In the early hours of 10 May 1940, Hitler’s armed forces launched their invasion of France and the Low Countries. Shattering ...

The orphaned Philadelphia Austen was forced to seek for herself those objects of eighteenth-century womanhood: social esteem and financial independence. Her story is circumscribed ...

Gold is not what we think. It is usually discussed in the context of wealth and art but this book has a broader subject, ...

American forces were sweeping eastwards toward Berlin, in part advancing across territory that would eventually become part ...

Shortly after the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941, over 70,000 American and Filipino servicemen were captured ...

Mention the name ‘Brooklands’ to most people and you will either get a blank look or at best a recollection of it being something to do with motor racing. Very few will respond with knowledge of its ...

When you arise on the morning of Friday 27th September, and reach for your breakfast toast or cereal, spare a thought for the 370 aircrew from the USAAF 445th BG who 80 years ago that day, were ...

In The Real Charles Dickens, my co-writer Stephen Browning and I take a look at the life and works of one of England’s greatest writers, taking in some of the less well-documented areas of an ...

The Real Charles Dickens By Simon Thomas, co-author of a new book, The Real Charles Dickens, published by White Owl, 30 January 2025 ...

The Real Charles Dickens By Simon Thomas, co-author of a new book, The Real Charles Dickens, published by White Owl, 30 January 2025 ...