - his mysterious wife Berengaria, fiancee and supposed mistress Alice of France, and Richard's mother Eleanor of Aquitaine.
The 'Assassins' are one of most spectacular legends of medieval history. This book traces the origins of the sect out of the schisms within the early Islamic religion and examines the impact of Hasan-i Sabbah, its founder, and Sinan - the legendary 'Old Man of the Mountain'. It discovers how the myths surrounding the assassins have developed.