Trade catalogue April - September 2023

We are proud to present our latest publishing list, covering April through to September 2023. This season’s highlights include some strong anniversary tie-ins across a range of imprints; titles celebrating inspirational and influential women of history; and the first two volumes in a brand-new series from the indefatigable Dilip Sarkar MBE.

This year marks eighty years since several iconic moments from the Second World War, including the Battle of Stalingrad and the Dambusters Raid. From After the Battle comes The Battle of Stalingrad in their ever-popular Then and Now series. Greenhill Books, meanwhile, brings us Breaking the German Dams, which offers a minuteby-minute account of Operation Chastise.

This period includes a number of Prisoner of War accounts, which often prove to be popular with readers, including Stories from the Stalags, where first-hand accounts from the prisoners themselves are woven into the overall picture of life behind the wire, creating a sense of the PoW experience. The Trauma of Captivity offers indepth analysis of the psychology of prisoners of war and includes exclusive, never-before-seen diary excerpts from a prisoner of war in Germany in the First World War. Survival and Separation on the River Kwai is a graphic memoir of Eric Roberts’ captivity, compiled by his grandson. The Burma Railway and PTSD is written from the viewpoint of a young girl who experienced the bittersweet homecoming of her traumatised father following the end of the war.

Women’s history highlights in this period include Codename TREASURE, the first biography of D-Day spy Lily Sergueiew, using her own writings and unpublished family papers. Florence Nightingale’s Sister provides a fresh examination of Frances Parthenope Verney; novelist, journalist, activist and sister of Florence Nightingale. Women in Welsh Coal Mining is the first extensive examination of the women and girls who worked, lived, and died in the Welsh coalfields and features an introduction by Ceri Thompson of the Big Pit National Coal Museum. The Edinburgh Seven, part of the popular Trailblazing Women series, tells the story of a group of determined young women, led by Sophia Jex Blake, who set their sights on medical degrees in the 1860s.

Coming up from the Air World imprint are two exciting new titles by Dilip Sarkar MBE, featuring the first and second parts of a new seven-volume series on the Battle of Britain; Battle of Britain the Gathering Storm. Meanwhile, The Greatest Escape by Martin Barratt is the culmination of twenty-four years of research tracing surviving relatives of a single bomber crew lost on operations eighty years ago, in May 1943.

The Race for the Atom Bomb from the P&S Military imprint is timed with the release of Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jnr. The book is the true account of the rise and fall of the American genius Robert Oppenheimer, chosen by the U.S. military to head a team of scientists to develop the first atomic bomb. Also coming up from P&S Military is an eightieth anniversary revised edition of The Animal Victoria Cross.

This catalogue also presents our distributed books for the period under the Casemate UK umbrella. Casemate UK is a Pen & Sword Books company and handles the distribution for many leading independent publishers, including Oxbow Books. Beginning with our subject specialities of archaeology, ancient history, military history and art, Casemate UK’s distribution operation offers books in many subject areas and disciplines – from the humanities to aviation. Many academic and specialist publishers from the USA, UK, Europe and beyond trust Casemate UK as a valued distribution partner in reaching and maximising sales from all available channels.

ONE OF OUR OWN

THE REMARKABLE STORY OF BATTLE OF BRITAIN PILOT SQUADRON LEADER VICTOR EKINS MBE DFC

David Duker

This is the enthralling story of a young man who fought through the Battle of Britain as seen by the diaries that he meticulously kept during his wartime experience and that lay unread for over eighty years. Victor Ekins fought in ‘The Hardest Day’. He also defended London against the first of the huge daylight bombing raids that took place at the start of the Blitz. On 27 September 1940, he was shot down and seriously injured as a bullet passed through his stomach and smashed into the controls of his Hurricane. Miraculously, he landed by parachute in a Canadian field hospital, the staff of which were able to save his life and he returned to action within just 8 weeks.

• Ekins initially flew Hurricanes before converting to Spitfires.

• Describes the perils of aerial combat, and discusses fighter tactics and their evolution during the war.

• Features ‘Rhubarb’ missions over German-occupied territory.

9781399050678 • £20.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 120 mono

ALA: St Neot’s, UK

August 2023 • WLR

BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE GATHERING STORM

PRELUDE TO THE SPITFIRE SUMMER OF 1940

Dilip Sarkar

In this, the first of a new seven volume series on the Battle of Britain, we have the background to the aerial conflict of the summer of 1940 revealed in great detail and told comprehensively as never before. No stone has been left unturned, no angle unexplored, to tell what Dilip calls ‘the Big Story’. The development of air power, the creation of Britain’s defences, the German side, the Home Front and political events are all covered – and much more. The author, with justification, questions the validity of the Battle of Britain’s official start-date being 10 July 1940, evidencing the fact that the fighting actually began eight days earlier. From that date onwards, a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, account of the fighting is provided.

• Compiled in association with the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust.

• Includes new information that was uncovered by the Battle of Britain People’s Project.

• Explores all of the background to the Battle of Britain, from a military, political and social background.

9781399056366 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Gloucester, UK

May 2023 • WLR

‘ENEMY SIGHTED’

THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BUNKER AND THE

WORLD’S FIRST INTEGRATED AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM

Dilip Amin

Enemy Sighted is the story of the world’s first integrated air defence system and how the coalition of Hurricanes and Spitfires, Fighter Command’s Operations Rooms and Sector Stations, Radar Stations, Observer Corps posts, anti-aircraft gun and searchlight batteries, and balloon barrages, stood resolutely in the way of Hitler’s plan for invading Britain in the Summer of 1940. Dilip Amin provides a fascinating insight into their development and eventual operationalisation. The system provided a recognised air picture, giving everyone the same information at the same time, much like computers linked through the internet do today. Fundamental to its telling is the 11 Group Operations Room, today referred to as the Battle of Britain Bunker, and the people who worked there, deep below RAF Uxbridge.

• Details the Bunker’s central role during the Battle of France, the Dunkirk Evacuation, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.

• Reveals how Winston Churchill was influenced by and played a part in the Bunker’s history.

• Provides a wealth of captivating information through extensive research of many original wartime documents.

9781399049306 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 100 mono

ALA: Reading, Berkshire, UK

September 2023 • WLR

BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE BREAKING STORM

10 JULY 1940–12 AUGUST 1940

Dilip Sarkar

In The Breaking Storm Dilip provides a day-by-day chronicle of the battle’s first phase – the so-called Kanalkampf – which was fought over the Channelbound convoys between 10 July and 12 August 1940. This account, though, does not simply concern RAF Fighter Command, as the author recognises the operations and efforts of the RAF’s Bomber and Coastal commands, the Royal Navy and mercantile marine. Hitler’s policies and intentions towards the ongoing war with Britain are also explored. Drawing upon unique firsthand accounts from a wide range of combatants and eyewitnesses, along with Daily Home Intelligence Reports and numerous other primary sources, this book forms part of what is likely to be the first and last such comprehensively woven account of this epic air battle.

• The second in an eight-volume history of the Battle of Britain.

• Includes new information that was uncovered by the Battle of Britain People’s Project.

• Packed full of human stories and firsthand accounts.

9781399056410 • £25.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Gloucester, UK

August 2023 • WLR

AIR WORLD

THE GREATEST ESCAPE

A BOMBER COMMAND NAVIGATOR’S STORY OF SURVIVAL IN NAZI GERMANY

Martin Barratt

This is the story of a wartime bomber, its crew and of a tantalising detective story unfolding over nearly a quarter of a century of intensive research. It is also a story of one man’s will to survive against seemingly insurmountable odds. The crew of Halifax JB869 of 102 Squadron, of which the author’s father was the navigator, was lost on the night of 4 May 1943. He survived baling out and, later, an attempted lynching on the ground to become a Prisoner of War. But his escape from his shattered aircraft was only the first of many episodes in his two years of captivity that would see him pushed to the limits of endurance and face death more than once.

• Includes a collection of previously unseen archive photographs, personal letters, papers and logbooks.

• The culmination of 24 years of research tracing surviving relatives of a single bomber crew lost on operations in May 1943.

• Written with the family historian firmly in mind, specifically those who wish to research and uncover the personal stories of their own relatives, the author provides useful guidance, insights and tips.

9781399075275 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 images

ALA: Surrey, UK

April 2023 • WLR

MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: SIR CHARLES PORTAL

ONE OF THE GREATEST ALLIED LEADERS OF WW2

Richard Michael Milburn

From a First World War pilot, Portal had already ascended to the Air Force Board when Hitler’s forces invaded Poland. He then took the RAF’s top command post at Bomber Command during the battles of France and Britain, before replacing Cyril Newall as Chief of Air Staff in October 1940. Charles Portal was, in General Eisenhower’s words, ‘Britain’s greatest wartime leader, including Churchill’. Portal was a strategist, a diplomat and an outstanding leader of the RAF in the Second World War. As Wing Commander Rich Milburn reveals in this long-overdue second biography, Charles Portal was a hero in every sense; a heroic battlefield leader in one global conflict, and one of the men most directly responsible for Allied victory in a second.

• Portal enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of the First World War as a despatch rider.

• The author explores Portal’s relationship with some of the most powerful Allied leaders, including Churchill, Bomber Harris, and Hap Arnold.

9781399044394 • £25.00

264 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Consett, County Durham, UK

August 2023 • WLR

STORIES FROM THE STALAGS ALLIED AIRMEN BEHIND THE WIRE IN WW2

Martin W Bowman

Here, at first hand, are stories of some of those Allied bomber crewmen who had to bale out of their aircraft over enemy territory or who survived a devastating crash. For most, and particularly the injured, capture was immediate – imprisonment inevitable. For some evasion was possible, but rarely for long. For those taken prisoner, staying alive was uppermost in their minds and in many cases only the comradeship of fellow prisoners and, for some, thoughts of escape, made incarceration bearable. Martin Bowman’s revealing narrative describes in adrenalin-pumping detail the furious air battles that led to the bombers being shot down, as well as the personal campaigns they fought to regain their freedom, and the confrontations in captivity between PoWs and guards.

• Concentrates on all aspects of prison life including the secret escape work under the noses of the guards.

• Compiled from detailed correspondence with some of the last surviving aircrew.

• First-hand accounts from the prisoners themselves are woven into the overall picture of life behind the wire, creating a sense of the PoW experience.

9781399073301 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Norwich, Norfolk

September 2023 • WLR

JAMES STEWART AT WAR HIS CAREER IN THE USAAF

Pavel Türk

James Stewart was already a Hollywood star when the United States went to war in December 1941. By that time ‘Jimmy’ had already received his private pilot’s licence and he continued his pilot training and just twelve days before he received his draft, he had obtained his commercial pilot’s licence. Stewart was appointed commander of the 703rd Bombardment Squadron in November 1943. He took part in twenty missions, including raids against targets across Germany, including Berlin, all of which are analysed in detail along with a fabulous collection of photographs of the aircraft Jimmy flew and the men he flew with. James Stewart rose to the rank of major. He was also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and later became a brigadier general.

• Explores the story of one star of the Silver Screen’s role in the Second World War.

• He bombed the V-weapon sites at Siracourt.

• Stewart became the highest-ranking actor in American military history.

9781399066952 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 10 colour, 110 mono

ALA: Praha, Czech Republic

June 2023 • WLR

AGAINST HITLER’S LUFTWAFFE IN THE BALKANS

THE ROYAL YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE AT WAR IN 1941

Djordje I Nikolic´, Ognjan M Petrovic´

For Yugoslavia, the Second World War started on 6 April 1941 with Hitler’s attack on the country. Despite the odds, the Yugoslavs fought gallantly in the defence of their homeland, with fighters taking on the German and Italian bombers and their escort fighters – including the Axis types in service with the RYAF. Eventually, due to the deteriorating situation on the front and the ever-increasing risk of the king and his government being captured, the decision was taken to evacuate by air to Greece. In the summer of the 1941 some 220 Yugoslav aviators gathered in Egypt and continued the fight against Axis, this time in the colours of the RAF. This is the full story of their service and combats in the early months of that year.

• Explores the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s aerial battle against Hitler’s forces in March and April 1941.

• The authors describe the development of the Yugoslav Air Force leading up to the conflict.

• Shows how the Yugoslavs used a mix of Axis and Allied aircraft.

• Highly illustrated throughout, many of which not previously published.

9781399088978 • £25.00

232 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 250 mono

ALA: Nikolic´, WA United States; Petrovic´, Serbia September 2023 • WLR

LANCASTERS AT WAR

BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS FROM RAF GRIMSBY

Ian David Reid

In Lancasters at War, Ian Reid has set out to explore its successes and failures of Bomber Command through the men and machines that operated from one airfield, namely RAF Grimsby, and one unit, 100 Squadron. From attacks on the Ruhr to the Battle of Berlin, and from supporting the D-Day landings to the campaign against Hitler’s V-weapons, all are explored by the author in this book. Packed full of first-hand accounts from aircrew, groundcrew and WAAFs, all of which are supported by many previously unpublished photographs, Lancaster at War is an important addition to the record of the Allies’ Strategic Bombing Offensive in the Second World War, as well as Bomber Command’s part in the defeat of the Third Reich.

• Highly illustrated throughout, including with many images never previously published.

• Includes 56 profiles of aircraft that operated from the airfield between June 1943 and the end of the war.

• Each profile is complete with a minihistory – ideal for aviation historians and modellers alike.

9781526792617 • £30.00

344 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 56 colour, 185 b&w

ALA: Great Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK

August 2023 • WLR

AIR BATTLE FOR LENINGRAD 1941–1944

Dmitry Degtev, Dmitry Zubov

The Siege of Leningrad was one of the most brutal battles of WW2. Here the authors explore the full story of the German and Soviet aerial battles in the Leningrad sector during the siege. There are devastating details of the bombing of the starving population, numerous attempts by the Luftwaffe to destroy the Red Baltic Fleet, and air attacks against the ‘Road of Life’, along which vital food and ammunition were delivered to the city and combats in the skies over Leningrad and its surroundings. Revealing what was happening in the air and on the ground, as well as in the German and Russian headquarters, the authors explain why, in spite of numerous successes, the Luftwaffe failed to help force the surrender of Leningrad.

• Includes testimonies of German pilots and aircrew involved in the aerial campaign over the city.

• Reveals how the Luftwaffe created its own fleet of ‘warships’ on Lake Ladoga, to help destroy the Russian fleet.

• Details how Stalin was more concerned about removing valuable equipment than the lives of the civilians left behind.

9781399061230 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback 234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Nizhegorodskaya obi, Russia

August 2023 • WLR

THE TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE THE RAF’S VOLUNTARY

SQUADRONS, 1926–1957

Frances Louise Wilkinson

This book presents the history of the Territorial Air Force from its creation until 1957. It considers the ideas behind the formation of two different types of reserve for the RAF and it examines the way in which men were recruited for the different groups. Woven throughout the text is an analysis of how the volunteers joined, and what kinds of men were accepted as both pilots and officers. It also analyses the influences class and social status had on recruitment in the run up to the Second World War. Class ceased to be the key determining factor in the recruitment of officers as the pre-war impression of a gentlemen’s flying club finally gave way to a more meritocratic culture post-war.

• The Territorial Air Force was made up of three main parts, the Auxiliary Air Force, the Special Reserve and the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

• These three separate and different groups, as a whole, have not featured significantly in existing literature.

• Discusses the University Air Squadrons which were set up to promote “air mindedness”.

9781526797995 • £16.99

344 pages • Paperback 234x156 • ALA: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham

April 2023 • WLR

F-35 IN SERVICE WITH AIR FORCES AROUND THE WORLD

Gérard Keijsper

Gérard Keijsper explores the long and difficult journey that customers led to buying the Lockheed Martin F-35. Gérard reveals the story of the F-35 in service and why it is often described as an ‘international aircraft’. The F-35 achieved Initial Operational Capability with the US Marine Corps in July 2015. Other nations that have since purchased the F-35 include the United Kingdom, for both the RAF and the Royal Navy, Israel, under which service the type undertook its first combat mission in 2018, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Japan, South Korea and Italy. This is a fascinating and highly illustrated study of the F-35 in service which, in Lockheed Martin’s own words, is the most lethal, survivable, and connected fighter jet in the world.

• The F-35 was first used in combat in 2018 by the Israeli Air Force.

• The author explores the design and development of the F-35 and how it has been deployed by various countries.

• Explores some of the F-35’s operations undertaken to date, which include missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.

9781399083539 • £35.00

400 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 400 colour illustration integrated

ALA: Czech Republic September 2023

THE ARGENTINE FLYING FORTRESS

THE STORY OF THE FMA IA-58 PUCARÁ

Santiago Rivas

CONVAIR B-36 PEACEMAKER COLD WAR NUCLEAR BOMBER AND LARGEST MASS-PRODUCED PISTON-ENGINE AIRCRAFT EVER BUILT

Graham M Simons

Entering service in 1948, the B-36 was a remarkable design. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft in history. Importantly, in terms of the developing Cold War, the B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the weapons in America’s nuclear arsenal without modification. To achieve this, the Peacemaker had an operational range of 10,000 miles, being capable of intercontinental flight without refuelling. Despite its seemingly conventional appearance, it pushed the state-of-the-art technology further than any other aircraft of its era. Its sheer size brought with it structural challenges, while its highaltitude capabilities led to engine cooling and associated problems. However, these were overcome, and the B-36 served well as the first ‘Big Stick’ of the Cold War.

• The Convair B-36 ‘Peacemaker’ was a strategic bomber that was operated by the US Air Force between 1946 and 1959.

• The concept for the B-36 was first raised in 1941, at the height of the Blitz on the UK.

• Although never used in combat, the B-36 was a major deterrent to enemy aggression.

• Highly illustrated throughout.

9781526787316 • £30.00

304 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 200 colour & mono

ALA: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire September 2023 • WLR

THE RAF’S ARMOURERS SAFELY MAKING AIRCRAFT DANGEROUS SINCE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Tony Lamsdale, Phil Appleby

In the 1960’s guerrillas were operating in almost all Latin American countries, as well as in Africa and Asia, and the need of specialized weapons to fight them arose. The Argentine Air Force, seeing this threat grow, asked the FMA factory to produce a counterinsurgency airplane to equip the force, but also to offer on the international market. After several proposals were analysed, a final product emerged, called the IA-58 Pucará, a robust twin turboprop aircraft with heavy internal weapons, planned to operate from unprepared airstrips on very hard conditions. The plane entered service with the Argentine Air Force in 1975 and more than 100 were produced over the years, with several versions being developed or proposed. It was purchased by Uruguay, Colombia and Sri Lanka, the type gained world notoriety when they took part on the 1982 South Atlantic war, but also had combat experience in Colombia and Sri Lanka, and was tested by the Royal Air Force. Now, with the original version already retired, the Argentine Air Force plans to convert them into the Pucará Fénix version, with new engines and avionics, with new missions too, like intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

9781399097925 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • Mono integrated

ALA: Buenos Aires, Argentina May 2023 • WLR

Opening with a brief history of the Armourer, before capturing the adventures and exploits of RAF Armourers from the First World War onwards, the book revealing how the trade has adapted to the most modern of military machines. The dangerous duties of the Armourers on deployment in such places as the Falklands, Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan are explored. There is also the question of having to learn of bomb dumps, the use of small arms and the unique world of the Armourer with its own peculiar language and the camaraderie of the crew room. With each chapter brought to life through personal anecdotes and shared experiences, this book provides an insight into an essential role which has remained largely hidden – until now.

• Includes input from current serving RAF Armourers.

• Conflicts covered include the Falklands War in 1982, Bosnia in the 1990s, and the ongoing unrest in the Middle East.

• Reveals what it was like to serve as an Armourer in the RAF during the Cold War.

• Includes a chapter exploring the Bomb Disposal element of the Armourers’.

9781399010337 • £25.00

296 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 100 b&w

ALA: Bedlington; Lymington, UK August 2023 • WLR

100 YEARS OF CIVIL AVIATION

A HISTORY FROM THE 1919 PARIS CONVENTION TO RETIRING THE JUMBO JET

Ben Skipper

The book examines a century of civil aviation; in 1919 a fledgling industry was born out of civilianizing First World War bombers. The book covers the design and development of civil aircraft and all the personalities that shaped the industry; it features the hay-day of air travel before the advent of mass passenger transit, and the rise of smaller, austerity airlines. It covers the influence of military aircraft on civil planes, unpacks the laws that govern civil aviation and how they have changed over the past century. It chronicles air disasters, both mechanical and tyrannical, and for the first time, looks at the role of women in civil aviation. Playing its part in times of crisis, civil aviation has led rescue missions and covert operations; civilian pilots were often used to test and transport new aircraft from their manufacturers to the frontline, often unarmed and unescorted. The book ends with the quiet retirement of an icon, amid a global pandemic and what lies in store for a greener flying future.

• 120 black & white and colour photographs.

• First book to include the role of women in civil aviation’s 100-year history.

• The first book to include all aspects of civial aviation in a single volume.

9781399065962 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 60 colour & 59 mono

ALA: Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK September 2023 • WLR

‘SAILOR’ MALAN – FREEDOM FIGHTER

THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF A SPITFIRE ACE

Dilip Sarkar

‘Sailor’ Malan first saw action in the infamous ‘Battle of Barking Creek’ and then the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940. His exceptional ability was immediately demonstrated in a string of confirmed aerial victories. By August 1940 he was commanding 74 Squadron, which he led during the Battle of Britain. In March 1941, Malan became the first Wing Commander (Flying) at Biggin Hill, leading the three-squadron-strong Spitfire wing during operations over northern France. After a break from operations, Malan went on to command a succession of fighter training units, passing on his tactical genius and experience, and producing his famous ‘Ten Rules of Air Fighting’ which are still cited today. By the war’s end, Group Captain Malan was the RAF’s tenth top-scoring fighter pilot.

• The author has been allowed access to family records, facilitating a much more personal biography than those previously.

• After the war Malan returned to South Africa where, disgusted by Apartheid, he founded the ‘Torch Commando’ of ex-servicemen against this appalling policy.

• Malan’s efforts against Apartheid are explored in detail by the author.

9781526798480 • £18.99

272 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Worcester, UK

September 2023 • WLR

THE ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

COMMEMORATING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE

Frances Louise Wilkinson, Squadron Leader Tony Freeman RAuxaF (Retd)

First formed in 1924 and receiving ‘Royal’ status in 1947 for its contribution in WW2, the RAuxAF also came to the fore during the Cold War providing home defence. In more recent times, squadrons and personnel of the RAuxAF have seen action in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book presents, for the first time, the history and development of all the squadrons and units that made up the force including the Balloon, Maritime, Fighter Control and Radar Reporting Units, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiments and of course the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. These devoted warriors continue to serve alongside the regular forces in defence of the United Kingdom, ready to be called into action whenever their country is in time of need.

• The Royal Auxiliary Air Force provided, and still does, a primary reinforcement capability for the regular RAF.

• October 2024 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force’s formation.

• Details the RAuxAF’s Cold War flying squadrons between 1947 and 1957.

9781399062183 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, UK; Thornhill, UK

July 2023 • WLR

US NAVAL AVIATION, 1945–2003

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NAVAL ARCHIVES

Leo Marriott

As the many remarkable photographs in this book show, wherever naval aviation was involved, it played a crucial role, especially in the wars in Korea and Vietnam. The vessels built in the 1940s to fight in the war against Japan gave way to a new generation of super carriers. Supersonic fighters and strike aircraft entered service – the F-8 Crusaders and F-4 Phantoms of the Vietnam era, then the F-14 Tomcat, F/A18 Hornet and S-3 Viking of more recent times. Carrier-based helicopters became more important, first for search-andrescue missions, then for anti-submarine warfare and for landing assault forces. Throughout this period of the Cold War the US Navy’s carriers and aviation served to demonstrate American power worldwide and to counter the threat represented by the Soviet Union’s challenge to US mastery of the seas.

• Covers events from the end of the Second World War to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

• Sequel to US Naval Aviation 1898-1945.

9781399062572 • £16.99

192 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 200 mono

ALA: Weston-super-Mare, UK

May 2023 • WLR

AIR WORLD

ONLY THE LIGHT MOVES FLYING

COVERT RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS IN THE VIETNAM WAR

Francis A Doherty

This tells the story of a US Army pilot who volunteered to fly covert reconnaissance missions over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a region that came to represent not only the United States’ war with Vietnam, but also the “secret war” with Laos and Cambodia. Captain Francis Doherty spent every day for ten months above the jungle battlefield in a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog liaison and observation aircraft. For this role, it was completely unarmed. It was from his cockpit that Captain Doherty observed this illusive war, perhaps searching out enemy troop movements or calling down waiting F-4 Phantoms to strike a new target. There are no broad stroke proclamations about the war, only a very personal, sensitive account of a terrible conflict.

• The author flew operations in the Vietnam War in 1974 and 1975.

• This autobiography explores the occasions during which his aircraft came under fire.

• Sorties took him out over Laos and Cambodia.

• Explores the emotional struggle he and his comrades faced after they returned home.

9781399057011 • £25.00

296 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 18 mono

ALA: New Canaan, USA

September 2023 • ELR

FLYING AND PRESERVING HISTORIC AIRCRAFT

THE MEMOIRS OF DAVID OGILVY OBE, VICE-PRESIDENT

OF THE HISTORIC AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION

David Frederick Ogilvy

David Ogilvy became Chief Instructor of the Air Schools group and was a keen display and racing pilot and competed in many events, flying several historic types. At an early age David realised the need for owners and operators of flyable pre-war machines to have a representative organisation to look after their interests, so, in 1951, when 22 and still serving in the RAF, he was a co-founder of the Vintage Aeroplane Club. He was also a founding member, and now a Vice President, of the Historic Aircraft Association. In 1966 David was appointed general manager of the famous Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. During this time, he brought in several historic aircraft, including initiating the retrieval of a 1935 Hawker Hind from Afghanistan.

• This is the memoirs of one of the most important individuals in the aircraft preservation scene.

• Describes what it was like to fly such a remarkable number of aircraft.

• Details the characteristics and foibles of some of the aircraft the author flew.

9781399044448 • £25.00

264 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 illustrations

ALA: Bristol, Avon, UK

September 2023 • WLR

EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOT MILITARY AIRCRAFT RESEARCH FLYING

Chris Taylor

This is Chris Taylor’s account of his ten years’ service as an experimental test pilot, at MoD Boscombe Down, the UK’s home of military aircraft testing and evaluation. It was there that he worked with scientists from the Defence Research Agency (DRA) at Bedford and Farnborough on a number of cutting-edge technologies, specialising in ship/helicopter interface testing. In addition to flying the Westland Wessex, Lynx and Sea King, Chris was able to act as an evaluation pilot in the Hunter, Jaguar, Andover, Hawker Siddeley HS748, and the Comet. In his first year he suffered a ‘flame out’ in a Hawk jet, an engine failure in the twin-engine Basset and crashed the school’s Westland Scout helicopter– all of which are fully discussed.

• This autobiography explores the military flight test career of an individual who is arguably one of the best qualified and most experienced test pilots working today anywhere in the world.

• Discusses seven years of teaching flight tests.

• Concludes with becoming a fixed wing test pilot.

9781399048859 • £30.00

280 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 64 colour illustrations, 60 mono

ALA: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

April 2023 • WLR

FLYING BLIND TO AUSTRALIA

THE ASTOUNDING STORY OF THE MICROLIGHT FLIGHT OF A BLIND MAN AND SIGHTED PILOTS FROM THE UK TO SYDNEY

Brian Milton, Richard Meredith-Hardy

At 23.00 hours in March 2007, a blind man called Miles Hilton Barber telephoned Richard Meredith-Hardy and asked: ‘Would you be my “sighted” pilot on a microlight flight to Australia, starting tomorrow morning?’ Miles was not immediately available, so he phoned Brian Milton, the first man to fly a microlight around the world. The flight was to be the backdrop to a series of talks Miles was to deliver to blind children across half of the world. With just fortyeight hours’ notice, on a new type of microlight Standard Chartered Bank had funded, Milton flew MHB across the Channel and cobbled together a route over the Alps to Cyprus, from where Meredith-Hardy took over for the rest of the thrilling and awe-inspiring flight.

• Plagued by storms in India, Malaya and volcanic Indonesian islands, they were always fearful of poor fuel crossing hundreds of miles of sea.

• Reveals how, on day one, they landed in the dark and were lucky to find a French microlight instructor to provide guidance for the flight across the snowy Alps.

9781399042505 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: London, UK; Letchworth Garden City, UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781399067997 • £18.99

96 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 50 colour illustrations, 75 mono

ALA: Leicester, UK; Hornsea, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399063760 • £20.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: El Sobrante, California, USA

July 2023 • WLR

9781399051804 • £25.00

312 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: London, UK

May 2023 • WLR

FLIGHT CRAFT 30: THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 THE

SHORT-NOSED VARIANTS

Martin Derry, Neil Robinson

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was arguably the Luftwaffe’s most outstanding piston-engine fighter of the Second World War, virtually dominating the skies over Europe for more than a year after its initial introduction into service in the summer of 1941. Continual development and improvements then kept it at the forefront of operations in the theatres of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war, while maintaining a competitive edge over many other types as well as gaining and retaining the grudging respect of those Allied pilots who faced it in combat. Despite being designed as a fighter, the BMW 801-powered Fw 190 sub-types performed practically every role possible for a single-engine, single-seat aircraft – including offensive and defensive day fighter, day and night fighter-bomber, ground attack, reconnaissance platform, night-fighter and trainer. The Fw 190A also served in the Hungarian Air Force during the later stages of the Second World War, the Turkish Air Force from mid-1942 to 1948, and post-war with the French, where the SNCAC aircraft company re-built over fifty Fw 190A-5/A-6s under the designation NC 900 for service with the new Armée de l’Air. Despite having standard factory-applied camouflage and markings schemes, many Fw 190s were also finished in a variety of ‘on unit’ and ‘seasonal’ and/or operational theatre’ schemes which add to the aircraft’s story.

• Features information relating to its design, history and major operations of one of the Luftwaffe’s most important wartime fighters.

• Explores the Fw 190 on all fronts in the Second World War.

• Includes sections on the Mistel and trainers, as well as captured examples.

• Includes nearly fifty detailed and highly accurate colour profiles, each with a fascinating text detailing the history of the aircraft in question.

A HISTORY OF MILITARY ENCOUNTERS WITH UFOS EXPLANATIONS AND COMBAT STRATEGIES

Robert Allred

Military bodies across the world have encountered, experimented with and even had ‘combat’ with UFOs, or as the U.S. military now define them Unidentifiable Aerial Phenomenon, or UAPs. It was after WW2 that UFO sightings became commonplace, including a ‘dogfight’ with a Mustang P-51 and a UFO in October 1948, and two years later, for two consecutive weekends in 1952, UFOs hovered over Washington, D.C. Attempts were made by the U.S. Air Force to intercept the strange craft but were outrun by the UFOs. UFOs may also have ‘returned fire’ against American military forces during the Vietnam War, sending projectiles back at patrol boats that had been fired by those military river craft at UFOs hours or days before. United States Air Force personnel, including a lieutenant colonel, also encountered UFOs on the ground and in the air at Rendlesham USAF/RAF base in the UK in 1980. UFOs have played ‘cat-and-mouse’ games with the latest fighter-bombers of the United States Navy since 2004, and these events have been captured on videotape, and are verified to have occurred by the pilots themselves. As readers will discover from the mass of evidence presented in this book, it is no longer a question of whether UFOs exist or not, and that not only are such phenomenon an incontrovertible fact but that the United States has crafted plans on how to resist an alien invasion. But is there any need for us humans to be concerned about the alien presence in the skies? Yes, be very concerned.

• Explores the facts behind how the world’s armed forces, particularly those in the USA and UK view the subject of UFOs.

• Details actual clashes between UFOs and military aircraft, including first-hand accounts.

• Provides fascinating detail of actual sightings, encounter and clashes with such.

• Provides the information, evidence and debate to allow the reader to draw their own conclusions.

THE RAF’S ROAD TO D-DAY

THE STRUGGLE TO EXPLOIT AIR SUPERIORITY, 1943-1944

Greg Baughen

Greg Baughen follows the air and land battles in Italy, France and Germany between 1943 and early 1944, as well as the equally bitter battles behind the scenes as army and air commanders argued over how the war should be won. He charts the trials, tribulations, and successes of the bomber offensive and assesses whether the bomber strategy shortened or lengthened the war. He explains how army air support went backwards after the successes of the Desert Air Force, and how this led to a failure to support the troops landing on the D-Day beaches in Normandy. He also describes the subsequent revival of tactical air support and how it went on to play a key role in the subsequent campaigns but questions whether Eisenhower, Montgomery or Tedder ever fully understood how to make best use of the massive aerial forces available to them. Drawing on archive documents and accounts written at the time, the author tackles some fundamental defence issues. Was RAF independence a benefit or a hindrance to the Allied cause? To what extent was the War Office to blame for shortcomings in army air support? Did Britain understand the way the methods for waging war were evolving in the twentieth century? This, then, is the story of the decisions and actions that the RAF followed in the months leading up to D-Day. He charts the trials, tribulations, and successes of the bomber offensive and assesses whether, in the final analysis, the bomber strategy shortened or lengthened the war.

• A uniquely insightful study of the key decisions taken for the conduct of the RAF’s offensive during the period leading up to D-Day in 1944.

• Considers how ready the RAF was to support an invasion in the summer of 1944.

• Explains how the bomber strategy delayed the invasion of France.

• Examines whether the bomber offensive was necessary for the invasion.

DAY FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE

KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS 1939-1942

Jeremy Dixon

This detailed, highly illustrated reference book covers the exploits of the most famous and successful individuals among the Luftwaffe, showing just how effective and undaunted they were. All the Luftwaffe day fighter pilots who flew single-seater aircraft and won the Knight’s Cross during the war are featured. The entries give information about their early lives and pre-war careers and record how many aircraft they shot down, the type of aircraft involved and where and when the combat took place. Included are accounts of particular actions which led to the award of the Knight’s Cross, and the fate of these remarkable pilots later in the war and in the post-war world is described too..

• The first of two comprehensive directories of all the Luftwaffe’s singleseater fighter pilots who were awarded the Knight’s Cross during the Second World War.

• Records how many aircraft each Knight’s Cross holder shot down, the type of aircraft involved and where and when the combat took place as well as particular actions which led to the award of the Knight’s Cross.

• Describes the fate of these remarkable pilots later in the war and in post-war life War.

9781526778642 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 300 mono

ALA: Dartford, Kent, UK

July 2023 • WLR

PIONEERS OF AERIAL COMBAT

AIR BATTLES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Michael Foley

MUSTANG THE INSPIRATION THE PLANE THAT TURNED THE TIDE IN WORLD WAR TWO

Philip Kaplan

Think of the handful of aeroplanes that most people would probably agree are the best-looking examples of all. The list is short but distinguished and the proof is in the enthusiastic common view of the pilots who have flown them. For most, that list includes the North American Mustang. It stands out and remains extra special to the majority of pilots who have been privileged to fly it. This comprehensive account of the Mustang aircraft charts the operational history of the craft, relaying personal stories and experiences of the men who flew the ‘Cadillac of the skies’. This a vivid and enthralling history, offering much more than a mere operational history of the Mustang’s exploits.

• A comprehensive and vivid history of the North American Mustang, one of the most important aircraft of the last century.

• Relays the operational history and draws on personal accounts to create a sense of what flying the craft was actually like.

• Offers to the reader much more than an operational record of the Mustang’s exploits.

9781399023801 • £14.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Cheltenham, UK

May 2023 • WLR

RAF TANKER NAVIGATOR

TWENTY YEARS OF AIR TO AIR REFUELLING

Peter Bodle FRAes & Tony Golds

When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly, both in their country and around the world. In Britain, however, the spark wasnt strong enough to light a fire and it was in other parts of Europe, notably France, where flight began to develop seriously. Early pioneers of flight faced a high level of danger and many died in pursuit of fulfilling their dream. Although aircraft design had made incredible progress by the time of the outbreak of war, accidents still occurred on a regular basis. For some time, as many pilots died in accidents as they did in combat. This publication consolidates a range of stories, insights, and facts that, when combined, offer a vivid impression of events as they unfolded. The chaos stirred up during the First World War and the scramble to develop aircraft in response to the threat to homeland security is eloquently relayed, as are the battles that characterized this conflicted era. The reality of conflict gave aviation engineers and designers the opportunity to test their craft in the harshest of environments, pushing the benchmark ever higher in terms of what could be achieved.

• More than 100 photo illustrations, evoking the early days of aerial development.

9781399074957 • £14.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 100 b&w

April 2023

This book gives a rare insight into the life inside the tanker squadrons of the Royal Air Force, viewed through the eyes of Tony Golds, one of the RAF tanker fleets longest serving Navigator/Plotters. During his service career which spanned four decades, he flew in dozens of aeroplanes, for literally thousands of hours and covered something in excess of two million miles. Initially the prime role of the first tankers (Valiants) was to service the legendary English Electric Lightning interceptor fighters patrolling the North Sea. During his career, Tony served in every continent of the world, including a healthy series of tours at Ascension just after the Falklands War. He was in one of the tanker crews chosen to assist in devising the procedures needed to get both the Vulcans in the Black Buck operation down to the Falklands, and subsequently the Hercules C130 freighters to form the Ascension / Falklands air bridge, so vital for the support of the Falkland Islands, once the shooting war was over.

• No other books on the subject.

• During his service career which spanned four decades, Tony Golds flew thousands of hours and covered something in excess of two million miles.

• An insight into the massive flight refuelling operation in the Falklands campaign.

9781399074971 • £14.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 45 plus diagrams

April 2023

DEFENDING PUTIN’S EMPIRE

RUSSIA’S AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM

Mihajlo S Mihajlovic´

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invested heavily in its air defence systems. As a result, Russia now possesses the most advanced air and ballistic missile defence systems in the world. Current Russian air defence doctrine follows a layered multi-level approach providing in depth coverage from any aerial or ballistic missile attack, which allows Russian air defence forces to create zones that can be very difficult to penetrate. What are the abilities of these systems against NATO? President Putin emphasized the need to strengthen the country’s air defences amid NATO’s military activities near Russia’s borders.? A new development is counter-stealth detection and interception. The other is to counter future hypersonic missile threats. It is, as the author reveals, Russia that is leading the way in these races.

• Astonishing tales of some of the most remarkable engagements of air defence systems in local conflicts.

• Compiled from various sources, some still classified, and many of which have never previously been published.

• Packed with scores of images and unique photographs and drawings of the individual systems.

9781399043076 • £25.00

312 pages • Hardback 246x172 • 200 mono

ALA: Ontario, Canada

September 2023 • WLR

BRITAIN’S WAR AGAINST THE SLAVE TRADE

THE OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY’S WEST AFRICA SQUADRON, 1807–1867

Anthony Sullivan

In 1807, Britain banned the slave trade throughout the British Empire. Britain later persuaded other countries to follow suit, but this did not stop this lucrative business. So the Royal Navy went to war against the slavers, in due course establishing the West Africa Squadron which was based in Sierra Leone. This force grew throughout the nineteenth century until a sixth of the Royal Navy’s ships and marines was employed in the battle against the slave trade. Between 1808 and 1860, the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans. Over the years that followed more than 1,500 naval personnel died of disease or were killed in action in a major and expensive operation to end an evil business.

• The slavers tried every tactic to evade the Royal Navy enforcers.

• Whereas Britain is usually condemned for its earlier involvement in the slave trade, the truth is that Britain sent its navy to stop slavery.

• The Royal Navy considered the West Africa Station one of the worst postings due to the high levels of tropical disease.

9781399000017 • £20.00

400 pages • Paperback 234x156 • Integrated maps

ALA: Epsom, Surrey May 2023

HITLER’S V-WEAPONS THE BATTLE AGAINST THE V-1 AND V-2 IN WWII

An Official History

For years, key individuals in the UK had been aware of experiments by Germany to build long-range weapons. By 1943, enough information had been gathered for Britain and its American allies to act, and the first bombing raids were undertaken against the long-range weapons installations. From August 1943, every effort was undertaken by the RAF and the USAAF Eighth Air Force to destroy every site lined to the V-weapons. This book, written by the Air Ministry’s Air Historical Branch is the official account of the measures undertaken by the Air Defence of Great Britain, Fighter Command, Anti-Aircraft Command, Bomber Command and even the Balloon Command to defend the UK from what was potentially the greatest threat it had ever encountered.

• Details all the measures, both on the land and in the air, taken to defend the United Kingdom from the German long-range weapons.

• Includes the ‘Crossbow’ operations and the bombing of the German weapons manufacture, supply and launch sites.

• Explains how the V1 and V2 sites were identified and attacked.

9781399000055 • £18.99

344 pages • Paperback 234x156

June 2023

A FIGHTER COMMAND

STATION AT WAR

A

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF RAF WESTHAMPNETT FROM THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN TO D-DAY AND BEYOND

Mark Hillier

RAF Westhampnett was at the forefront of the Battle of Britain part of 11 Group, which bore the brunt of the struggle for Britain’s survival in 1940. It became the base of Wing Commander Douglas Bader until he was shot down over France, as Fighter Command took the war to the enemy with operational sweeps over Occupied Europe. Packed with the largest collection of photographs of this airfield ever compiled, this illustrated publication provides a detailed history of the fighting as seen through the eyes of many of the pilots and ground crew. RAF Westhampnett brings to life those exciting but dangerous days of the Second World War through the words and photographs of those who were there.

• The most comprehensive visual history of this key RAF fighter station throughout the Second World War.

• Packed with accounts from the pilots, including the man who flew as Wingman to Douglas Bader.

9781399023627 • £15.99

224 pages • Paperback 234x156

April 2023

FRONTLINE BOOKS

LEADERSHIP IN MODERN

WAR FROM WW2 TO THE WAR AGAINST ISIS

James Stuart Brooks

How would you react under fire? Fight or flight? What if you were in charge of a squad of men, with their lives in your hands? The next decision you make could be fatal for you and your comrades or could be devastating to your enemy. What, for example, was the thought process of a reconnaissance tank officer operating far ahead of any supporting troops in the Second World War, or a machine-gunner trying to differentiate friend from foe in the Gulf War? How do you come to terms with the consequences of your decisions, the right ones as well as the tragically wrong ones? James Brooks presents defining moments such as these to put you in the shoes of the decision-maker.

• Inspired by his own service, a career that traced the rise and fall of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria from 2014-2021.

• Analyses the strategic decisions taken by leaders and their alternatives with a focus on the effects they had on troops on the ground.

• Examines the lasting effects of decisions in combat, on both soldiers and civilians.

9781399067294 • £25.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: NY, United States

April 2023 • WLR

FROM DIEPPE TO D-DAY

THE MEMOIRS OF VICE ADMIRAL ‘JOCK’ HUGHES-HALLETT

John ‘Jock’ Hughes-Hallett

Captain ‘Jock’ Hughes-Hallett was Naval Adviser at Combined Operations Headquarters. He is perhaps best known for being the Naval Commander of the Dieppe Raid of August 1942, and attack which, despite its disastrous outcome, led to one of the most important decisions regarding the D-Day landings. At a meeting following the Dieppe raid, Hughes-Hallett declared that if a port could not be captured, then one should be taken across the Channel. Although this was met with derision at the time, the concept of Mulberry Harbours began to take shape. It is remarkable that the Hughes-Hallett memoirs have not been published until now for, without doubt, they constitute one of the most important wartime autobiographies to presented to the world in recent decades.

• In 1940 and 1941 Hughes-Hallett played a key role in the execution of the cross-Channel raids demanded by Winston Churchill.

• The author reviews the outcome of the Dieppe Raid and the lessons drawn for subsequent military operations, particularly Operation Overlord.

• In May 1943 Hughes-Hallett became the head of the Naval Branch at Supreme Allied Command.

9781399045575 • £20.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: UK

September 2023 • WLR

HITLER’S MOTORCARS THE FÜHRER’S

VEHICLES FROM THE BIRTH OF THE NAZI PARTY TO THE FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

John Starkey

Many are the photographs of Hitler in a midnight blue Mercedes, arm outstretched in his famous salute. Hitler loved cars and loved to be seen in and next to the special automobiles he purchased or was presented with through friends and Nazi Party funds. His first car was a 1920 green Selve 8/30, purchased in 1922, which was soon disposed of in favour of a Daimler-built Mercedes 15/70/100 – and from that moment on every car in which Hitler was chauffeured around the Third Reich and occupied countries was a Mercedes. As well as providing photographs of Hitler’s cars and the men who became his chauffeur, John Starkey lists the technical specifications of those cars, and describes many of the journeys undertaken by the German leader.

• Explores all the vehicles owned by Hitler, or used by him on a regular basis.

• Reveals the facts behind an insurance claim for a crash Hitler was involved in during 1930.

• Examines how Hitler arranged state sponsorship for Mercedes and Porsche in Grand Prix racing in the 1930s.

9781399071413 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 100 mono

ALA: USA (FL)

August 2023

THE DIEPPE RAID

THE ALLIES’ ASSAULT UPON HITLER’S FORTRESS EUROPE, AUGUST 1942

John Grehan, Alexander Nicoll

As dawn broke on 19 August 1942, Allied troops leapt ashore to the east and west of the French port of Dieppe. Apart from the notable success of No.4 Commando, the raid was a disaster with more than 50 per cent of the 6,086 men who landed being killed, wounded, or taken prisoner, plus all the Churchill tanks landed in support of the infantry suffered mechanical failure or were shelled into smoking wrecks. Yet amid the scenes slaughter, of confusion, and communication breakdown, were acts of almost unimaginable heroism, ingenuity, determination, and selfsacrifice resulting in the awarding of two Victoria Crosses. There were also special missions associated with the raid, the details of which remained a closely guarded secret until long after the war.

• In the introduction the authors explore just why Winston Churchill authorised a ‘super-raid’ upon German-held territory.

• Examines why the French port of Dieppe was selected as the target.

• Includes images from German sources, many of which have not been published before.

9781399067201 • £16.99

192 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 180 mono

ALA: UK; Worthing, UK

July 2023 • WLR

THE BATTLE AGAINST THE LUDDITES

UNREST IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

Paul L Dawson

Taking their name from Ned Ludd, who had smashed up knitting frames in Nottingham, the Luddites saw the emergence of mechanisation as a threat to their livelihood, with machines replacing men. In response they took matters into their own hands by wrecking the new equipment. Industrial unrest exploded in an unpresented wave of violence in 1799. Outbreaks of machine-breaking developed into strikes in a battle of capital against labour. Months of violence swept across the country, which saw one factory boss murdered and other factory owners shooting protesting workers. The disturbances resulted in the mobilising of thousands of regular soldiers – at one time there were as many British soldiers fighting the Luddites as there were fighting Napoleon on the Iberian Peninsula.

• Details the assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Percival – the only time a British prime minster suffered such a fate.

• Lifts the lid on the upheavals in society during Britain’s fight against Napoleon which is not mentioned in most histories of the period.

9781399052405 • £20.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Wakefield, UK

July 2023 • WLR

THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN IN 100 LOCATIONS

John Grehan

In the 200 years since the famous battle in the muddy, bloody fields of Waterloo, almost every aspect of the fighting has been examined and analysed, apart from one – that of finding and illustrating locations relating to the campaign. From Napoleon’s landing on the Golfe Juan on France’s Côte d’Azur, along the Route Napoleon and through Grenoble, the Emperor’s journey back to Paris, and back to power, is shown in glorious full colour. Headquarters buildings, observation posts, monuments and memorials, bridges and battlefields, and the principal locations of the campaign are portrayed in unique photographs

– and behind every plague and place is a tale of political posturing, military manoeuvring, sacrifice and savagery. Together these images tell the story of Napoleon’s greatest gamble,

• Explores all of Napoleon’s campaign of 1815 through 100 of the key locations associated with it.

• Tracks the march of the French Army through France into Belgium.

• Visits the main places on all the battlefields of the campaign.

9781526746917 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 100+ colour

ALA: Worthing, West Sussex September 2023 • WLR

RIFLEMEN OF WELLINGTON’S LIGHT DIVISION IN THE PENINSULAR WAR

UNPUBLISHED OR RARE ACCOUNTS FROM THE 95TH RIFLES 1808-14

Gareth Glover

Gareth Glover has uncovered memories written by members of the 95th which have never been published before or have not been brought to the attention of the present-day public, that were written at the time. These honestly state what really happened on the battlefields of Spain and Portugal – the suffering, the awkward incidents, the rumours and camp gossip – presenting a very different picture of life in Wellington’s army than the sanitised versions we have been presented with until now. Also included are rare or unpublished memoires written by members of the staff of the Light Division, enabling the reader to understand the division’s command structure and organisation to provide a rounded and realistic vision of this famous fighting force.

• The 95th Rifles served throughout the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal.

• Never originally intended for publication, many of the accounts in this book provide an honest view of campaign life.

9781399087421 • £25.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 illustrations

ALA: Cardiff, South Glamorgan September 2023 • WLR

THE PENINSULAR WAR

THE SPANISH PERSPECTIVE

J J Herrero Giménez

The Peninsular War has been extensively studied by British historians for centuries, but the Spanish contribution to the conflict, which was fundamental to the defeat of Napoleon’s armies, has been largely relegated to minor role. This book is an attempt to rebalance our understanding of the campaign, written by a Spanish historian and translated into English for the first time. The book does not attempt to minimise the problems the Spanish experienced nor the catastrophic defeats suffered by the Spanish Army, but the reasons for these setbacks are viewed and analysed from the Spanish viewpoint. This unique book will help the British reader understand the Spanish vision of the war, dismantling some false myths and exposing the reality of a country with an indomitable spirit.

• It is the book that has been missing from the literature of the Peninsular War for far too long.

• Drawn from more than 300 sources, most of which have never been investigated by English-speaking historians.

• Questions who made the greatest contribution to the French defeat, the British or the Spanish?

9781399047852 • £25.00

344 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Barcelona, Spain September 2023 • WLR excluding Spanish

THE COALITIONS AGAINST NAPOLEON

HOW BRITISH MONEY, MANUFACTURING AND MILITARY POWER FORGED THE ALLIANCES THAT ACHIEVED VICTORY

William Nester

Britain alone could not hope to defeat the might of Napoleonic France which, through enforced conscription, had become a nation in arms. But when revolution ravaged France in 1793, it was through a coalition of monarchies that French ambitions were restrained – a coalition made possible by British gold and British industry. When Napoleon seized the reins of power in France, he too introduced conscription and, once again, it was a succession of British funded coalitions which eventually brought Napoleon to his knees. During the years 1793 to 1815, the British Government underwrote seven coalitions that cost Britain £1,657,854,518 as the national debt tripled with subsidies to around thirty allies along with staggering amounts of war supplies mass produced by British factories.

• This book explains the social and economic factors which enabled the UK to fund the coalitions that Napoleon faced.

• Discusses international finance throughout Europe at that time.

9781399043021 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Fresh Meadows, New York, USA

April 2023 • WLR

WATERLOO: THE TRUTH AT LAST

WHY NAPOLEON LOST THE GREAT BATTLE

Paul L Dawson

During October 2016 Paul Dawson visited French archives in Paris to continue his research surrounding the events of the Napoleonic Wars. Some of the material he examined had never been accessed by researchers or historians before, the files involved having been sealed in 1816. These seals remained unbroken until Paul was given permission to break them to read the contents. Forget what you have read about the battle on the Mont St Jean on 18 June 1815; it did not happen that way. the accepted stories concerning the battle are analysed through accounts (some 200 in all) previously unpublished, mainly derived through French sources, with startling conclusions. Most significantly of all is the revelation of exactly how, and why, Napoleon was defeated.

• The start of the battle was delayed because of the state of the ground – not so.

• Marshal Ney destroyed the French cavalry in his reckless charges against the Allied infantry squares – wrong.

• Plucky little garrison of British Guards held the farmhouse against the overwhelming force of Jerome Bonaparte’s division and the rest of II Corps – not true.

9781399077415 • £19.99

568 pages • Paperback

234x156

June 2023

ALBUERA EYEWITNESS

CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF ALBUERA, 16 MAY 1811

Guy Dempsey

On 16 May 1811, the small town of Albuera was the setting for one of the Peninsular War’s most bloody and desperate battles. The purpose of this book is to tell the story of the battle exclusively by way of these primary sources. These contemporaneous accounts include letters, diaries, official correspondence, army records, maps, newspaper reports and memoirs totalling over 100 contemporary accounts of the battle. They provide astonishing details of the intense fighting including the heroism of the Spanish troops, the massacre of Colborne’s brigade by Polish lancers, Beresford’s near-fatal indecisiveness, and the heroic charge of the Fusilier brigade. This presentation provides readers the detailed historical information to draw their own conclusions about how the events of the battle unfolded.

• Gives readers the benefit of thirty years of research on Albuera.

• Illustrated with contemporary maps.

• An important addition to the history of the Peninsular War.

9781399066402 • £25.00

312 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 8-page mono plates

ALA: Rye, New York, USA

May 2023 • WLR

FRENCH INVASIONS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1792–1815

THE REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES WHO SOUGHT TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT OF KING GEORGE

Paul L Dawson

Not since 1066 – at least in popular myth – has an enemy force set foot on British soil. The war with Revolutionary France in 1793 changed all that. In Ireland, the desire for home rule led Irish republicans to seek support from France and likeminded radicals in England. The scene was set for the most dangerous period in British history since William the Conqueror. A network of spies spread out across the England, Scotland and Ireland gathering information for the French and arming radical groups. Everything was set for an invasion. This book seeks to charts the events that led up to the French invasion of Ireland in 1798, and how the invasion was foiled by William Pitt’s own web of secret agents.

• Explores how the French sought to export the ideals of the French Revolution.

• Considers the ‘Invasion that never was’ for an attack upon Scotland.

• Explores the Battle of Fishguard in 1797 and how French forces landed in Bantry Bay in 1796.

9781399068086 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Wakefield, UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781526792259 • £25.00

432 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Vienna, Austria

April 2023 • WLR

9781399045964 • £22.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: UK

June 2023 • WLR

9781399048484 • £20.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Tyson’s Corner, VA, USA

August 2023 • WLR

THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET SECRET POLICE LENIN AND HISTORY’S GREATEST HEIST, 1917-1927

Boris Volodarsky

This book is new in every aspect and not only because neither the official history nor an unofficial history of the KGB, and its many predecessors and successors, exists in any language. In this volume, the author deals with the origins of the KGB from the Tsarist Okhrana, the first Russians secret political police. Based on documents from the Russian archives, the author clearly demonstrates that the Cheka and GPU/OPGU were initially created to defend the revolution and not for espionage. The Okhrana operated in both the Russian Empire and abroad against the revolutionaries and most of its operations, presented in this book, are little known. The same is the case after the Cheka was established in December 1917 until ten years later when Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and exiled, and Stalin rose to power. For the first time the creation of the Communist International (Comintern) is shown as an alternative Soviet espionage organization for wide-scale foreign propaganda and subversion operations Here, the early Soviet intelligence operations in several countries are presented and analysed for the first time, as are raids on the Soviet missions abroad. In the book, the work of the Cheka and its successors against the enemies of the revolution is paralleled with British and American operations against the Soviets inside and outside of Russia. Many of those operations, from both sides, are presented in the book for the first time in this ground-breaking study of the dark world of the KGB.

• Corrects major errors and misinterpretations present in the most popular KGB histories.

• Provides an entirely new perspective on Soviet relations with the Western Powers at the time.

• Reveals the activities of early British and American spies in Russia.

BLINDING FLASH

THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF A BOMB DISPOSAL HERO, KEN REVIS MBE

John Frayn Turner

Royal Engineer Ken Revis was posted toa Bomb Disposal unit at Christmas 1940. His first device, aside from those he had seen under the watchful gaze of his instructors, came early in 1941 in the form of an unexploded 500kg German bomb. Having failed to detonate, it had buried itself in a garden only a yard or so from a footpath leading off a pleasant avenue in the East Sussex town of Hastings. Despite his nerves, Ken successfully dealt with this bomb, the first of many that he faced over the coming weeks and months. It was at 10.00 hours on 10 September 1943, however, that, in an instant, Ken’s life irrevocably changed. While he was removing anti-invasion booby-traps from the West Pier in Brighton, something went terribly wrong. In a blinding flash, thirteen mines blew up in his face. After immediate first aid, the mangled body of Ken Revis was rushed to East Grinstead Hospital, home of the renowned plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe. It was the start of the long, hard trail that lay in front of him, for it required no less than twenty skilled reconstructive operations to rebuild Ken’s shattered face and body. But despite all the surgeons’ best efforts, Ken’s sight could not be saved. In this moving biography, John Frayn Turner reveals the remarkable individual who was Ken Revis, As Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks once remarked, ‘Courage and determination are the two outstanding qualities that emerge from this remarkable story’.

• Ken was involved in the longest running Bomb Disposal tasking in Britain in WW2 – dealing with a bomb buried deep beneath Southwick Church.

• Such was the strength of Ken’s character, and his subsequent achievements, he was featured in an episode of This is Your Life in October 1962.

THE BATTLE FOR KYIV THE FIGHT FOR UKRAINE’S CAPITAL

Christopher A Lawrence

On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin, unleashed an attack on Ukraine that developed into the most significant conflict in Europe since the Second World War. The Battle of Kyiv tells the story of the heroic resilience of the Ukrainians over the military forces of a country which has more than three times its population and an economy almost ten times larger. This book is also an analysis of the enormous support given to Ukraine, both politically and militarily, by NATO and other nations, without which Ukraine’s military might have failed to beat back the invaders. The author explores the first phase of the war, during which Russian armour, mechanized and air mobile troops drove on Kyiv, surrounded Chernihiv, seized Kherson twice, and threatened the very existence of the Ukrainian state. As well as bearing down on Kyiv and Kherson, Putin’s troops also threatened Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and the beleaguered port city of Mariupol. This book covers all the fighting for these areas up until Russia’s subsequent withdraw from the region around Kyiv. It addresses the military operations on the ground, the destruction of the buildings and the Ukrainian infrastructure, the suffering of the civilian population and the day-by-day struggles for survival. Writing as the battle raged on, the author examines the conflict with an unparalleled immediacy and poignancy. This is an important historical document depicting the uncertainty and anxiety faced by the contesting forces and by the rest of the world as the war in Ukraine hung in the balance.

• From his numerous contacts across the region, the author has produced an account drawn from individual experiences on the ground in and around.

• Demonstrates how morale, and conviction in a just cause, can outweigh military might.

• Portrays the failings of the Russian leadership.

GREENHILL BOOKS

9781784389628 • £25.00

232 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 50 mono

May 2023 • WLR US Rights to NIP

9781784389987 • £20.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 8 pages of b&w plates

June 2023

9781784388799 • £28.00

288 pages • Hardback

246x172 • Over 250 colour

May 2023

BREAKING THE GERMAN DAMS A MINUTE-BY-MINUTE ACCOUNT OF OPERATION CHASTISE, MAY 1943

Dr Robert Owen

Foreword by James Holland

‘This was Der Tag for 617 Squadron […] from eight o’clock onwards the scenes outside the crew rooms were something to be remembered.’ ‘I watched each Lancaster become airborne from the window of my office but I did go outside to see all the boys roaring away into the fast approaching twilight, and that was a great thrill because they were flying at less than 150 feet from the ground. I just stood and gaped, hardly able to realise the significance of it all.’

On the evening of Sunday, 16 May 1943, the sound of Lancaster bombers fills the night air around Lincolnshire as two waves of Allied aircraft start their engines and take off from RAF Scampton in the direction of the Ruhr Valley.

The mission? Attack the German dams on the Eder, Möhne and Sorpe rivers using special ‘bouncing bombs’. This was Operation Chastise. In this remarkable work, No. 617 Squadron expert Dr Robert Owen takes a microscope to the raid, guiding readers through the events of 16 and 17 May 1943 in astounding chronological detail. Each action leading up to, throughout, and following the raid is signposted with a precise time stamp, affording readers an informative, gripping and easy-to-follow reading experience. Owen’s compilation of a wide range of first-hand accounts from those involved in the Dambusters Raid complements this minute-by-minute retelling perfectly and adds to the readers’ understanding and appreciation of this astonishing military operation. With a foreword by Second World War aviation expert and author James Holland, Breaking the German Dams is a hugely impressive feat of non-fiction writing about one of the most aweinspiring operations in British military history.

• A fascinating investigation into one of the Second World War’s most celebrated Allied operations.

THE HITLER I KNEW THE MEMOIRS OF THE THIRD REICH’S PRESS CHIEF

Roger Moorhouse, Otto Dietrich

‘Up to the last moment, his overwhelming, despotic authority aroused false hopes and deceived his people and his entourage. Only at the end, when I watched the inglorious collapse and the obstinacy of his final downfall, was I able suddenly to fit together the bits of mosaic I had been amassing for twelve years into a complete picture of his opaque and sphinx-like personality.’ – Otto Dietrich

When Otto Dietrich was invited in 1933 to become Adolf Hitler’s press chief, he accepted with the simple, uncritical conviction that Adolf Hitler was a great man, dedicated to promoting peace and the welfare of the German people. At the end of the war, imprisoned and disillusioned, Dietrich sat down to write what he had seen and heard in twelve years of the closest association with Hitler, requesting that it be published after his death. Dietrich’s role placed him in a privileged position. He was hired by Hitler in 1933 and was a confidant until 1945. He also worked – and clashed with –Joseph Goebbels. His direct, personal experience of life at the heart in the Reich makes for compelling reading.

• A biography of Hitler by his long-serving press chief and close associate.

• Fascinating insight into the workings of the Third Reich’s propaganda machine.

• Revealing eyewitness account from within Hitler’s inner circle.

• Includes personal analysis of Hitler and his behaviour.

ROMMEL’S AFRIKA KORPS IN COLOUR RARE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WORLD WAR II

Ian Spring, Anthony Tucker-Jones

Take a visual journey through North Africa during the Second World War with Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Spring as they chart the path of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps through a series of stunning and rare colour photographs. Taken from Ian Spring’s incredible digital archive of over 32,000 original colour photographs dated between 1936 and 1946, the more than 250 images in Rommel’s Afrika Korps In Colour offer readers a vivid, detailed insight into this German expeditionary force and their long North African campaign. Fascinating colour photographs of German soldiers, weaponry, tanks and aircraft fill these pages, balanced by the equally captivating and rare images of the people and the landscapes of North Africa. Renowned author and military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones’ expert text accompanies Ian Spring’s unique collection of photographs, together making for a highly informative and utterly engrossing read. Rommel’s Afrika Korps In Colour affords readers a new way of reading and learning about one of the most remarkable campaigns in the Second World War, and will stay with them long after they turn the final page.

• A striking collection of more than 250 rare colour photographs from the Second World War.

• Masterfully charts the path of first commander Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps during the German army’s North Africa campaign in the 1940s.

• Text by renowned author and military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones.

• Images taken from acclaimed photo collector Ian Spring’s extensive PIXPAST Archive.

THE MAFIA AT WAR

ALLIED COLLUSION WITH THE MOB

Tim Newark

‘An engrossing history that reads like a thriller. The Godfather meets Band of Brothers.’ – Andrew Roberts

This book tells the epic story of how the Mafia was nearly destroyed by Mussolini, struck a secret wartime deal with the US government, and then backed a bloody rebellion that almost made Sicily an independent Mafia realm. The Mafia at War is a provocative account of how a criminal organisation exploited the grim realities of the Second World War to revive its fortunes and dominate global crime.

• The true story of Britain and America’s secret wartime dealings with the Mafia.

• Startling secret accounts of Mafia–Allied collaboration.

• Allied intelligence reports of Mafia insurgency in Sicily.

9781784388942 • £16.99

304 pages • Paperback

234x156 • B&w plates

ALA: Bath, Avon, UK

May 2023 • WLR

INFANTRY ATTACKS

Erwin Rommel, Gary Sheffield

9781784389857 • £15.99

304 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 16 pages of plates

September 2023

AT HITLER’S SIDE THE MEMOIRS OF HITLER’S LUFTWAFFE ADJUTANT, 1937–1945

Nicolaus von Below

This is the personal account of a Luftwaffe aide always at Hitler’s side from 1937 until the last days in Berlin, now published for the first time in English. Nicolaus von Below was a pilot who became Hitler’s Luftwaffe adjutant. This superb source describes life in Hitler’s inner circle, providing fascinating insight into how Hitler planned operations, his opinions of the Allies, how others dealt with him, and much more.

Von Below’s frank memoir will appeal to anyone interested in how Hitler ran his war.

• A unique memoir now published in English for the first time.

• Contains remarkable insights into life in Fuhrer Headquarters.

• A first-hand account by the man who was at Hitler’s side at every stage as the Second World War unfolded.

9781805000129 • £16.99

256 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 45 illustrations

September 2023 • WEL

THE REICHSTAG FIRE

Sven Felix Kellerhoff, Roger Moorhouse

9781784389031 • £16.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156

April 2023

HEYDRICH

THE FACE OF EVIL

Mario R Dederichs

9781784388935 • £16.99

240 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 8 pages of plates

May 2023 • WLR

GREENHILL BOOKS

9781805000082 • £20.00

240 pages • Hardback

216x138 • June 2023

9781784387709 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 50 b&w

July 2023

9781784388423 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: Brighton, UK; Chichester, UK, Weymouth, UK

April 2023 • WLR

NAPOLEON’S MILITARY MAXIMS

David G Chandler, Beatrice Heuser, Philip Haythornthwaite

This classic work is a distillation of the knowledge, intuition and wisdom of one of history’s greatest military commanders. Napoleon’s success was built upon practical experience combined with his own study of classical warfare and his natural grasp of the key principles of war. His thoughts and theories on the art of waging war are presented here in the form of more than seventy-five accessible and readable maxims. This new edition also features additional contextual commentary by historians David Chandler and Beatrice Heuser, which allows modern readers to compare Napoleon’s principles with the experience of war today.

• A new edition of a classic work on Napoleon’s principles of warfare.

• A unique collection of more than 75 of Napoleon’s maxims placed in context by historians David Chandler and Beatrice Heuser.

• Provides insights into warfare in the Napoleonic era and Napoleon’s genius for war.

IN THE SHADOW OF ISANDLWANA

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GENERAL LORD CHELMSFORD AND HIS DISASTER IN ZULULAND

John Laband Foreword by Ian Knight

‘Lord Chelmsford is not a bad man. He is industrious and conscientious so far as his lights guide him. But nature has refused to him the qualities of a great captain. He has suffered much and is entitled to certain commiseration.’ – Thomas Gibson Bowles, Vanity Fair General

Lord Chelmsford’s military career took him around the world; he served in the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny and the Abyssinian Expedition, before commanding the British invasion of the Zulu kingdom in South Africa. In January 1879, disaster struck when Chelmsford divided his forces at Isandlwana in the face of the enemy and the Zulu overwhelmed his camp, killing more than 1,300 of its defenders. Such a defeat was almost unprecedented in a Victorian colonial campaign. Despite Chelmsford’s later victories at Gingindlovu and Ulundi, he was humiliatingly relieved of his command. His failure to secure a British victory at Isandlwana meant he was subject to a great deal of criticism and controversy, which would follow him around for the rest of his life, and he would forever be associated with this historic defeat. In this comprehensive new biography, Anglo-Zulu War specialist John Laband explores the personal character and military career of Lord Chelmsford, providing a well-rounded, well-balanced and well-informed picture of this complex military figure.

• Definitive biography of Lord Chelmsford, the Victorian general who rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.

• Examines Chelmsford’s failure to secure a British victory at the Battle of Isandlwana.

RORKE’S DRIFT BY THOSE WHO WERE THERE VOLUME 2

Lee Stevenson, Ian Knight, Alan Bayhnam-Jones

‘Yes you have beaten us; you had the best guns, but we have the best men … But we’ll fight again in two or three years’ time.’ – Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande, leader of the Zulu at Rorke’s Drift

On 22 January 1879, during the final hour of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the greatest disasters ever to befall British troops during the Victorian era – a very different story was about to unfold a few miles away at the mission station of Rorke’s Drift. A Zulu force of more than 3,000 warriors had turned their attention to the small outpost, defended by around 150 British and Imperial troops. The odds of the British surviving were staggeringly low. The British victory that ensued, therefore, would go down as one of the most heroic actions of all time and has fascinated military history enthusiasts for decades. In this classic work, Anglo-Zulu War experts Lee Stevenson, Alan Baynham-Jones and Ian Knight examine a wide range of personal testimonies from those present at Rorke’s Drift, while also presenting a clear overview of the battle in its entirety. From this study, readers will gain an impressive, unique breadth of knowledge about one of the most epic battles in British history. This updated edition includes even more first-person narratives from the combatants on both the British and Zulu sides. Providing personal, microscopic reports of events, while at the same time presenting a clear overview of the battle in its entirety, this second volume completes the collection of accounts of the defenders of Rorke’s Drift and also includes contemporary accounts of those who saw the immediate aftermath of the battle.

• A fascinating investigation into the extraordinary events of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift.

• A unique insight into the battle from eyewitness accounts.

• Compiled by renowned Anglo-Zulu War experts and authors Lee Stevenson and Ian Knight.

• An updated and enlarged edition of a classic work, now expanded and split into two volumes.

THE BURMA RAILWAY AND PTSD A

FAMILY MEMOIR

Kim Wheeler

Uniquely written from the viewpoint of a young girl who experienced the bittersweet homecoming of her father following the end of the war, June and her mother, Beatrice, had lovingly prepared for Jack’s long-awaited return from his imprisonment at the hands of the Japanese. June recounts that they quickly realised how ill-prepared they were to deal with Jack’s post-war traumas.

The military and government put the traumatised returning prisoners of war under immense pressure not to speak of their experiences in captivity. Jack recalled how they were told Britain was over the war and that people were moving on with their lives. No one would be interested in their tales of horror and may not even have believed them. Those returning POWs had already been dubbed ‘The Forgotten Army’.

• A compelling insight into one Far East ex POW survivor’s mental health and terrible suffering, long after he returned home to his loving family resulting in domestic abuse observed through the eyes of a child.

• Selected by the Japanese for transportation to Japan’s mainland, he details the inhumane journey on Hell Ship Haruyasa Maru across the South China Sea and the attack they suffered from Allied submarines forcing them to dock in Saigon.

9781399049894 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 50 mono

ALA: Boorley Green, UK

July 2023 • WLR

THE TRAUMA OF CAPTIVITY

POW MENTAL HEATH

Julie Cook

The Trauma of Captivity sheds new light on a forgotten aspect of what it meant to be a prisoner of war: their homecoming. With primary source archive content, interviews with family members of PoWs from the Second World War, and the diary entries of a PoW from the First World War, this book asks the question: what happened to PoWs when they returned home? It also features an interview with modern-day PoW John Peters, the RAF fast jet pilot who was captured when his Tornado plane crashed in the desert during the Gulf War. The Trauma of Captivity focuses on what help and support was made available to returning PoWs and how they fought to rediscover their roles in society.

• Unseen photographs of prisoners of war in both the German and Far East theatres of war.

• Interviews with sons and daughters of prisoners of war tell their harrowing stories of growing up with an ex-POW for a parent.

• In-depth analysis of the psychology of prisoners of war, the psychological beliefs of experts at the time and the treatments available to returning soldiers for their mental health.

• Exclusive, never-seen diary excerpts from a prisoner of war in Germany in the First World War.

• A lengthy interview with a Gulf War prisoner of war and public speaker, ex-fast jet pilot John Peters.

9781399016827 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire

June 2023 • WLR

SURVIVAL AND SEPARATION ON THE RIVER KWAI

THE ORDEAL OF A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR AND HIS FAMILY

Ian Roberts

Conscripted in 1939 into the 1/5 Sherwood Foresters, Eric Roberts served in France before being sent to Singapore where he was captured and sent to the Burma-Thai Railway.

His fiancée, Eunice Lowe, learnt of Eric’s capture by chance and began a campaign to learn the truth but did not receive confirmation that he was a POW until May 1943. From 1942 to 1945, Eric suffered extreme hardship and abuse from his captors and was only permitted to send three postcards while he received just a handful of Eunice’s weekly letters in late 1944. After liberation, Eric returned home and married Eunice in 1946.

Eric’s graphic memoir of his captivity and Eunice’s correspondence make for an unusual and moving record of a young couple’s war.

• A fine and moving example of a Japanese POW memoir.

• Vivid account of the appalling hardships suffered by POWs on the Death Railway.

• Covers his fiancée’s campaign to discover the truth.

• An important and unusual addition to the ever popular Jap POW genre.

9781399049559 • £20.00

184 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Cheltenham, UK

May 2023 • WLR

RETURN VIA RANGOON

Philip Stibbe

Philip Stibbe’s moving account of training and fighting beyond the Chindwin in the Burmese jungle behind Japanese lines in 1943 has the strongest claim to be a classic. He describes the first Chindit expedition, led by Orde Wingate, Bernard Fergusson and Mike Calvert, then his capture; every Chindit agreed to be left behind if wounded. He was beaten up and water-tortured, yet Stibbe only gave his brutal captors false information. After being moved around Burma he was jailed in Rangoon. Reported “Missing Presumed Dead”, miraculously he returned in 1945 to the same room at Merton College, Oxford that he had left after Dunkirk. Philip died in 1997 from Parkinson’s disease resulting from his prison diet. This edition is published to mark the eightieth anniversary of the first Chindit expedition.

• ‘Bravery, in a nutshell, is what the word ‘Chindit’ has come to signify. Orde Wingate and Bernard Fergusson are two of the best-known characters, well captured in Return via Rangoon. But Philip Stibbe capture something much more – the inner strength of the Chindits which lay in its extraordinary combination of ordinary people, be it in the Liverpudlian or Burmese rifleman in the jungle or in prison. The real heroes are unsung, their contribution cumulative, their record that of the whole, their platoon, regiment or brigade.’ The Rt. Hon. The Lord Owen

9781399024921 • £14.99

248 pages

• Paperback

234x156 • 19 b&w

April 2023

9781399024167 • £14.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Telford, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781399045773 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Norwich, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781526782816 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • Integrated b&w

ALA: Liverpool, UK

July 2023 • WLR

THE ANIMAL VICTORIA CROSS THE DICKIN MEDAL - 80TH ANNIVESARY REVISED EDITION

Peter Hawthorne

Seventy-Four animals have won the Dicken Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Their inspiring stories are told, for the first time in one book, The Animal Victoria Cross. Four types of animal have been honoured, dogs, horses, pigeons and one cat. Simon, the feline, is credited with saving an entire ship’s crew. Canine breeds include Alsatians, Terriers, Collies and Spaniels. The majority of awards were related to war service and the conflicts include the Second World War, Korea, Iraq, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan. The Al-Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers as well as the Blitz saw great courage exhibited by animals such as Rip, the dog who saved many lives. In addition to British animals, there are American, Canadian, Australian and Egyptian winners of this unique award. This delightful book will be treasured by animal lovers everywhere. It is ideal to ‘dip’ into or read from cover to cover.

• 80th anniversary in 2023.

• Updated to cover all 74 winners of this most coveted award for animal bravery (15 extra entries).

• Will appeal to pet/animal lovers of both sexes and all ages.

• Stirring stories of courage and combat.

• Serialisation prospect.

• The only book on the market so unique and original.

• The Medal is administered by the PDSA which has a huge following.

PUG – CHURCHILL’S CHIEF OF STAFF

THE LIFE

OF GENERAL HASTINGS ISMAY KG GCB CH DSO PC, 1887–1965

Andrew Sangster

General Hasting Ismay, invariably referred to as ‘Pug’, was one of the most intriguing, yet less well known, leading military characters of his era. This overdue biography describes how an officer who fought tribesmen in India and Dervishes in North-East Africa, thereby playing no significant role in The Great War, found himself as Winston Churchill’s Chief of Staff throughout the Second World War. In this hugely influential position, he eased the often fraught relationship between a determined and obstinate Prime Minister and his top military advisors. His tact and diplomacy were tested to their limits oiling the wheels with our American allies, both political and military, even those with Anglophobic tendencies. Based in 10 Downing Street, Pug accompanied Churchill on his overseas visits and to the major conferences. Post-war Ismay assisted Mountbatten in the partitioning of the Indian sub-continent before becoming the first NATO Secretary General, a measure of the high regard the United States and other nations held him in. Despite the influence he wielded during and after the Second World War, Ismay remains a mysterious figure who somehow managed to maintain the trust of those with whom he worked and dealt with under the most testing and stressful conditions. This insightful biography is a most welcome and valuable addition to the history of the period.

• Pug Ismay, as Churchill’s resident Chief of Staff throughout WW2, was at the heart of government and war decisionmaking.

• Very little has been written about this central figure whose influence has been consistently under-estimated.

• In addition to his pivotal war role he became the first Secretary General of NATO.

• A long overdue biography.

BRITISH BATTLES OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

FIGHTING FRANCO

Charles J Esdaile

The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have become commonplace since the war ended eighty years ago. Few of these myths are as potent as those associated with the International Brigades, the 45,000 volunteers from many countries who travelled to Spain to fight for the Second Republic. That is why this perceptive and original study by Charles Esdaile is so valuable. Using the recorded experience of the British Brigaders as well as primary research in the Spanish archives, he thoroughly re-examines the contribution they made to the war effort against the Nationalists of General Franco. During the war the Nationalists exaggerated the importance of the International Brigades in order to demonstrate the influence of the Communists on the Republic, and the Republicans portrayed them as part of the great crusade to defend democracy. Then, after the war, surviving Brigaders tended to overstate the part they played and the sacrifices they made. The one fact that nobody would dispute was the terrible losses sustained by the volunteers. This produced an impression that they were veritable men of iron who played a key part in the fighting and helped stave off the Nationalist victory until the eve of the Second World War. By concentrating in close detail on the major battles in which the British Brigaders took part, Charles Esdaile reassesses their impact and considers whether their performance on the battlefield justifies their reputation.

• In-depth reassessment of the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War, concentrates on the British volunteers who fought in Spain.

• Focuses on the major battles in which they took part: Jarama, Brunete, Belchite, Teruel, the March to the Sea and the Ebro.

• Detailed analysis of each campaign plus a section on visiting the battlefields today.

9781399067492 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 150 mono

ALA: London, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781399068239 • £25.00

344 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 24 colour

ALA: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781399069205 • £25.00

328 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 19 mono

ALA: Ballynahinch, Ireland

April 2023 • WLR

VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE GURKHA AND INDIAN REGIMENTS

Kevin Brazier

In this book you will find the stories of all the men who were awarded the Victoria Cross while serving in the Gurkha and Indian regiments of the Indian Army; this also includes British soldiers serving in these regiments. Whilst the Indian Army have been involved in wars all over Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East, it was not until 1912 that native Gurkha and Indian soldiers were eligible for the award. It would be 1914 when the first native Indian was awarded it and 1915 for the first Gurkha. Prior to this, only British soldiers serving in the Indian Army had been awarded the VC. The book is divided into two parts; the first part deals with the men who were serving in the Gurkha regiments at the time of their VC actions. Of the 26 Gurkha regiment VCs half were awarded to native born Gurkhas and half to British officers. Part two of the book deals with the men who were serving in the Indian Army at the time of their VC actions. Of the 135 VCs awarded to Indian regiments, only 28 were awarded to native Indians, the remainder going to British soldiers serving in Indian regiments.

• A complete chronological record of Victoria Crosses awarded to those serving in the Gurkha and Indian Regiments of the Indian Army.

• The book is divided in two to cover the men who were serving in the Gurkha Regiments at the time of their VC actions and those serving in the Indian Regiments.

• A graphic description of every VC action. All the essential VC data: the date of the VC actions, the burial places of the VC holders, the location of their medals.

• Valuable source of reference for British military history.

THE GURKHA WAY A NEW HISTORY OF THE GURKHAS

John Sadler

In the 18th century in the town of Gorkha, just north of Kathmandu, ruler Prithvi Narayan fought campaigns against his neighbours and the British. During the fighting his warriors, renowned for their aggression and courage, gained the respect of the British, who appreciated that the steadfast warriors would make excellent soldiers. Upon the declaration of peace in 1816, a partnership was born. This alliance would play a vital role in UK defence over the next two centuries, from surviving the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and fighting in the jungles of Burma, to the Khyber Pass, which would keep the Gurkhas in action for ninety years. The First World War sent the Regiment to the trenches, where battalion after battalion was decimated. Some 20 Gurkha battalions were deployed in the Second World War, which was soon increased to 45 following Dunkirk. Around 250,000 Gurkha soldiers would serve and were deployed most significantly in North Africa but also served with distinction in the Italian Campaign and Monte Cassino, as well as the decisive battles of Imphal and Kohima in the Far East. Whilst the Gurkhas saw a drop in overall numbers post-war, they have continued to make integral contributions to many operations, including the Falklands and in Afghanistan, which this book examines extensively, with a special focus on Operation Herrick. In The Gurkha Way, John Sadler tells the story of the Gurkhas from their inception to modern day through interviews, unpublished diaries and correspondence. With over 200 years’ experience, these steadfastly loyal soldiers are a link to an imperial past but also a key component of the modern British army. There is no other comparable unit in any of the world’s armies, (with the obvious exception of the Indian Army), or one more respected and loved by the British.

• Explores their service across the Sub Continent, Afghanistan, North West and North East Frontiers, over Flanders, Gallipoli, the Western Desert, Italy, Burma and out to the far distant Falklands in the South Atlantic.

THE PASHTUN TRIBES IN AFGHANISTAN

Ben Acheson

‘The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan is a tour de force – combining erudite analysis, historical research, atmospheric story-telling, page-turning prose and above all, profound passion.’ Sir Nicholas Kay, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan (2019-2020) & British Ambassador to Afghanistan (2017-2019)

The abrupt withdrawal of US and NATO forces in 2021 ushered in a new era for Afghanistan. The subsequent Taliban takeover facilitated a reversion to some of the worst hallmarks of Afghanistan’s past, including bans on women’s education and other rights-related roll-backs. Navigating this new reality necessitates that more constructive relationships are built between Westerners and Afghans, particularly with the majority ethnicity – the Pashtun tribes. Framed by first-hand experience and balancing in-depth analysis with engaging anecdotes, this book sheds light on the Pashtun way of life still enshrined in the ancient “Pashtunwali” honour code. It explains the tribal structure, tribal territories, historic battles, prominent figures and even Pashtun proverbs and poets. It also highlights how recent wars are destroying the tribal arena. Focusing on people rather than politics, this book unveils the layers, paradoxes and subtleties of the world’s largest tribal society.

• An exploration of the Pashtun tribes and the history-shaping divisions between them specifically in the Afghan context.

• Insight into the deeper societal dynamics that facilitated the collapse of the Afghan Republic in 2021 and which have shaped the Taliban’s subsequent approach to power – including the movement’s recent banning of education for women.

• Distils years of research and close personal cooperation with Pashtuns into a resource that is accessible for, appealing to, and easily absorbed by practitioners as well as academics.

9781399090803 • £25.00

304 pages • Hardback

234x156 • Colour and mono

ALA: York

July 2023 • WLR

9781399050098 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Willaston, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399052603 • £20.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Trinity, Jersey

September 2023 • WLR

BIOTERRORISM AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DISEASE AS A WEAPON OF WAR

Paul Chrystal

This important, disturbing and timely book focuses on the use of disease and germs as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and the threat bioterrorism poses in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile future for the world. For context it traces developments from the earliest primitive, but effective, days of infectious rams, poison-tipped arrows and plagueinfected corpses used as toxic, disease-spreading projectiles, to the twenty-first-century industrial-scale weaponization of biomedicine. Paul Chrystal shows how biological weapons and acts of bioterrorism are especially effective at instilling terror, panic, death, famine and economic ruin on a large scale, shredding public confidence in governments and civilization itself. For the disaffected, lethal biological agents are comparatively easy to manufacture and obtain, and they have the benefit of being almost invisible and easy and quick to administer in lethal quantities through a variety of discreet delivery systems. Just what the terrorist wants. We explore the sinister connection between the industrial-scale proliferation of biological weaponry by state actors and the greater opportunities these growing bio-arsenals give to the increasingly scientific-minded and determined terrorist to manufacture his or her weapon of choice, taking advantage also of the state of the art sophisticated delivery systems. The epilogue analyses the concerted but groundless 2022-2023 disinformation campaign conducted by Russia, with support from China, relating to the claim that public health facilities in Ukraine are ‘secret U.S.-funded biolabs’, purportedly developing biological weapons.

• Describes how modern developments in biological warfare have been, and will continue to be, deployed in more warfare and acts of terrorism as a powerful weapon of war – as indeed one of our Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).

• Delineates the ugly history of biowarfare and bioterrorism from the Hittites to WWII through biological warfare labs in the UK, USA and Soviet Union in the Cold War and after. Torture and experimentation using biological agents is covered.

A HISTORY OF MODERN MERCENARY WARFARE

Harry McCallion

Harry McCallion explores the development of modern mercenary forces from the British SAS led deniable operation in Yemen in late 1960’s, during which the Israelis were persuaded to arm the SAS led Yemeni tribesmen, through the bush wars in Africa, Britain’s ill fated intervention in the war in Afghanistan right up to today’s War in Ukraine. Many of the modern day British mercenaries were known to the author personally. including such notably figures as the legendary SAS Fijian warriors ‘Tak ‘ Takevesia who, although in his early sixties shot his way out of an ambush in Bagdad and Fred ‘Big Fred’ Mrafano who devoted himself to the cause of the people of Serra Leone. SAS veteran .Bill Scully who received the Queen’s Gallantry Medal single-handedly protected 1,300 civilians from rebel troops during the uprising in May 1997after the Sierra Leone coup and American Vietnam veteran Major ‘Mac’ Mackenzie, who although badly wounded in Vietnam, rose from trooper to command a Rhodesian SAS squadron and was one of the units most highly decorated soldiers. Also included are more notorious figures like Costas Georgiou also known by his alias Colonel Callan who served in the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment but was dishonourably discharged and sentenced to five years in prison for a post office robbery, later he proclaimed himself a ‘Colonel’ and led a group of psychopathic mercenaries in the Angolan War of Independence, before being captured and executed by Angolan forces. The book explores the roles of modern day mercenaries, who’s deaths often go unreported masking the true human cost of war.

• Explores the development of modern mercenary forces from the British SAS led deniable operation in Yemen in late 1960’s right up to today’s War in Ukraine.

• Details the role of modern day mercenaries and how they are portrayed in the media Covers notable figures such as ‘Tak ‘ Takevesia , Fred ‘Big Fred’ Mrafano , SAS veteran .Bill Scully, American Vietnam veteran Major ‘Mac’ Mackenzie and Costas Georgiou also known by his alias Colonel Callan who served in the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment.

HITLER’S GOLD

THE NAZI LOOT AND HOW IT WAS LAUNDERED AND LOST

Norman Ridley

War is a costly business and in 1939, Germany was almost broke. Hitler needed hard foreign currency to pay for his war machine and the only way he could get this was by laundering gold that he looted from the banks and individuals in occupied territories through neutral countries, particularly through the Swiss banks. There are also questions about the parts played by other countries, particularly Portugal, and the Vatican’s dealings with Hitler have often been seen as ambiguous and this book investigates the Holy See’s role in helping ship Nazi gold to South America. After the war a commission was set up to recover as much gold as possible and restore it to those from whom it was stolen. This, of course, was beset by huge problems especially with regards to gold that was looted from Holocaust victims. Enormous quantities of gold and other treasures were hidden in a mine at Merkers in Thuringia which was found by the US 3rd Army in 1945, but much gold remains unaccounted for, and attempts are still ongoing to uncover supposed hidden caches, the most recent in Poland where four tons are believed to have been found by the Silesian Bridge Foundation in May of 2022. The whereabouts and disposal of the remaining stolen gold has led to numerous investigations and countless conspiracy theories. In Hitler’s Gold the author analyses these and uncovers many of the mysteries surrounding this continuing search for the missing millions.

• Examines the role of the Bank for International Settlements in laundering Nazi gold.

• Looks at how neutral nations prolonged the war by trading with the Nazis.

• Investigates how the Allies tracked down looted gold through the Safehaven programme.

9781399045919 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 35 mono

ALA: Edinburgh, UK

June 2023 • WLR

9781399049252 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Swindon, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399061759 • £25.00

200 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: Poland

September 2023 • ELR

FROM THE SOVIET GULAG TO ARNHEM A

POLISH PARATROOPER’S EPIC WARTIME JOURNEY

Nicholas Kinloch

Caught Between Nazis and Soviets, Stanislaw Kulik was a man who dodged death. After the Russian occupation of Poland, Stanislaw Kulik, aged 15, was deported to the Soviet gulags and put to work. If you didn’t work, you didn’t eat. While many died, Stanislaw managed to survive. Following the Nazis’ invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, he was given an opportunity to join the Polish army being formed somewhere in the Soviet Union, but nobody knew where. After months travelling on his own through central Asia, through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Stanislaw finally reached Iraq, where he worked in a camp which processed Polish refugees. Too young to join up, the Army faked his age and eventually he was then taken by ship to Great Britain via India, where he joined up with the Polish Parachute Brigade. After qualifying as a paratrooper in Scotland, he dropped at Arnhem, in Operation Market Garden, where he found himself trapped behind enemy lines. Thanks to the Dutch underground he avoided capture by the Nazis. This thrilling memoir is an inspiring story of a triumph of resilience and courage against great odds.

• Outstanding memoir covering six years of war.

• Kulik undertook an epic and dangerous journey covering numerous hostile countries.

• Trained as a paratrooper and took part in Op Market Garden.

• Trapped behind enemy lines, somehow avoided capture.

• 80th Anniversary of Arnhem in September 2024.

• Strong Polish market in UK and USA.

DEFENDING CRETE FROM THE FALLSCHIRMJAGERS

MEMOIRS OF A ROYAL ENGINEER & POW

Andrew G Taylor, Jack Seed

By the spring of 1941, the enemy had taken much of Southern Europe: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, and with Italy in the Axis it stood to dominate. The powerful British Naval Fleet and the amassed allied infantry of Britain, New Zealand, Australia, disposed Greeks, and the good people of Crete stood between the Axis powers and total control of the Mediterranean. This is the story of a soldier involved in the defence of Crete. The Luftwaffe commanded the air with their Stuka, Junkers and the formidable German Paratroopers: the Fallschirmjäger. It begins with Jack Seed’s part, as a Royal Engineer, in the Balkan Campaign of 1941. Starting with an account of the defence of Crete, it tells of the retreat from an overpowering enemy and of a determined survival until the victorious moments of the war ’s end. Along with his comrades, Jack was taken prisoner of war, enduring terrible hardships at the hands of his German captors for four years. With barely enough food to keep body and soul together, he and his fellow captives were sent out in gangs to work, often in perishingly cold conditions. But finally the war was over. He had survived. Jack Seed wrote his Second World War memoir during the 1970s, typing two copies for posterity on a mechanical typewriter. Like many with such experiences, his writing was not for any notion of reward, but to formalise his own lasting experience of the Second World War. Now, almost eighty years later, that story is shared.

• Jack Seed’s first hand account of the defence of Crete during the Balkan Campaign of 1941 is told here for the first time.

• An on-the-ground view of how defenders were overwhelmed by the German forces who utilised their formidable Paratroopers: the Fallschirmjäger.

FACING THE RED ARMY IN FESTUNG POSEN

FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF GERMAN SOLDIERS ON THE EASTERN FRONT IN 1945

Hans Klapa, Alfred Kriehn

Facing the Red Army in Festung Posen features the stories of two German soldiers who took part in the battles for Festung Posen (Poznań Fortress) in January and February 1945. Never before published in English, the accounts of Hans Klapa, written immediately after the war (1946) and Alfred Kriehn, a little later (early 1990s) provide details relating to the course of the battle, as well as the armaments of the German garrison, its morale and even first-hand descriptions of individual actions during bloody street fighting. Although describing the same battle, both memoires are completely different as they represent different branches of the armed forces, and each takes place in different parts of the city. While Hans Klapa fought only in the eastern part, Alfred Kriehn describes the fighting on the western side. However, what separates the two accounts the most is the fate of both heroes immediately after the battle, with Klapa describing his epic, months-long struggle with his comrades to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy and being taken prisoner by the Soviets at any cost.

• First-hand accounts about the German battle for Festung Posen.

• Details the strengths of the German garrison and the morale of the men.

• The struggle to avoid being taken prisoner at any cost.

• Never before published in English.

CHURCHILL AND AFRICA

EMPIRE, DECOLONISATION AND RACE

C Brad Faught

This timely book fills a lacuna in the extensive literature on Churchill’s life and times. It covers his long relationship with Africa during the most important period in Anglo-African history, from nineteenth-century imperial rule to independence and the emergence of modern Africa. Churchill first went to Africa during the British re-conquest of Sudan in 1898 and would spend almost the next sixty years dealing with Africa as soldier, journalist, government minister, and finally prime minister. Churchill’s story is one of transition from the height of late-Victorian British imperialism to the acceptance of African nationalism in the middle years of the twentieth century. He helped to shape British colonial policy in Africa from the first decade of the twentieth century through the Second World War and colonial Kenya’s Mau Mau crisis of the 1950s.

• “This book is very timely, well written and researched. It is an extremely important contribution to the current so called “culture wars.” I think it will arouse a lot of interest, and even controversy. It ought to get widely reviewed and I believe would appeal strongly to both the academic and the general reader.” - Denis Judd, Professor Emeritus in Imperial and Commonwealth History at London Metropolitan University.

• Churchill ‘fell in love’ with Africa and the affair lasted 60 years.

9781526768544 • £25.00

288 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 b&w

ALA: Ontario, Canada

July 2023 • WLR

ASPECTS OF ARNHEM

THE BATTLE RE-EXAMINED

Richard Doherty, David Truesdale

Almost 80 years on the battle for the Arnhem Rhine crossing remains controversial. Opinion on its justification and success differs widely. This superbly researched book, written by two acknowledged experts, takes a wide-ranging examination of Operation MARKET GARDEN from the strategic, operational and tactical level. The role of the Allied commanders involved is scrutinised with surprising results. For example, US General Brereton’s pivotal role has seldom been mentioned, yet he is revealed as responsible for choosing landing and drop zones. The record of airborne forces, both German and Allied, prior to September 1944 raises questions and the doubt that many senior commanders, including Eisenhower, had as to their effectiveness is highlighted. The parts played by VIII and XII Corps of Second Army and General Dempsey, its Commander are scrutinised, as are the actions of local commanders and troops on the ground. Both those with a deep interest in military history and the layman will find much to inform and satisfy them in this valuable and at times provocative account.

• Interest in the Battle of Arnhem remains extremely strong.

• Covers a wide range of controversial issues.

• Particular emphasis on those senior figures involved in the planning and execution of Operation Market Garden.

9781399043915 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 100 mono

ALA: Prehen, UK; Newtownards, UK

July 2023 • WLR

DIEPPE – 1942 OPERATION JUBILEE – A LEARNING CURVE

Stephen Wynn

On 19 August 1942, an Allied amphibious raid took place on the French coastal town of Dieppe. The official aim was to capture the town’s port, gather relevant intelligence, and destroy a number of coastal defences, port structures and other identified buildings, thus providing a much-needed boost to Allied morale, and to demonstrate to Stalin that the Allies were serious in their commitment to opening a second front. Unfortunately, the raid was an unmitigated failure. The German defences were more formidable than intelligence reports suggested they would be, the Allied aerial and naval support was insufficient, and most of the tanks failed to make it off the beaches. Indeed, due to the unexpected mounting casualties, the decision was taken to cut short the raid and evacuate the remaining men.

• Did lessons learnt at Dieppe help save lives during the Normandy D-Day landings?

• Why did the raid on Dieppe actually take place?

• Why did so many inexperienced Canadian troops take part in the raid?

• Did Mountbatten get the planning for the raid all wrong?

• Were the losses in men and equipment justified?

9781526714817 • £20

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Basildon, Essex

August 2023 • WLR

THE SECOND WORLD WAR ILLUSTRATED

THE FIFTH YEAR

Jack Holroyd

The Second World War Illustrated: 1944 follows the author’s visual tour of the war by means of painstakingly researched and digitally restored pictures from the period of the key battlefields and events of the period from September 1943 to the late summer of 1944. This year marked a defining change in the balance of the war; by its end the Axis powers were in serious trouble on all their fronts. With over 1,000 original photographs, this is a true labour of love and an ideal purchase for anyone interested in the history of the Second World War in a more accessible form.

• 1,000 images of the fifth year of WW2September 1943 to September 1944.

• A quick, convenient visual history of the world’s worst life-changing conflict.

• Subjects covered include: Salerno to Rome, Normandy, Operation Valkyrie, The Flying Bomb and V2, Americans in the South Pacific, Japanese in Burma (Kohima and Imphal) and the Allied bomber offensive in Berlin.

9781399063043 • £19.99

320 pages • Paperback

246x172 • 700 mono

ALA: Barnsley, UK

April 2023 • WLR

BETWEEN THE ODER AND THE ELBE

THE OPENING MOVES IN THE BATTLE FOR BERLIN, 1945

Wilhelm Tieke

Between the Oder and the Elbe, the first of two volumes exploring the Battle for Berlin, examines the last months of the Third Reich and the defense of Berlin. It describes in detail the German attempts to stem the Soviet tide at the Oder River and the Russian drive on Germany’s capital and Hitler’s increasingly frantic and delusional efforts to halt the onslaught of the Red Army. Streams of German soldiers and civilians desperately tried to flee the city before it was surrounded. Their fate if captured by the Russians was too horrible to imagine. This account mixes the descriptions of the overall military situation with many personal accounts of small unit actions. The desperation, fear and resolve of the soldiers often turned to admirable feats of bravery as well as acts of cowardice and brutality.

• Detailed first person accounts by German soldiers and civilians trapped in Berlin in 1945.

9781399002936 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 35 mono & maps

ALA: Canada

September 2023 • ELR

GEBIRGSJÄGER

GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS, 1935–1945

Jean-Denis Lepage

The Gebirgsjäger were officially formed in 1935 following Hitler’s rejection of the Treaty of Versailles. Recruited predominantly from the southern, mountainous parts of Germany and from Austria, and rigorously trained in all aspects of mountain survival and combat, they formed an elite within the German army. Jean-Denis Lepage gives a concise history of the Gebirgsjäger’s employment, which saw them in action on every front, from Lapland in the North to Tunisia in the south, and throught the war, from the invasion of Poland to the final defence of Germany. He then gives a detailed description of their uniforms and insignia, equipment, organization, training and tactics. Illustrated throughout with over 170 of the author’s own line drawings.

• An overview of German Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Troops) from their formation in 1935 to the end of the Second World War.

• Gives a concise history of their employment in the war – these elite troops fought on all the fronts Germany was engaged on, from Norway to Tunisia.

• Detailed discussion and description of uniforms and insignia, equipment, organization, training and tactics.

• Highly illustrated with over 170 of the author’s own line drawings.

9781399044783 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 156 mono

ALA: 97 15 CT Groningen, Netherlands

July 2023 • WLR

BATTLE OF THE CITIES URBAN WARFARE ON THE EASTERN FRONT

Anthony Tucker-Jones

The Stalingrad battle and the Leningrad siege were just two of the brutal, devastating urban conflicts that marked the awful struggle between Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The cities were strategic fixed points in the sweeping advances and retreats of the opposing armies across eastern Europe. Yet no one has concentrated on these city battles before or has sought to tell the story of the campaigns through the fighting that took place in and around them. That is Anthony Tucker-Jones’s purpose in this concise and vivid history of the urban war on the Eastern Front. Early in the war, during the Wehrmacht’s crushing offensives of 1941 and 1942, the Red Army was forced out of a series of key cities. Moscow was threatened, Leningrad surrounded. Then, after the climactic battle at Stalingrad, the Red Army with increasing confidence, speed and power drove the Germans from the Soviet and East European capitals they had occupied. The final urban battles were fought in Germany’s cities, culminating in Berlin. As he traces the course of the fighting for each city, Anthony Tucker-Jones looks at the local circumstances, the opposing forces, the strategic significance and the tactics employed. He focuses not only on the destruction and cruelty of such warfare, but on the heroism displayed on both sides and on the fate of the civilians who found themselves on the front line.

9781399072007 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 60 mono & plates

May 2023 • WLR

THE RISE OF THE III WAFFEN SS PANZER KORPS

A HISTORY OF THE FORMATION AND FIRST BATTLES, 1943–1944

Wilhelm Tieke

A masterfully researched, factual and expansive examination of the III SS Panzer Korps including its formation in 1943 and first battles on the Eastern Front in the Baltic in 1944. Translated from the original German, this book represents the best English account of many of the SS formations that made up the III Corps, including the 11th SS-Freiwilligen-PanzergrenadierDivision “Nordland” and the 4th SSPanzergrenadier-Brigade “Nederland”.

• Translated from German, never before seen reports on the unit formations.

9781399003032 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 150 b&w

ALA: Canada

September 2023 • ELR

THE GERMANS AND THE DIEPPE RAID

HOW HITLER’S WEHRMACHT CRUSHED OPERATION JUBILEE

James Shelley

Since 19 August 1942, the German part in the Dieppe raid has largely been ignored. This book explores the German experience on that momentous day. It answers critical operational questions: How well did the Germans prepare for an attack on Dieppe? What did the raid look like from the German perspective, and what lessons did the Wehrmacht learn?

In the wider public sphere, it addresses how the German media exploited the victory, the reaction of the German people, and how Hitler and his entourage responded to the Western Allies’ greatest military debacle in the war. Based on extensive German source materials, the Wehrmacht’s role in defeating Operation Jubilee is finally brought to light.

• The Dieppe Raid remains one of the most controversial battles of WW2.

• The Raid was a hugely expensive failure.

• The author throws new light on the Raid.

• Written from the Nazi perspective, an original angle.

• Answers many questions and raises more.

9781399030601 • £25.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Sidmouth, Devon, UK

April 2023 • WLR

HITLER’S SHATTERED DREAMS OF EMPIRE

CRUCIAL BATTLES OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN FRONT 1941-1944

Rex Bashford

This book analyses each of the Third Reich’s military campaigns and the programs for the development of new weapons including the V1, V2 and the A bomb paying special attention to Hitler’s role in them. The book is based entirely on the evidence of the most senior military personnel who were there at the time, from their contemporaneous diaries and subsequent writings.

Hitler’s Shattered Dreams of Empire is the second of a three part in depth study and deals with Hitler’s influence on the crucial battles on the eastern front resulting from the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941 ‘Operation Barbarossa’ together with the allied invasions of ‘Festung Europa’ and the Ardennes Offensive in 1944-45.

• Based entirely on evidence of the most senior military personnel including diaries and recollections of three Chiefs of the Army General Staff, Field Marshals Rommel, von Rundstedt von Bock, von Kliest, von Manstein, numerous other senior generals, Hitler’s military adjutants, ministers of his government and evidence from the Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg.

9781399070317 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 30 mono

ALA: New South Wales, Australia August 2023 • WLR

HITLER’S LAST DAYS THE FÜHRERBUNKER AND BEYOND Mel Kavanagh

Berlin, April 1945. After almost six years of war, the end is nigh for the Nazi’s. The Russians are closing in on the German capital and Hitler is holed up in the Fuhrerbunker in the city. There was an eclectic mix of individuals residing in the bunker with Hitler at this time including senior Nazi officers, Hitler’s personal protection squad, soldiers, civilians, children and even a female test pilot but how did they fair at the end? Not all died or were captured.

Hitler’s Last Days studies Hitler’s final days in the Fuhrerbunker looking at the Nazi leaders’ state of mind during the war and the effect if had on his physical state.

A wealth of diverse research material has been used to create an account that comes from a different angle on a popular WWII story.

• June 2023.

• World language rights.

• A fresh look at the Hitler’s final days using a diverse range of research material.

• Studies not only the Fuhrer’s state of mind but also the characters around him at the time.

9781399048057 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 10 mono

ALA: Penrith, Cumbria, UK

June 2023

HITLER’S OIL BROKER THOMAS BROWN, HARBINGER OF WORLDWIDE CONFLICT

John W M Chapman

Thomas Brown is an unknown figure of Scottish origin who played a significant role in the onset and development of both world wars in the first half of the 20th century. In the First World War he contributed to the Anglo-German conflict in the Middle East particularly in his switch from UK to German nationality in 1914 by contributing directly to the expansion of German imperialism in the Persian Gulf and Ottoman Empire. His most important role was in providing logistical support to German and Turkish forces in support of the Turkish jihad in November 1914. Despite his arrest by MI5 as a suspected traitor in 1919,he returned to Germany as a business middleman aided by former political and military colleagues in the Weimar Republic.

• Author is a specialist historian in Anglo-German relations in two world wars and rivalry for control of Middle East oil - vital for naval warfare.

• Principal figure is Thoms Brown as Hitler’s oil ‘broker’ - unique ‘fixer’.

• Close to great German Jewish financial corporations.

• Naturalised German citizen of expanding German industrial empire.

• Key figure in arms trade and logistics for German arms.

• Worked with German military supremo General Goltz.

9781399060073 • £25.00

288 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 88 mono

ALA: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399068130 • £25.00

456 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 24 b&w

ALA: Alfeld (Leine), Germany

August 2023 • WLR

9781399049108 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 50 mono

ALA: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

July 2023 • WLR

9781399050876 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 24 mono

ALA: Lexington, USA

August 2023 • WLR

STALIN’S PLANS FOR CAPTURING GERMANY

Bogdan Musial

The myth of Soviet benevolence has largely been discredited, but the idea the Soviet Union under Stalin was a peaceful, defensive-minded power that sought to prevent war by any means possible – including an ill-fated nonaggression treaty with Nazi Germany – remains surprisingly popular. Indeed, it is has been revived to justify contemporary Russian aggression, most notably against Ukraine. But even outside of Russia, a host of Western intellectuals still subscribe to the narrative of a peaceful Soviet Union.

Drawing on a host of internal Soviet Politburo discussions, memoranda and speeches, this book shows that the Soviet Union was a heavily militarized state that incessantly planned to unleash a great, ideologically motivated war against the rest of the world. In fact, its entire political life revolved around the question of war, especially following the onset of the Great Depression in 1929, which convinced Soviet leaders of the imminent collapse of the capitalist system abroad. Thus, both the collectivization as well as the terror that followed in its wake were done with the coming war in mind – even though there was no tangible danger of war. Slowed down by countless devastating setbacks, Stalin was nevertheless able to amass a gigantic army by the late 1930s. When Hitler approached Stalin in 1939 asking for Soviet neutrality in his planned invasion of Poland, Stalin sensed a golden opportunity: by supporting Hitler, he could turn the European powers against each another, allowing him to intervene once they were sufficiently weakened.

• Primary sources from inside the Soviet state apparatus, including now-inaccessible Russian archival holdings.

• Ground-breaking research on Soviet industrialization and foreign policy before the Second World War.

• Detailed description of collectivization and the Stalinist terror.

• Disproves the narrative of the Soviet Union as a peaceful power.

THE RACE FOR THE ATOM BOMB

HOW SOVIET RUSSIA STOLE THE SECRETS OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

John Harte

When Nazi Germany began a secret weapons program called “The Uranium Club” in April 1939, Stalin was alerted by his American and British spies of the possibility that German scientists were working to develop an atomic bomb. The British Government and the United States, and Stalin, realized that if Hitler used The Atom Bomb, it could mean the end of the West or the end of the world. John Harte’s new book about The Manhattan Project describes how Soviet Russia’s leading spymasters in Moscow Centre obtained information from British and American physicists to make a Soviet atomic bomb at each and every stage when the American bomb was developed at Los Alamos in New Mexico.

• True account of the rise and fall of the American genius Robert Oppenheimer, chosen by the U.S. military to head a team of scientists to develop the first atomic bomb.

• Whilst there have been several descriptions of the how the first bomb was developed at the Manhattan Project laboratory in the New Mexico desert, this is the first to describe how Soviet Russian spymasters penetrated the project to the point where their major international spy Kitty Harris married Oppenheimer, the head of the team of physicists.

• Timed with the release of Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jnr.

FDR AND HIGH TREASON AT PEARL HARBOR ROOSEVELT’S SCANDAL

Charles Sprinkles, Nhan Thanh Thi Nguyen Sprinkles

Pearl Harbor is a fallacy that needs to be corrected. American’s have been taught in schools that this was a surprise/ sneak attack by the Imperial Japanese government on the United States Navy and Army at Pearl Harbor; nothing could be further from the truth. FDR help orchestrate and instigate the attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Pearl Harbor in 1941. There was more than enough information that passed before FDR eyes from 1933 to 1941that showed that Japan was going to attack the United States in Hawaii and just how weak the United States defenses were at Pearl Harbor. Important information was ignored such as the war games at Pearl Harbor in 1932 and 38, the book “Winged Defense” by General William Mitchell in 1925, exam question for cadets to graduate the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy “How would you conduct a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor,” which FDR knew about, the Panay Incident and the Nan King Massacre, all the intercepted codes that said Japan was going to attack Pearl Harbor and yet FDR did nothing to stop Japan. After the war there was an investigation into the attack on Pearl Harbor, however all the information had been classified and could not be released to investigate in the late 1940’s. This is not the case today.

• Features recently declassified documents on information known by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Pearl Harbor and that he did not act upon.

• New insights as to the failure of FDR and his staff to stop the attack on Pearl Harbor.

• The forgotten information about the Naval War Games at Pearl Harbor 1932 & 1938 that could have prevented the attack.

• The sinking of the U.S. Panay Gunship by the Japanese on the Yangtze River in China, new information that shows FDR should have declared war on Japan in 1937 for this attack by Japan.

THE WRONGLY EXECUTED AIRMAN

THE RAF’S DARKEST HOUR

Alan Strachan

Utilizing forensic evidence ignored by the police, and documents never before released to the public, this is the horrific account of a man wrongfully executed for rape and murder -- even though possibly neither a rape nor a murder occurred. Both were capital crimes in Canada in 1942 and the accused was a British 21-year-old RAF sergeant. In his research, Strachan became the first in more than fifty years to be given full access to the trial transcript, acquired an original copy of the preliminaryhearing transcript, accessed the original Royal Canadian Mounted Police internal correspondence and the diplomatic communications between Canadian and English bureaucrats. They show that the only truly innocent person in this saga is the one who was executed.

• The author was the first to be given full access to the trial transcript.

• The author owns an original 1942 copy of the preliminary-hearing transcript, believed to be the only one in existence.

• Revisions to Canada’s freedom-ofinformation laws allowed the author to access previously unavailable RCMP internal communications.

• UK Archives were the source of illuminating RAF documents pertaining to the case that were not available in Canada.

9781399041034 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK

April 2023 • WLR

WEAPONS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE

FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES OF THE US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS

Darren Neely

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg spearheaded by the feared Tiger tank. Like many engagements of WW2, the Battle of the Bulge was fought and won by the soldier with the rifle, a machine-gun team, a well-coordinated mortar assault and infantry support weapons. This book will showcase all the weapons used by the soldiers in the Bulge. From rifles and heavy machine guns and mortars and artillery, as well as armored cars, selfpropelled artillery and tanks. Weapons of the Battle of the Bulge will show how the battle was fought, and ultimately won, by the western Allies which included the British and Canadians in addition to American forces.

9781399001052 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 400 b&w

ALA: USA

June 2023 • WLR

GUNNERS FROM THE SKY

1ST AIR LANDING LIGHT REGIMENT IN ITALY AND AT ARNHEM, 1942–44

Paul Chrystal, David Chrystal

This is the story of 1st Air Landing Light Regiment RA and its role in the Italian campaign and at the Battle of Arnhem. It is also the story of one of its soldiers: Gunner Eric Wright Chrystal, the authors’ father. Eric enlisted in September 1942 and joined the new glider-borne regiment the following year. He first saw action in Italy in 1943, where he was seriously wounded. On 17 September 1944 he and the regiment were landed by glider near Arnhem. A detailed account of the fighting highlights the regiment’s pivotal role near Arnhem bridge. After nine days of intense combat, Eric was among the many captured and held until the end of the war. Eric’s testimony lends a personal touch to this excellent account of combat and life as a PoW.

• A history of 1st Air Landing Light Regiment (a glider-borne artillery unit) in Italy 1943 and at the Battle of Arnhem.

• Intertwines the unit’s history with the experiences and first-hand testimony of Gunner Eric Wright Chrystal, the authors’ father.

• A very detailed account of the fighting highlights the regiment’s pivotal but neglected involvement around Arnhem Bridge.

• Eric was among the many forced to surrender at Arnhem and bears witness to conditions in the PoW camps.

9781399088084 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

August 2023 • WLR

SS PANZER BATTALION 501

TIGERS IN THE ARDENNES

Hugues Wenkin, Christian Dujardin

Most often mentioned for its actions on Ardennes soil, today the Gepanzerte Kampfgruppe “Peiper” remains an object of interest for its actions during the Battle of the Bulge. Although the unit had exceptional crews, including some of the most emblematic aces of the Panzerwaffe, it suffered a bitter failure in the Ardennes. How could a vehicle considered to be among the most powerful of the conflict suffer almost 100 percent losses? This study reconstructs the facts and explains why, in the end, the schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 501 was able to survive the Battle of the Bulge. It includes a summary of their confrontations, a history of the unit, as well as a tank-by-tank analysis of the causes of destruction, thus making it possible to follow the unit’s course throughout the conflict.

• The most comprehensive study published on the subject to date.

• The fate of each tiger tank analysed in depth.

• Over 200 original photographs.

• Based solely on archival documents and systematic returns to the field to compare sources.

• Written by historians with a technological background.

9781399056168 • £20.00

184 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 200 mono

ALA: Beauraing, Aywaille, Belgium September 2023 • WLR except Dutch, Flemish, French and German

8TH SS CAVALRY DIVISION FLORIAN GEYER

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME ARCHIVES

Ian Baxter

Formed in 1942 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer deployed to the Eastern Front where Hitler’s ambition to conquer Russia was stalling. In common with other SS units the Division was responsible for razing towns and villages and widespread genocide. This scorched earth policy was aimed at hindering the Red Army’s advance. After moving South, the Division took part in the retreat from the Dnieper River before operating in Hungary and Croatia. The end came when trapped in Budapest by Soviet and Romanian forces, the Division was destroyed in December 1944. By the end of the siege only 800 of the 30,000 men in the SS Corps reached German lines. Using many startling contemporary images, this latest book in the Author’s SS Division series vividly illustrates the horror of warfare on the Eastern Front.

• Covers the operations of a leading SS Cavalry Regiment.

• Describes fighting under desperate conditions on the Eastern Front.

• The Division was annihilated at the Siege of Budapest.

• Authoritative text is well supported by superb contemporary images.

• Latest in the Author’s popular SS Divisions/ Images of War series.

9781399062817 • £14.99

128 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 250 mono

ALA: Chelmsford, Essex, UK

April 2023 • WLR

LIBERATION OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS

Ian Baxter

As the Allies closed in on Hitler’s Germany from east and west the horror and scale of the Final Solution and concentration camps became all too apparent despite Nazi attempts to hide the evidence. In every camp shocking scenes of death and starvation were encountered. When British troops reached Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, there were some 10,000 unburied dead in addition to the mass graves, in addition to 60,000 starving and sick inmates in utterly appalling conditions. Death marches to more westerly camps such as Ravensbruch and Buchenwald resulted in over-crowding and the spread of disease. The words and images in this disturbing Images of War book are a timely reminder of man’s inhumanity to his fellows and that such behaviour should never be repeated.

• Rare graphic contemporary images of Nazi concentration camp conditions on liberation in 1944 and 1945.

• Well researched and authoritative descriptive text.

• Shocking reminder of the horrors of Nazi treatment of Jews and other ‘enemies of the State’.

• Latest in the popular Images of War series.

• Compiled by much published author.

9781399048774 • £14.99

176 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 250 mono

ALA: Chelmsford, Essex, UK September 2023 • WLR

THE GERMAN SIEGE OF LENINGRAD, 1941–1944

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME

ARCHIVES

Ian Baxter

The siege of Leningrad by German Army Group North began on 8 September 1941 and was not lifted until 27 January 1944 despite the Red Army made numerous attempts to break the blockade. Eventually, Hitler’s forces were compelled to retreat, after looting and destroying much of this historic city The prolonged fighting often under appalling conditions resulted in many thousands of casualties for both sides from direct action and constant indirect artillery and air attack. Arguably most shocking was the systematic starvation of the civilian population trapped inside. Drawing on rare and unpublished photographs with detailed captions and explanatory text, this dramatic book vividly portrays every aspect of this siege, arguably the longest and most costly in recent military history.

• An often overlooked episode of WW2.

• One of the longest and most destructive blockades in military history.

• The civilian population suffered grievously.

• Authoritative text is well supported by well captioned superb contemporary images.

• Latest in the popular Images of War series.

9781399064668 • £14.99

144 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 250 mono

ALA: Chelmsford, Essex, UK

August 2023 • WLR

HITLER’S DEATH TRAINS: THE ROLE OF THE REICHSBAHN IN THE FINAL SOLUTION

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME

ARCHIVES

Ian Baxter

It is strange how little coverage has been given to the role played by the Deutche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) in the Holocaust. Without the efficient utilization of the vast train network covering Germany and the Nazi occupied territories it would have been impossible to transport victims in sufficient number to the extermination camps. Although these ‘death trains’ competed for valuable track space with Nazi war effort requirement, the importance of the Final Solution perversely prevailed. This well researched and highly illustrated book concludes that without the Reichsbahn, the industrial murder of millions of Jews, Roma and other ‘undesirables’ would not have been possible on the scale that was so tragically achieved

• An aspect of the Holocaust not previously covered.

• The Reichsbahn played a key role in The Final Solution.

• Authoritative text is well supported by superb contemporary images.

• Latest in the popular Images of War series.

9781399040082 • £14.99

144 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 300 mono

ALA: Chelmsford, Essex, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399068680 • £14.99

144 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 300 mono

ALA: Chelmsford, Essex, UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781399073110 • £18.99

240 pages • Paperback

246x189 • 300 mono

April 2023 • WLR

9781399050296 • £18.99

224 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 200 colour & mono

ALA: Carrara, Australia

May 2023 • WLR

GERMAN SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY AT WAR 1940–1945

Ian Baxter

Despite the German Panzerwaffe’s ability to engage its foes rapidly with concentrated force, additional fire power was often required to break through enemy lines. Initially this was with towed artillery but, as the war developed, converting tanks into fast-moving self-propelled artillery carrying vehicles proved far more effective. As a result a number of weapon systems came into service including the Pz.Kpfw.I and II. Other conversions followed including the Pz.Kpfw.II Wespe with its 10.5cm gun, the Pz.Kpfw.III/IV Hummel armed with a 15cm howitzer, the Sturmpanzer Brummbar with its powerful 15cm gun and the Grille series based on the Czech Pz.Kpfw 38(t) tank chassis. These and other armoured vehicles were capable of providing both close firesupport for infantry and acting as anti-tank weapons. This highly illustrated book describes the key role played by German self-propelled artillery from its introduction in 1940 in France, to North Africa, Italy, Russia and North-West Europe. It analyses the development of the numerous variants that came into service as these formidable weapon systems were adapted and up-gunned to face the ever-increasing enemy threat. With rare and often published photographs this book provides a unique insight into German self-propelled artillery from its early triumphant war years to final defeat in 1945.

• A comprehensive study of Hitler’s self-propelled artillery.

• Authoritative text is well supported by superb contemporary images of equipment on operations.

• Latest in the popular Images of War series.

• Compiled by much published author.

• Will appeal to modellers and wargamers.

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943–1945

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS

FROM WARTIME ARCHIVES

Philip Jowett

The Second World War Italian campaign is often less well remembered than the struggle of the Germans against the western Allies in north-west Europe and against the Soviet Union in the east. But, as this book demonstrates in over 300 photographs, the Italian peninsula was a major theatre of the war in itself. More than a million Allied troops fought there, more than half a million Germans and Italians; there were over 600,00 casualties and well over 100,000 dead. The soldiers of many nations took part – Americans, Australians, Brazilians, British, Canadians, French, Germans, Greeks, Indians, Italians, Poles, South Africans – in a gruelling and protracted sequence of battles across rocky, mountainous terrain that made a mockery of Churchill’s description of it as the ‘soft underbelly’ of occupied Europe. Every stage of the campaign is represented in the photographs – from the Allied landings in Sicily in 1943, through the tenacious defence by the Germans of a series of fortified lines as the Allies struggled north, to the final Allied advance across the Po in April 1945 and the German surrender. As well as showing the soldiers on all sides and the towns and Italian landscapes in which the fighting took place, the photographs record the appalling devastation the warfare left in its wake.

• Covers the entire campaign, from the Sicily landings in 1943 to the crossing of the Po in 1945.

• Shows how troops from many nations were involved: Americans, Australians, Brazilians, British, Canadians, French, Germans, Greeks, Indians, Italians, Poles, South Africans.

• A record of the Italian towns, cities and landscapes in which the fighting took place Photographs documenting the appalling devastation the warfare left in its wake.

PUMA SDKFZ 234/1 AND SDKFZ 234/2 HEAVY ARMOURED CARS

GERMAN ARMY AND WAFFEN-SS AND LUFTWAFFE UNITS, WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONTS, 1944-1945

Dennis Oliver

The lightning advances of the German armoured units during the Polish and French campaigns were spearheaded by fast-moving, armed reconnaissance vehicles. But these early designs suffered heavily due to their light weaponry and thin armour and a programme was soon underway, led by the firm of Büssing-NAG, which culminated in the development of the Sdkfz 234 series of heavy eight-wheeled armoured cars, the first of which entered service in late 1943\. These vehicles proved to be rugged and reliable and were gradually up-armed to serve in the infantry support role and eventually as tank killers. This volume of the LandCraft series concludes the story of the Sdkfz 234 series, examining the versions that took part in the last battles of the war. Using archive photos and extensively researched colour illustrations Dennis Oliver examines the Sdkfz 234/1 and Sdkfz 234/2and the units that operated these often neglected, yet important, armoured vehicles. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, providing everything the modeller needs to recreate an accurate representation of these historic tanks.

• Gallery of photographs of outstanding models.

• Colour photographs of model kits in available scales.

• Sources of further information from books and websites.

9781399042352 • £35.00

576 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 1000 mono

ALA: Ontario, Canada

April 2023 • WLR

9781399099677 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 250 colour

September 2023 • WLR

9781399005678 • £14.99

128 pages • Paperback

246x172 • 200 colour

ALA: Rochester, Kent

June 2023 • WLR

TANK GUN SYSTEMS THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS, 1916–1945: A TECHNICAL EXAMINATION

William Andrews

Much has been written about the use of tanks in battle. Little, however, has appeared about the gunnery systems that are at their core. This book describes and examines the main gun systems of medium and heavy tanks from first use in 1916 in World War I to those fielded in numbers to the end of World War II in 1945, including tanks of the interwar period. Specifically considered are guns of a calibre greater than 35 mm, which have been deployed in numbers greater than 100. The emphasis is on guns mounted in turrets on heavier tracked armoured fighting vehicles (greater than 15 tonnes) which were considered tanks. There are, though, exceptions, in that the naval 6 pounder guns in First World War British tanks, as well as the 75 mm guns in French medium tanks of the same period (all turretless) are included. The treatment of gun systems includes sighting and fire control equipment, gun laying equipment, mounts and the array of munitions fired, as well as the actual gun, including its, barrel, cradle, breech, firing mechanism, sights and recoil system. Related to this are issues of gun handling (loading and unloading), ammunition design and rates of fire. Also examined are the maximum impulse and energy generated by firing some of the munitions available that must be absorbed by the gun recoil system.

• Covers tank guns from eight countries (Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, Italy, Czechoslovakia and the United States).

• 44 different gun systems are described varying in calibre from 37mm to 122mm and illustrated with over 1000 colour, grayscale and black and white images.

• Includes period photographs or drawings of vehicle interiors, supplemented with component drawings from training manuals and photos taken by the author of surviving vehicles.

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WW2 MODEL MAKING

Sean Dunnage

A lavishly illustrated book offering detailed how-to steps to build military models of the British & Commonwealth forces in multiple modelling scales in the Second World War. The book consists of scratch built, conversions and basic kit models of famous military vehicles built to a high standard through the entire process that will appeal to all modellers from beginner to advanced. With the growing amount of British and Commonwealth subjects being produced, now seemed the perfect time to create a book that explores these often-overlooked subjects. I now have the option to build a motorcycle my mother rode in Berlin, the motorcycle my uncle used in Europe in 44/45 or a Ford 3 ton lorry that my father drove in Holland or even the Daimler armoured car he commanded in Korea. I am sure the same goes for many others who had relatives in the wars of the early 20th century that being able to replicate these vehicles gives them a sense of closeness and understanding and a way to bring history alive.

PAINTING WARGAMING FIGURES: ALLIED FORCES IN BLITZKRIEG EUROPE, 1939–1940

BRITISH, FRENCH, BELGIAN, DUTCH AND POLISH FORCES

Andy Singleton

This series of hobby guides is aimed at assisting those new or unfamiliar with historical figure modelling and war gaming by providing them with a range of simple tips and techniques to assist them in putting together good looking collections using methods that won’t take an age. Andy Singleton shares his process and tricks of the trade gained through his many years of experience as a professional figure painter. This volume covers the various European armies that stood in the path of the German onslaught in the blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939 and 1940.

Beginning with an introduction to the range of tools and materials commonly found in modelling, the main part of this book comprises of concise guides for painting Polish, Belgian, Dutch, British and French forces. The step-by-step guidance covers all the common variations of uniform used during the period by the various nations, as well as tips on specialist forces such as Polish cavalry, French Colonial troops and Dutch Marines. Illustrated with hundreds of photos, each stage of the guides has a combination of text description, photograph and list of both paint and brush size used to make the steps as easy to follow as possible, as well as stunning images of the figures in period settings. If you are preparing a force to resist the dreaded panzer divisions of the Wehrmacht, this is the book for you.

• Clear step-by-step guide to painting by a professional painter.

• Covers Polish, British, Dutch, Belgian and French forces of 1939-40.

• Focuses on achievable results and painting units for gaming, rather than exhibition pieces

• Full of practical tips and useful advice on materials and techniques.

• Includes advice on basing your figures.

FIELD MARSHAL THE EARL OF CAVAN

SOLDIER AND FOX HUNTER

Michael (Mike) Senior

Field Marshal Lord Cavan (1865-1946) was one of the most distinguished commanders of the modern British army, but he divided opinion among his contemporaries. So what were the real qualities and achievements of this remarkable but hitherto neglected officer who in a long career served in the Boer War and the First World War and then presided over the post-war reduction of the British army? Michael Senior, in the first full biography of Cavan, assesses him as a leader, a corps commander and an administrator, and places him among the front rank of the soldiers of his generation. He also explores Cavan’s personal life and how his aristocratic background, his wealth and his love of fox hunting affected his conduct in both war and peace.

• Biography of Field Marshal Lord Cavan, one of the most successful British generals of the First World War.

• Detailed account of Cavan’s service in the Boer War and as a corps commander on the Western Front and in Italy.

• Covers Cavan’s later role as Chief of the Imperial General Staff where he presided over the post-war reduction in the size of the British army.

9781526758187 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 1x16 b&w plates

ALA: Wendover, UK

April 2023 • WLR

FRENCH GENERALS OF THE GREAT WAR

LEADING THE WAY

Jonathan Krause & William Philpott

Who were the senior generals who took France through the First World War, and why do we know so little about them? They commanded the largest force on the Western Front through both humiliating defeats and forgotten victories; they won international respect and adoration, but also led their army to infamous mutiny. Nevertheless, the French and their allies, under a French General in Chief, would eventually achieve final victory over Imperial Germany. Previous studies haven’t tapped the wealth of primary source material in France’s military archives. It is this gap in the understanding of the conflict that this thought-provoking and original volume addresses. It takes a collective biographical approach to the leading French soldiers who ran the war on the Western Front.

• An original new study of the senior French commanders on the Western Front.

• Specially written by a group of distinguished First World War historians.

• Introduces Britain’s French allies to a modern British readership.

• Chapters on De Langle de Cary, Debeney, Estienne, Fayolle, Foch, Gamelin, Maistre, Joffre, Mangin, Nivelle, Pétain, Roques.

9781781592526 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 b&w

ALA: London

April 2023 • WLR

THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL OFFICER IN WWI

THE EXPERIENCES OF CAPTAIN HARRY GORDON PARKER

Lorraine Evans

A rare insight into WWI, this book documents the experiences of Captain Harry Gordon Parker, who served in the Naval Medical Service, and then the Royal Medical Army Corps (first with the Lancashire Fusiliers and then with the 2nd Manchester’s Regiment). Witnessing first-hand the horrors of Passchendaele, Arras and the Somme, Parker’s thoughts are penned with sincerity, the utmost compassion as well as a certain degree of sardonic humour. He faced bureaucratic red tape, lack of medical supplies, lice infestations, trench foot and absurd missions where the incompetence of his own side was as dangerous as the enemy. With endorsement from family members, author Lorraine Evans has revised Parker’s notes for clarity and added complementary text to provide historical background.

• Gives a first-hand account of the carnage and horrors of Arras, the Somme and Ypres, including the mudfilled landscape of Passchendaele.

• Documents the Royal Army Medical Corps Chain of Evacuation, from the frontline to hospital bases sited along the coastline and beyond.

9781399041607 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Strathcarron, UK

April 2023 • WLR

VICTORIA CROSSES ON THE WESTERN FRONT – BATTLES OF THE HINDENBURG LINE –CANAL DU NORD

SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER

Paul Oldfield

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front –Battles of the Hindenburg Line – Canal du Nord is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader.

A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives, warts and all: parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

• Offers a full explanation of the wider situation to set each VC action within the bigger picture.

• Comprehensive accounts of the VC actions and the recipient’s life stories.

1918

9781526788115 • £19.99

304 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 200 b&w

ALA: Salisbury, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399044837 • £20.00

208 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 24 mono

ALA: Cádiz, Spain; May 2023 • WLR

9781399040037 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 70 mono

ALA: Warminster, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399084376 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 70 colour & 30 mono

ALA: Norfolk

July 2023 • WLR

BRITISH AND SPANISH RELATIONS DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR

THE BRITISH GRACCHI

Joaquin García Contreras, Malcolm Marsh

Remembered for its violence and drama, the Spanish Peninsular War (1808–1814) saw open confrontation between the Spanish and their British and Portuguese allies against Napoleon. At the start of the war, the climate in London was favourable to cooperation with Spain. Yet the feeling of failure soon took hold of British society due to having embarked in another long and costly war, and many felt disappointment with the scarce cooperation of Spanish troops. Among the few who defended the importance of the Spanish cause were the Wellesley brothers, the ‘British Gracchi’, who together maintained this fragile alliance between both countries until the final victory over the French. Richard, the eldest brother and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Kingdom, changed the war against France and was decisive in the success on the Iberian Peninsula. His younger brother Henry coordinated official relations between Britain and Spain in his role as ambassador plenipotentiary in Cádiz. But the efforts of the two brothers would not have borne fruit without the intervention of a third, Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington), who, in a five-year campaign defeated the French troops which outnumbered his, liberating Portugal and Spain from Napoleon’s grip. The same man who in 1815 commanded one of the allied armies which came together to defeat Napoleon at Waterloo. Based on original sources, this book aims to clarify the setting in which these important events for the history of Spain unravelled, through the study of anglohispanic relations during the years of conflict.

• An objective account of The Spanish Peninsular War, translated into English for the first time.

• Although included in the context of the Napoleonic Wars, the Spanish Peninsular War possessed its own characteristics which make it distinctive and complex.

THE TALAVERA CAMPAIGN 1809

Tim Saunders

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley returned to the Peninsular in 1809 convinced that the country could be held against the French. His audacious crossing of the Duoro and speedy victory at Oporto in May, followed by the deceptively easy ejection of Marshal Soult’s corps, confirmed this view, giving him the confidence to plan a campaign with General Cuesta’s Army of Extremadura to advance on French-held Madrid via the Tagus Valley. From the outset relations between the two allied generals were poor, not to mention the divisions and enmity within the Spanish juntas and army. Matters only got worse once Wellesley’s army entered Spain, thanks to a failure to provide supplies and missed opportunities. Finally, the French army, with King Joseph at its head, marched to confront the allies at Talavera. The fighting did not start well for the British, who were taken by surprise and had to fight hard to extricate themselves from trouble, before inexperienced staff officers and commanders mis-deployed divisions and brigades, nearly resulting in disaster for the Allies when Marshal Victor launched a night attack. The Peninsular army still had much to learn. The following day, the French attacked again with the full force of a Napoleonic army infantry, cavalry and artillery, but the two-deep British line held and with their confidence shattered, the French withdrew. It was a hard-fought victory for the British commander, who was soon to be ennobled as the Duke of Wellington.

• Demonstrates how the tactical, command and staff errors on the first day of the battle meant the inexperienced Peninsular Army still had much to learn.

• Describes how, following the lightening victory over Marshal Soult at Oporto, Wellesley and his army were brimming with confidence.

• The difficult relations with Spanish allies from the outset.

• A failure of the Spanish to provide the promised logistical support left the army nearly starving.

NAPOLEONIC BRITAIN

A GUIDE TO FORTRESSES, STATUES AND MEMORIALS OF THE FRENCH WARS 1792-1815

David Buttery

This is the first guide to sites in the British Isles connected to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to be published. Stately homes, memorials, statues, dockyards, fortifications, tombs, churches, hospitals and museums associated with the wars are all described in vivid detail. There are hundreds of such sites with many of them being closely linked to military heroes like Wellington and Nelson and the forces they commanded. Highpoints include not only St Paul’s Cathedral, Nelson’s Column and Apsley House in London but more obscure monuments and buildings outside the capital like Edinburgh Castle, HMS Victory in Portsmouth Dockyard, the Western Heights Fortifications in Dover, Fishguard invasion site in Wales, Castlebar battlefield in Ireland and Martello towers along the English coastline. Many minor sites of great interest are listed too. David Buttery’s guidebook gives the reader a fascinating insight into this long period of conflict between the British and the French and into the buildings, statues and memorials that commemorate it.

• Highly illustrated guide to historic sites associated with the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in the British Isles.

• Features famous sites like Nelson’s Column, Apsley House and HMS Victory as well as more obscure sites like the Fishguard invasion site, Castlebar battlefield and the Martello towers.

• Full details of the location, history and significance of selected buildings, statues and memorials.

• An essential guide to the heritage of this tumultuous period in French and British history.

9781399089807 • £25.00

168 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 60 colour

May 2023 • WLR

9781399089753 • £20.00

208 pages • Hardback

234x156

June 2023 • WLR

9781399065863 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Westbury, Wiltshire, UK

August 2023 • WLR

NAPOLEON’S CAVALRY, ARTILLERY AND TECHNICAL CORPS 1799–1815

HISTORY, ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT

Gabriele Esposito

The French Army of Napoleon could count on a brilliant mounted arm, consisting of three main types of cavalry: heavy, medium and light. The first, consisting of carabiniers and cuirassiers, was tasked with conducting frontal charges, the armoured cuirassiers in particular being considered a decisive arm; the second, consisting of dragoons and lancers, could perform a variety of different duties, the dragoons being particularly versatile and capable of dismounted action; the third, consisting of hussars and mounted chasseurs, was tasked with scouting and skirmishing. The various regiments were all dressed in flamboyant uniforms and distinctive equipment. Perhaps more than any other troops they encapsulated the dash and glamour of Napoleonic warfare. Napoleon started his military career as an artillery officer and thus always paid great attention to the quality of his army’s artillery, which consisted of both foot and horse units. Several of Bonaparte’s greatest victories were achieved thanks to the superiority of his artillery, which was, without a doubt, the best in Europe during the period 1799-1815. In addition to cavalry and artillery, the author also covers the oft-neglected minor ‘technical corps’ of Napoleon’s army, such as the engineers and supply train. Though less glamorous than the cavalry, they were, nonetheless, vital to the success of his campaigns. All are beautifully illustrated by the many colour plates in this book, and their organization, equipment and tactics are described.

• Covers Napoleon’s cavalry and artillery of the line and the technical corps of engineers etc.

• Details the organization of the cavalry and artillery regiments, their weapons, equipment and uniforms.

• Gives an overview of how the various types of cavalry, and artillery, were used in battle.

• Illustrated throughout with dozens of beautiful colour plates.

FIGHTING FOR NAPOLEON’S ARMY IN RUSSIA A POW’S MEMOIR

C J Wagevier

In 1812 the French emperor Napoleon decided to invade Russia. For this purpose, he gathered an army of half a million men and women, consisting of soldiers from all nationalities, including French, German and Italian. Serving in this army was Carel Johannes Wagevier, an officer in the 125th Regiment of the Line, which was staffed by mostly Dutch soldiers. Full of confidence, they went to war and began the long journey to the East. What followed was a horrific expedition deep into the Russian interior, a chaotic retreat, and captivity. Just like his fellow soldiers, Wagevier endured the cold, the stresses of combat, and the hunger that besieged the army. After fighting at the battle of Berezina in November 1812, he was taken prisoner and transported all the way to the Russian interior. In 1814 he and his remaining fellow officers were released, and together they started the journey back home. During his travels across Russia, he made notes of events that occurred or meetings that seemed memorable, including ones of unexpected generosity as well as sudden cruelty. These notes were later expanded into his memoir and published in 1820. Now, for the first time ever, they have been translated into English, providing a unique and fascinating insight into the life of a solider in Napoleon’s army.

• The memoir of a Dutch Napoleonic officer during the Russian Campaign of 1812, focussing on his experiences during the march into Russia, the battles and his captivity.

• Previously untranslated material, never before available in English.

• Details the hardships of the campaign and captivity, showing how the soldiers fought with the elements as well as the Russians.

• Provides insight into the Imperial Russian society: Wagevier was a gifted observer and writes frequently about his encounters with the Russian society and their customs.

THE LIFE OF A GENERAL IN NAPOLEON’S LIGHT CAVALRY

THE MEMOIRS OF JEAN-NICOLAS CURÉLY

Andrew W Field

This is the first English translation of the memoirs of Jean-Nicolas Curély. Born in 1774, Curély rose through the ranks to become a General in Napoleon’s Light Cavalry. Although Curély did not fight in many of the most famous battles of the First Republic and the Napoleonic Wars, this reflects the role of the light cavalry; scouting ahead of the army, conducting reconnaissance to the flanks and launching raids. He did, however, take part in all Napoleon’s great campaigns, including Austerlitz, Heilsberg, Essling, Raab, Wagram, Beresina, Wachau, Leipzig, Craonne and Laon, and served as an aide de camp to many of the French army’s most famous light cavalry generals. Curély’s memoirs give a unique and detailed glimpse into the day-to-day life of the light cavalry from someone who, although of lowly birth and with no education, became an exceptional General. He was a hussar at 19 years, second lieutenant at 32, squadron commander at 35, Colonel at 38 and General at 40. He became Cavalier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1806, and was wounded five times in his career. His account describes in great detail the many actions he was involved in and the many exceptional scrapes he escaped. His narrative does not only describe combat but also the lengths he went to for the welfare of his men and horses.

Stretching from Curély’s enrolment with the Hussars in 1793 to Waterloo, the capitulation of Paris and the disbandment of the army, this book is a ‘must have’ for anyone interested in the Napoleonic Wars.

• First English translation of the memoirs of Jean-Nicolas Curély. Although of lowly birth, Curély rose though the ranks; he became hussar at 19 years, second lieutenant at 32, squadron commander at 35, colonel at 38 and general at 40.

• A detailed insight into the everyday life of the light cavalry.

• Covers many of Napoleon’s great campaigns including Spain, Russia and France.

MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS

THE LIFE OF ROME’S SECOND FOUNDER

Marc Hyden

Camillus served as a censor, was elected to six consular tribuneships, appointed dictator five times, and enjoyed four triumphs. He toppled mighty Veii, ejected the Gallic Senones from Rome following its sacking, and helped orchestrate a grand compromise between the patricians and plebeians. The Romans considered him Rome’s second founder and revered him as an exemplar of virtue. The appointment of a dictator was resorted to only in the direst emergencies and Camillus’ repeated appointment speaks of desperate times for the young Republic fighting for survival. Without Camillus’ efforts the city may never have fulfilled its great destiny. Marc Hyden, while acknowledging that much legend and exaggeration quickly accrued around Camillus’ name, presents his remarkable story as the ancient Romans knew it.

• The only modern biography of Marcus Furius Camillus available in English.

• Camillus was considered the saviour and ‘second founder’ of Rome and an exemplum of moral rectitude and selfless leadership.

• Camillus was appointed dictator (an emergency appointment taken in only the direst circumstances) not once but five times and was awarded four triumphs. Each time he surrendered the power willingly.

9781399055789 • £22.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 4 mono

ALA: Marietta, GA, USA

August 2023 • WLR

JULIUS CAESAR’S CIVIL WAR

TACTICS, STRATEGIES AND LOGISTICS

Julian Romane

Julian Romane examines the campaigns of Caesar from his famous crossing of the Rubicon, to the defeat of the final Pompeian diehards at Munda. He analyses Caesar’s generalship in the widest sense, with special emphasis on the often-neglected logistical and financial effort required to maintain his legions in the field. The author discusses the organization, tactics and equipment of the Roman armies of the period, such forces being used by both sides. This is followed by a detailed account of the strategic manoeuvres in Caesar’s epochal duel with Pompey the Great and the resultant battles at Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus. The final campaigns in Spain and Africa are studied in equal detail, giving a complete picture of Caesar’s performance in these history-shaping events.

• Describes the campaigns that destroyed the fabric of the Roman Republic and resulted in Julius Caesar’s elevation to Dictator for Life.

• Analyses Caesar’s strategic and tactical operations with a strong emphasis on the logistical and financial effort to maintain his legions in the field – a focus that sets this apart from other accounts.

• Detailed accounts of the strategic manoeuvres in Caesar’s duel with Pompey and the resultant battles at Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus.

9781399089425 • £25.00

328 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 18 mono

May 2023 • WLR

JULIUS CAESAR IN EGYPT

CLEOPATRA AND THE WAR IN ALEXANDRIA

Philip Matyszak

At Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey the Great, who fled to Ptolemaic Egypt. Caesar pursued Pompey and was presented with his severed head, which the Egyptians hoped would make Caesar leave them in peace. Instead, Caesar plunged gleefully into an Egyptian dynastic dispute. Quickly siding with the beguiling Queen Cleopatra despite having little more than a bodyguard with him, he was massively outnumbered by opposing Egyptian forces and besieged in Alexandria for seven months before Roman reinforcements could reach him.

This is a true story of double-cross, assassination and intrigue accompanied by lively battles, daring escapes and disastrous fires and, if not a love story, at least a tale of sex and power as Caesar and Cleopatra’s relationship shaped these world-changing events.

• Julius Caesar and Cleopatra famous relationship is the backdrop to a vicious battle for power in Egypt, a strategic prize in Caesar’s ongoing civil war with the Roman senate.

• The author explains how, having pursued his defeated rival Pompey to Egypt, Julius Caesar intervened in the country’s murderous dynastic struggles - despite being vastly outnumbered by his Egyptian enemies.

• The Romans were besieged in Alexandria for months before reinforcements allowed Caesar to win the decisive Battle of the Nile.

9781399097369 • £20.00

192 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 3 maps

April 2023 • WLR

THIRTEEN ROMAN DEFEATS THE DISASTERS THAT MADE THE LEGIONS

Ian Hughes

Rome’s legions conquered a huge empire, defeating all manner of enemies. However, the Romans were never invincible and suffered significant defeats.

Ian Hughes looks at thirteen such occasions, narrating the course of the fighting (in as much detail as the sources allow), describing the forces, strategy and tactics employed and the reasons for the Roman defeat. The chosen battles range from the disaster against invading Celts at the Allia River (387 or 386 BC) to the naval defeat by the Vandals off Cap Bon (AD 468). They are selected either for the magnitude of the tactical defeat or the political and strategic significance of the outcome.

The author also shows how these harsh lessons allowed the Roman military to evolve to survive.

• Covers thirteen battles from early Republic to Late Empire: Allia River, Caudine Forks, Heraclea/ Asculum,Trasimene, Arausio, Carrhae, Teutoburgerwald, Abritus, Edessa, Siege of Amida, Julian’s Eastern campaign, Frigidus River, Cap Bon.

• Demonstrates that the vaunted legions were not infallible and invincible.

• Assesses the reasons for the defeats, analysing the strategies, tactics, strengths and weaknesses of the combatants.

• Outlines the evolution and development of the Roman army across the centuries.

9781526726674 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 illustrations

ALA: Barnsley, UK

June 2023 • WLR

ROMAN SPECIAL FORCES AND SPECIAL OPS

SPECULATORES, EXPLORATORES, PROTECTORES AND AREANI IN THE SERVICE OF ROME

Simon Elliott

This is the only book available dedicated to Roman special ops and the role of the Speculatores, Exploratores, Protectores and Areani. Simon Elliott reveals the kinds of special operations conducted by the Romans: tactical scouting ahead of the legions, covert strategic reconnaissance in neighbouring states, espionage, assassination or abduction of dissidents and enemies, counter-insurgency, and close protection of Roman officials and commanders. While such missions were frequently executed by ad-hoc units or individuals detailed for that specific mission, the author goes on to reveal the evidence for the aforementioned specialist units. He concludes with an analysis of the extent to which these various forces corresponded to a modern conception of Special Forces. These men were the eyes and ears of the Empire, the deadly tip of the Roman sword.

• Details ancient Rome’s use of Special Forces and Special Operations.

• Focuses on the role of the Speculatores, Exploratores, Protectores and Areani.

9781399090926 • £20.00

176 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 Colour

ALA: Maidstone, Kent

April 2023 • WLR

SEXTUS JULIUS FRONTINUS AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE

AUTHOR OF STRATAGEMS, ADVISOR TO EMPERORS, GOVERNOR OF BRITAIN, PACIFIER OF WALES

John D Grainger

Frontinus is best known as author of the military handbook Stratagems but he also had a varied and surprisingly influential career in military and civil posts around the Empire. Loyally serving at least six emperors, Frontinus even deputized for Trajan for eighteen months. He was possibly the longest-serving governor of Britain, where he completed the subjugation of Wales and established the frontier in northern England at the Ribble-Tees line. He founded several legionary fortresses, including those that became York, Chester and Caerleon. He also served on the Rhine, in Spain and Asia and in the civil sphere reformed the water supply of Rome. John Grainger reconstructs Frontinus’ life and favourably re-evaluates his importance, particularly in Britain and Germany.

• First full-length biography of Sextus Iulius Frontinus, a name best known as author of Stratagems

• He faithfully served 6 emperors and deputized for Trajan for 18 months.

• Served also on the Rhine, advising on the organization of the frontier.

9781399051224 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Evesham, UK

May 2023 • WLR

PUBLIUS QUINCTILIUS VARUS

THE MAN WHO LOST THREE ROMAN LEGIONS IN THE TEUTOBURG DISASTER

Joanne Ball

Varus is infamous as the incompetent commander who lost three legions in one of the most humiliating defeats in Roman history. In this first fulllength biography of Varus, Joanne Ball revisits the ancient sources alongside the most recent archaeological evidence from the Teutoburg battlefield in Germany, where she has been personally involved in excavations. She offers a detailed analysis of this significant battle and a fresh reappraisal of the Roman commander. Examination of Varus’ earlier career reveals an experienced and competent governor and general.

Dr Ball sets Varus’ German command in the context of wider events, explaining the weakness of the Roman position. Questioning the extent of Varus’ culpability, she asks whether he was scapegoated by Roman historians to deflect blame from the Emperor.

• Only full-length English biography of Varus.

• Shows Varus to have been a competent and experienced governor and general in Africa and Syria prior to posting to Germany.

• Fresh analysis of the campaign and battle of Teutoburg itself, drawing on the latest archaeology, which the author helped to excavate.

9781399088329 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 Mono

ALA: Southport, UK

August 2023 • WLR

DIOCLETIAN AND THE MILITARY RESTORATION OF ROME

Lee Fratantuono

The third century AD was one of unprecedented crisis and chaos for the Roman Empire. Nightmares both internal and external threatened to spell the end of Rome’s thousand-year history. Diocletian was born either a slave or a freedman, yet grew up to become the saviour of Rome, a powerful military and political leader who transformed the Roman Empire from a hotbed of unceasing strife and turmoil into a renewed, restored, revivified and stable polity. Lee Fratantuono provides an introduction to the life and times of Diocletian for the general reader, offering a balanced portrait of an immensely talented man in a time of trial and tumult, an accomplished emperor who knew when it was time to retire to his gardens.

• One of the most militarily successful Roman Emperors and also a good reformer, though often remembered for the ‘Great Persecution’ of Christians.

• His rule was crucial to ending the ‘third century crisis’ and restoring stability thereafter.

• Diocletian successfully campaigned against the Alemanni on the Rhine, the Sarmatians and Carpi along the Danube and in the Balkans, the Persians in the East and against breakaway rebels/usurpers in Egypt, Gaul and Britain.

9781526771834 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 8 pages of colour

ALA: Ohio, USA

April 2023 • WLR

9781399067546 • £25.00

176 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 60 colour

ALA: 81022 Casagiove, Italy

August 2023 • WLR

9781399070034 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 colour

June 2023 • WLR

9781399049054 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 22 colour & 58 mono

ALA: Oxon, Oxfordshire, UK

July 2023 • WLR

CARTHAGINIAN ARMIES OF THE PUNIC WARS, 264–146 BC

HISTORY, ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT

Gabriele Esposito

The Carthaginians were undoubtedly the most formidable enemies of the ever-expanding Roman Republic, due to their sophisticated and often well-led military forces. Although the citizens of Carthage itself, a seafaring, mercantile state by tradition, may not have had the same military ethos as the Romans, they compensated by fielding varied multinational armies consisting of subject, allied and mercenary contingents, many of them recruited from the most famous warrior peoples of the Mediterranean. These included the incomparable Numidian light cavalry, the famed slingers of the Balearic islands, fierce Celts and skilled Spanish swordsmen, not forgetting the famous war elephants. During the first of the three conflicts that they fought against the Roman Republic – the famous Punic Wars – the Carthaginians completely reformed their land forces along Hellenistic lines and invited an experienced Spartan officer to command it. During the Second Punic War, they obtained a series of stunning victories over the Romans under the brilliant leadership of their own Hannibal Barca, marauding through Italy for some fifteen years. Gabriele Esposito reconstructs the history, organization and weapons of the Carthaginian military forces across the Punic Wars (264-146 BC). The weapons, armour and tactics of each of the various ethnic components is analysed and the accessible text is supported by dozens of excellent colour photographs, showing replica equipment in use.

• The Carthaginians were the most dangerous enemy faced by the Roman Republic, especially when guided by the genius of Hannibal Barca.

• These armies faced the Romans in some of the most epic and famous battles of the ancient world, such as Cannae and Zama.

CLAN BATTLES

WARFARE IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Chris Peers

Warfare between the clans of the Highlands in the late Middle Ages determined the course of history in this region of Scotland. Chris Peers’ gripping account gives the reader a deep insight into this bloody, turbulent phase in the development of the far north of the British Isles. The battles he describes, all of them fought between the 1430s and the 1540s, were flash points in the long struggle for dominance between the leading clans of the region. The battles are reconstructed in vivid detail. The first, Druim n Coub, was fought in 1433 between the Mackays and the Sutherlands. Then came Bloody Bay, a sea fight between rival MacDonald factions, Blar na Parc between the MacDonalds and the Mackenzies, Creag an Airgid between the MacDonalds and the MacIains, Glendale between the MacDonalds and MacLeods, and Torran Dubh between alliances headed by the Mackays and Sutherlands. The final battle, Blar na Leine, fought between the MacDonalds and the Frasers in 1544, marked the end of an era. The subsequent fate of the leading clans, principally the MacDonalds and Mackays, is also covered in a narrative that gives the reader a fascinating new perspective of clan loyalties and conflict which still resonates today. As well as covering the fighting, Chris Peers explains the way war in the Highlands was organized by the contending clans during the period – the strategies and tactics, weapons and armour they employed. The result is an absorbing military history of the Highlands before the clans eventually lost their independence.

• Graphic account of clan warfare in the Scottish Highlands in the late Middle Ages Reconstructs each campaign, battle and battlefield in vivid detail.

• Focuses on the rise and fall of the two great power blocs led by the MacDonalds and the Mackays.

• Records how the clans fought to dominate the Highlands and sought to retain their independence.

1066: THE LOST HASTINGS BATTLEFIELD

David John Barnby

This book finds the traditional site attracting many thousands of visitors each year is not where the Battle of Hastings was actually fought. David Barnby tells the compelling story, from the Norman duke’s crossing with an army to the Battle of Hastings, which took place on Blackhorse Hill some two miles east of the traditional site at Battle Abbey. The sequence of events told here relies upon several historic accounts, carefully matching them to the terrain described there with the topography of the area, to accurately place the battle site on Blackhorse Hill. The author has made use of satellite imagery, not previously available to earlier authors, to confirm the location of the old Cinque port of Hastings, the site of Duke Williams’s pre-battle camp.

• First book to propose Blackhorse Hill as the true site of the Battle of Hastings.

• Carefully examines historic accounts and analyses the terrain and topography of the land.

• Makes use of satellite imagery not previously available.

• Fully illustrated with maps, 3D models and photographs to present a compelling case.

A CRIMEAN WINTER OF DISCONTENT

THE CRIMEAN WAR LETTERS OF WILLIAM JOHN ROUS

Ian Fletcher

ARMIES OF THE CRIMEAN WAR, 1853–1856

HISTORY, ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE BRITISH, FRENCH, TURKISH, PIEDMONTESE AND RUSSIAN FORCES

Gabriele Esposito

Rous wrote a series of letters describing the ordeal of life in the trenches before Sevastopol in graphic detail. These letters have remained unpublished ever since. Now Ian Fletcher, one of the leading authorities on the Crimean War, has edited and illustrated Rous’s work for republication. The letters were written during what was the most controversial period of the Crimean War for the British army, it was during this period that the shortcomings in the army were cruelly exposed during a bitter winter which saw more British soldiers die of cold, disease and overwork than were killed through enemy action. Rous’s words bring home the terrible conditions in the trenches, the lack of sleep, the endless overwork, the constant fear and threat of a Russian sortie, not to mention the ever-present dangers posed by the Russian guns inside the city. Rous’s experience sheds new light on one of the most famous but tragic campaigns ever fought by the British army.

• Graphic letters written by an English officer describing the terrible conditions endured by the British army during the Crimean War.

• Focuses on the experience of British soldiers during the Siege of Sebastopol in the harsh winter of 1854-55.

9781399062138 • £20.00

136 pages • Hardback

172x246 • 55 mono

ALA: Rochester, Kent, UK

April 2023 • WLR

THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN

A NEW APPRAISAL

W.A. Wallace

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer died at the hands of native Americans by the banks of the Little Big Horn in Montana 25th June 1876. This is an established undisputed fact. What is disputed is the real reason that he died. George Custer was an anathema to his superiors, but the populace loved him. If he were to stand for president in the coming elections there was a strong possibility that he would win. Neither William T. Sherman nor ‘Little Phil’ Sheridan could allow that to happen. Thus they conspired to put Custer in a position in the field where the opposing Sioux and Cheyenne were stronger and could deliver the ‘Coup de Gras’. The first of two volumes to deal with the circumstances that arose leading the native Americans on a collision course with the US Army that fateful day and the death of a national hero.

30 years of diligent research has uncovered the truth in this ground breaking history.

• A new perspective on the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the death of G. A. Custer.

• New primary sources uncovered into the deadly conspiracy.

• A new insight into the darker personalities of Sherman and Sheridan.

9781399046718 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Market Harborough, UK

July 2023 • WLR

The Crimean War was the first major European war since the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The regular European regiments still displayed much of the colour and finery associated with the Napoleonic era (the British infantry in their scarlet tunics forming the famous ‘thin red line’ at Balaklava for instance), while each also contained a mix of exotic units drawn from across their respective empires, such as the French Zouaves and Spahis, or the Turkish Bashi-bazouks. Gabriele Esposito details the composition, organization, uniforms and weaponry of each force and illustrates many of them with early black and white photos (this being the first major war for which photography was available), as well as numerous colour artworks.

• The Crimean War featured such famous battles as Inkerman, Balaklava, the Alma River and the Siege of Sevastopol, and is famous for Florence Nightingale, the Thin Red Line and the Charge of the Light Brigade.

9781399089852 • £25.00

208 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 100 colour & 20 mono July 2023 • WLR

CAVALRY: A GLOBAL HISTORY

Jeremy Black

An original and unique work that will fill a huge gap in the field of military history, and be of interest to both scholars and general readers, and it should attract reviews in academic journals like The British Journal of Military History or The Review of Military History but importantly in more popular journals and magazine like History Today, BBC History and Military History. It is a picture of the universal role of cavalry in warfare from earliest times to the present - and future. It covers the role of horses and essential mobility in ‘shock action’, in warfare in the classical world, in the major civilisations of China and India, Steppe cavalry, in the middle ages with Islamic and European conflict, the ‘social politics’ in Christendom with knightly valour, and war with non-Christian forces including the Muslim invasion of Europe, Islamic Spain, and conflict with the Mongols - the last probably new to readers. The early modern period covers the Asia and North Africa and the Ottomans - a major field of warfare continuing up to the modern period - and the time is notable for the introduction of horses in the Americas - a new phase in cavalry history. The modern period from Napoleon to the First World War is the history of the mobility of cavalry in European warfare and in imperial expansion and empire-building, but the concept of cavalry ‘redundancy’ arises in the maelstrom of 1914-1918 with artillery bombardment, trench warfare and the role of infantry.

• Jeremy Black is the leading historian of military history and described as ‘the most prolific historical scholar of our age’.

9781399060899 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156

ALA: Exeter, UK June 2023 • WLR

9781399007368 • £14.99

248 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 16 b&w illustrations

ALA: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781399019880 • £15.99

248 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 mono illustrations

ALA: Deal, Kent, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781526796806 • £14.99

184 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 mono illustrations

ALA: Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781399023580 • £14.99

304 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 20 mono illustrations

ALA: Rainham, Kent, United Kingdom

April 2023 • WLR

9781399020220 • £15.99

272 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 mono illustrations

ALA: Prehen, County Londonderry, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781399023825 • £14.99

256 pages • Paperback

234x156

ALA: June 2023 • WLR

9781526798909 • £14.99

224 pages • Paperback

234x156

ALA: April 2023

9781399077293 • £14.99

304 pages • Paperback

234x156

ALA: June 2023

9781399030885 • £18.99

264 pages • Paperback

234x156

April 2023

9781399024839 • £15.99

288 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 8pp plates

ALA: Athens, Greece

May 2023 • WLR

9781399024808 • £16.99

384 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 16pp colour photos, 6 maps

ALA: Texas, USA and Wokingham, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399024815 • £18.99

504 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 16pp colour plates & maps

ALA: Vancouver, Canada

August 2023 • WLR

9781399024822 • £14.99

240 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 20 illustrations

ALA: Athens, Greece

July 2023

9781399024792 • £14.99

344 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 2 b&w maps

ALA: Marietta, Georgia, USA

April 2023 • WLR

9781399077323 • £14.99

224 pages • Paperback

234x156

June 2023

9781399024846 • £14.99

184 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 8pp b&w plates, 3 maps

ALA: Canada

May 2023 • WLR

THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

THEN AND NOW

Karel Margry

Stalingrad was not only the most-crucial battle on the Eastern Front, it was the main turning point of the whole Second World War in Europe. The Third Reich had suffered setbacks earlier, notably at El Alamein in North Africa in October 1942, but the scale of the fighting on the Eastern Front was incomparably larger than any of the other war fronts and it was the fate of the armies there that decided the outcome of the global conflict. After the demise of the German 6. Armee at Stalingrad in February 1943 it was clear that Nazi Germany would lose the war.

• Our ‘Then and Now’ theme provides the reader with unique snapshots in history.

• A comprehensive book on the battle with many wartime pictures and captions illustrating the events, along with modern-day comparison photographs.

• Includes chapters on Voronezh, Stalingrad and the making of the movie Stalingrad

9781399046268 • £25.00

168 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 260 mono

ALA: Utrecht, Netherlands

June 2023 • WLR

VILLERS-BOCAGE

OPERATION ‘PERCH’: THE COMPLETE ACCOUNT

Daniel Taylor

Villers-Bocage remains lodged in the imagination of many readers as a costly and controversial defeat for the British Army in Normandy. This point of view is entirely reliant on just ten minutes of fighting plucked from a two-day battle. This account sets out to rectify that view. Based on prolific firsthand information, including extensive interviews with veterans of the battle, this book explores every facet of the available information, subjecting it to in-depth analysis. Far from being the crushing defeat popularised in many histories, which tend to rely on German propaganda, Villers-Bocage can, in fact, be viewed as a remarkable and compelling recovery from an ambush. The shortcoming was that much of the territory gained in the advance was relinquished, so the first telling of the story was given to the Germans who, quite legitimately under wartime conditions, made the most of their advantage.

• In this book, Daniel Taylor provides a minutely detailed examination of the course of the action. Dozens of firsthand accounts are brought together, sifted for relevance, and unpacked into a comprehensible time-line.

• Both German and British histories and personal accounts have been pieced together providing an astonishing level of corroboration.

9781399048736 • £35.00

160 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 14 colour, 194 mono

ALA: West Malling, Kent, UK

May 2023 • WLR

THE SIEGFRIED LINE THEN AND NOW

Edited by Daniel Taylor

This book comes in three distinct sections – the first is an in-depth analysis of the German ‘Westwall’ defence system built between 1936 and 1944. This includes the build phases, the organisation of the workforce and the political background. The second section looks at the Allied campaign to overcome the defences of the Siegfried Line through the winter of 1944/45, focussing on three major operations by the US, British and Canadian armies. The third section deals with the perception of the Westwall in the eighty years since the war and then outlines a battlefield tour guide of those elements that still survive.

• Our ‘Then and Now’ theme provides the reader with unique snapshots in history.

• This in-depth title describes this German defence system from planning to what is left today, along with bunker plans and many unique illustrations.

• The basis of this book is taken from various articles from After the Battle magazine. These have been greatly expanded upon by Daniel Taylor to create a comprehensive work on the subject which also has a very useful battlefield tour section.

9781399048538 • £30.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 147 colour, 283 mono

ALA: Utrecht, Netherlands; UK July 2023 • WLR

THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD

THEN AND NOW

Edited by Daniel Taylor

The siege of Leningrad was the longest ever endured by a modern city, and the deadliest siege in recorded history. It lasted for nearly 900 days, from late August 1941 to late January 1944, bringing unparalleled hardship to the population. Out of over three million persons in the city more than one million lost their lives through cold, disease, starvation, bombing and artillery fire. The severe winter of 1941-42 was by far the worst period of the siege, when food reserves ran out, rations dropped to a little over three ounces of bread per person per day and regular supplies of water, fuel, and electricity stopped. Its epic suffering and endurance earned Leningrad the title of ‘Hero City of the Soviet Union’.

• Our ‘Then and Now’ theme provides the reader with unique snapshots in history.

• A comprehensive book on the siege of the city with many wartime pictures and captions illustrating the events, along with modern-day comparison photographs.

• Expertly put together by Editor Daniel Taylor using a previous article from After the Battle magazine as a starting point and expanding on this in his usual comprehensive style. A must-read for anyone interested in this subject.

9781399031165 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 80 mono

ALA: 3566 MP Utrecht, Netherlands

August 2023 • WLR

AFTER THE BATTLE

THE RED ARMY TOWARDS THE ODER

THEN AND NOW

Edited by Daniel Taylor

On January 12, 1945 the Soviet Red Army unleashed its winter offensive, launching strong forces on either side of Warsaw, and within a couple of days crushed the German forces defending the line of the Vistula river and headed westwards. Leaving behind a few small pockets of enemy resistance and cities proclaimed ‘fortresses’, the First Byelorussian Front began a great dash across Poland. Within little over two weeks, the Soviet forces reached the Oder river and established several bridgeheads on its western bank. The Oder was the last great river barring the way to Berlin, now just 60 kilometres away, and the Germans mobilised everything in a desperate effort to defend the river line and prevent a Soviet march on the capital.

• Our ‘Then and Now’ theme provides the reader with unique snapshots in history.

• A comprehensive book on this campaign with many wartime pictures and captions illustrating the events, along with modern-day comparison photographs.

• Expertly put together by Editor Daniel Taylor using several previous articles from After the Battle magazine as a starting point and expanding on this in his usual comprehensive style.

9781399059039 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 192 mono

ALA: 3566 MP Utrecht, Netherlands August 2023 • WLR

BATTLES FOR THE CHANNEL PORTS

LE HAVRE AND BOULOGNE

Edited by Daniel Taylor

When the Allied armies broke out from the Normandy bridgehead in late July 1944, it became of paramount importance that they quickly capture new harbours to sustain the rapid northward advance. All the Allies’ supplies and reinforcements were still coming in through just two places – the Mulberry artificial harbour at Arromanches and the port of Cherbourg captured by the Americans – and with supply lines lengthening by the day, it was essential to speedily open up ports nearer the armies. For Field-Marshal Montgomery’s 21st Army Group this meant first of all the channel ports of Le Havre and Boulogne. Both cities had been declared a ‘Festung’ (Fortress) by Hitler and were to be defended to the last man.

• Our ‘Then and Now’ theme provides the reader with unique snapshots in history.

• A comprehensive book on the battles with many wartime pictures and captions illustrating the events, along with modern-day comparison photographs.

• Using several previous stories from After the Battle magazine, Daniel Taylor has pieced together and enhanced these articles to produce a book that will give the reader a unique insight into these crucial battles.

9781399031110 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 156 mono

ALA: 3566 MP Utrecht, Netherlands

August 2023 • WLR

OPERATION ‘DRAGOON’ AND BEYOND

THEN AND NOW

Jean Paul Pallud

From the Riviera, to the Rhine and on to the Colmar pocket, all three operations are covered in this volume by Jean Paul Pallud. The project of a landing operation in southern France was debated between American and British Allies from mid-1943, the Americans favouring the idea, the British expressing doubts on the value of such an operation. The Russians intervened in November when, at the ‘Eureka’ conference at Teheran, Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet state, declared he was much interested in an operation in southern France. Despite its uncertain antecedents, the well-planned Operation ‘Dragoon’ and the forces involved — along with German unpreparedness and disarray — contributed to a surprisingly rapid success that liberated most of southern France in just four weeks.

• Our ‘Then and Now’ theme provides the reader with unique snapshots in history.

• A combination of three previous stories from After the Battle magazine by Jean Paul Pallud and now greatly expanded by him with many new pictures and captions.

• Subjects included are: The Riviera Landings — November Push to the Rhine and The Battle for the Colmar Pocket.

9781399046114 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 522 mono

ALA: 74570 Filliere, France

August 2023 • WLR

NORDHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP

THEN AND NOW

Edited by Daniel Taylor

In the history of Nazi concentration camps, and particularly labour camps, there is probably no place that bears the same stigma of wretchedness as ‘Dora-Mittelbau’ at Nordhausen. Located in the Harz mountains in central Germany, next to a quarry tunnel system in the Kohnstein mountain, it served to house thousands of slave workers for an underground factory known as the Mittelwerk, which produced three of Germany’s best-known secret weapons: the V1 flying bomb, the V2 rocket and jet engines for the Me 262 and Ar 234 fighters. With over 20 kilometres of underground galleries, it was the largest underground factory in the world. Many of the inmates died in indescribable misery, being forced to extend the tunnels with meagre equipment and under ghastly conditions, sometimes not seeing daylight for weeks on end.

• After the Battle’s original account of Nordhausen, when first published in 1998, was considered so accurate and comprehensive that the Nordhausen Camp Memorial asked whether they could translate it into German and use it as one of their brochures. Thus a special German edition of issue 101 appeared under the title Damals und Heute, which has been reprinted several times. This article forms the basis for this book.

9781399031219 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 195 mono

ALA: 3566 MP Utrecht, Netherlands

August 2023 • WLR

SEAFORTH PUBLISHING

9781399041706 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Ross-on-Wye, , UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781399056083 • £35.00

232 pages • Hardback

260x200 • 24 colour & 361 b&w

ALA: Italy

WLR, US rights to NIP

9781399047210 • £35.00

464 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 125 mono

ALA: Steyning, UK

September 2023 • WLR, US rights to NIP

THE ROYAL NAVY AND FISHERY PROTECTION FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

Jon Wise

From the first recorded mention of British ships protecting fishing vessels in the late fourteenth century through to recent controversies post Brexit and the change in emphasis to border patrol and overseas deployments, the story of the Royal Navy’s ‘Cinderella Fleet’ includes scores of dramatic incidents. Until now, however, there has been no book dedicated to the subject; naval historian Jon Wise’s new work will rectify this omission. It is claimed that the Fishery Protection Squadron (FPS) is the oldest in the fleet, pre-dating the formal creation of the Royal Navy itself in the early part of the sixteenth century. Its most famous operations were the ‘Cod Wars’ of 1958–76, but for six centuries it has been engaged in the many aspects of the protection and policing of fishing fleets, though more recently it has turned its attention to patrolling oil and gas fields, overseeing quotas and sustainability, and policing the ongoing disagreements over who can fish where and when. The author covers subjects as diverse as the battles with the Dutch for dominance in the North Sea, the protection of fishing on the eastern seaboard of America, and the role of the Squadron in the two World Wars. Containing many first-hand accounts, this thought-provoking narrative will be of particular interest to all those RN personnel who have served in the Squadron, and is set to become the definitive account of this vital but often unsung component of Britain’s naval forces, and its significant impact on national life.

• The first full history of the Royal Navy’s longest-running commitment.

• Includes the infamous ‘Cod Wars’ of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as less-well-known international incidents involving the likes of the USA, France, Canada, Norway and the Soviet Union.

• Will be of particular interest to former personnel, as well as to naval historians.

ITALIAN ASSAULT CRAFT, 1940-1945

HUMAN TORPEDOES AND OTHER SPECIAL ATTACK WEAPONS

Erminio Bagnasco

In the Second World War, the Italian Navy’s smallest units achieved its most spectacular successes against the Allies. It made a speciality of unconventional methods of attack, employing explosive motor boats, human torpedoes and miniature submarines, and they were employed with ingenuity and daring. In December 1941 the whole balance of the naval war in the Mediterranean was altered by six frogmen riding three of the SLC craft they called maiale (‘pigs’) who penetrated Alexandria harbour to cripple the battleships Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, surely one of the most impressive ratios of results to resources in naval history.

This book is the first complete history of these craft and covers both the details of the technology and the history of their deployment. Beginning in the Great War with the extraordinary ‘jumping’ boats designed to scale harbour boom defences, the story also takes in the inter-war development of lightweight surface craft and small submarines as well as ‘Gamma’ assault divers. Every operation is described, and many were carried out by the famous Decima MAS, a unit as legendary in Italy as the SAS in Britain, and this book provides a comprehensive chronicle of their activities. Originally commissioned by CABI Cattaneo that designed and built most of these craft, Italian Assault Craft has benefited from unrestricted access to the company’s archives so that it is replete with rarely seen illustrations. Secret weapons in their day, they are here revealed in full detail for the first time.

• The first complete history of these famous Italian miniature assault boats.

• Superbly illustrated with many previously unpublished photos.

• Soundly researched from primary sources.

TWO NAVIES DIVIDED

THE BRITISH AND UNITED STATES NAVIES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Brian Lavery

The title here is derived from George Bernard Shaw’s comment that ‘England and America are two countries divided by a common language.’ It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the case of language, that common roots and usages varied significantly. And the Second World War is a pertinent moment for comparison.

In this new book, Brian Lavery describes and analyses the differences and similarities between the two navies and in doing so sheds fascinating light on how the naval war was fought. For example, both navies had spectacular failures after entering the war – the Royal Navy off Norway, the USN at Pearl Harbor and Savo Island. Paradoxically, both commenced the war with quite amateur performances by professional navies and ended it with highly skilled operations by largely amateur manned forces. The book compares ships and weapons systems, and describes the different cultures onboard ships. British vessels, for example, were awash with alcohol, which had its attractions for Americans when alongside; the Americans offered ice cream in return. Aviation, the marines of both navies, anti-submarine and mine warfare, uniforms, propulsion systems, ship design, shipbuilding, commanders and national leaders, ratings and officers, naval bases, hammocks versus bunks, the deployment of women – these are among the myriad themes that will open the eyes of naval historians and enthusiasts, and show anyone with an interest in the Second World War how these two great allies came together to defeat the Axis forces.

• The first comparative and comprehensive analysis of the British and American navies.

• Illustrated throughout with a rich collection of photographs.

SEAFORTH PUBLISHING

9781399062855 • £25.00

320 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 85 mono

ALA: Birmingham, UK

May 2023 • WLR

9781399053051 • £40.00

192 pages • Hardback

289x245 • 170 mono, 20 colour

ALA: Southampton, UK

September 2023 • WLR, US Rights to NIP

9781399063227 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 80 b&w photos

ALA: Bristol, UK

September 2023 • WLR, US Rights to NIP

THE PETROL NAVY

BRITISH, AMERICAN AND OTHER NAVAL MOTOR BOATS AT WAR 1914–1920

Steve Dunn

With the approach of the First World War, the Royal Navy found it needed more small craft than it possessed to carry out minesweeping, anti-submarine patrols and coastal defence. This led to the formation in 1912 of an auxiliary force of civilian vessels, the Royal Naval Motor Boat Reserve (RNMBR), which included motor pleasure boats and yachts, relatively new types of craft powered by the internal combustion engine. By mid-1915, however, the demands of naval duty had proved too much for these quirky craft, and a meeting in the USA led to their replacement by Americandesigned Elco motor launches (MLs), which gave great service for the rest of the war, usually officered by RNVR personnel who won three Victoria Crosses. In addition to the Elcos, were the hydroplaning coastal motor boats (CMBs), which served with equal distinction. The author also covers the Italian MAS torpedo motor craft, the French MLs supplied by Britain and by Elco, and the German small motor vessels, including the torpedo-armed Luftschiffmotorboote and Fernlenkboot remotely-controlled designs. And when America entered the war, she built a fleet of so-called ‘sub chasers’to counter U-boats along her East Coast.

The Petrol Navy tells the stirring story of these motor-driven boats at war, of their development and operations and of the many colourful characters who were their captains and crew. It will acquaint historians and enthusiasts with an important and previously untold aspect of the naval war, and intrigue those with a more general interest in the 1914–18 conflict.

• The first complete account to be written of the operations of naval motor boats in WWI.

• Copiously illustrated throughout with photos and line drawings.

RMS QUEEN MARY THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE LINER

David Ellery

Probably the most famous, and certainly one of the best-loved ships in the world, the Cunard transatlantic liner RMS Queen Mary has now been preserved at Long Beach, California, for more than fifty years. Completed in 1936, the ship was an instant success, capturing the famous Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic later that year. During the Second World War she served as a troop ship, carrying a total of 810,730 soldiers and also setting the record for the most individuals carried in a single voyage – 16,683 – which stands to this day. By the time she ceased passenger service in 1967, superseded by the airliner as the preferred mode for international travel, Queen Mary had carried nearly three million people, from royalty and politicians to film stars and emigrants. She is now the only 1930s superliner in existence. After her sale to the city of Long Beach she underwent a major conversion for her new life as a hotel and visitor attraction, a role she has continued ever since. During this time however, her story has been far from straightforward, with controversies over management, funding and even the structural integrity of the very ship itself. She is now due to reopen in 2023.

This beautifully produced new and expanded edition of a book first published in 1994 has been completely revised and brought up to date and incorporates a wealth of new photography. It is stunningly illustrated throughout with views of the ship under construction, at sea in her heyday and at rest in Long Beach; and it will appeal to all ocean liner enthusiasts and those more general readers fascinated by the heyday of transatlantic travel.

• A new edition of a classic work, long out of print and unavailable.

• Completely revised and expanded, with additional illustrations.

• The ship’s story brought up to date, including the latest plans for her future.

THE WINDFALL BATTLESHIPS

AGINCOURT, CANADA, ERIN, EAGLE AND THE LATIN-AMERICAN & BALKAN ARMS RACES

Aidan Dodson

This new book explores for the first time the full story of how two Turkish and two Chilean battleships became British capital ships after the outbreak of the First World War. Under construction by the shipbuilding giants of Armstrong and Vickers in August 1914, Sultan Osman I, Reșadiye, Almirante Latorre and Almirante Cochrane became HM Ships Agincourt, Erin, Canada and Eagle. The first three served with the Grand Fleet, fighting at Jutland, while the last was transformed into a pioneering aircraft carrier which would serve with distinction until sunk while escorting a convoy to Malta in 1942. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book begins with an overview of the warships under construction around Europe for foreign customers in August 1914, and how the four ships featured were acquired by the Royal Navy. It then looks at them as manifestations of the international rivalries which directed much of the national budgets of impecunious South American and Balkan states towards armaments. The focus then switches to the British service of the ships and, finally, the author traces the stories of the battleships of the Latin-American naval race from the 1920s down to the 1950s. The stories and back-stories of these great ships embrace almost the whole of the twentieth-century battleship era, and they take us down the byways of international naval power, ranging from the Pacific to the Black Sea, and from the line of battle to mutiny and revolution. A fascinating and original story.

• The full story of the four capital ships taken over from foreign orders during the First World War.

• Insights into the Latin-American and Balkan naval races that preceded the First World War.

• The first overview of the naval export trade in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century.

FIGHTING IN THE DARK NAVAL COMBAT AT NIGHT, 1904–1945

Vincent P O’Hara and Trent Hone

Fighting in the Dark is a new book about naval combat at night; the title also signifies the overarching theme of the book, of moving from dark to light: in short, the process of mastering technological change during war. The authors start with the proposition that it is hard to hit an invisible target, particularly one in motion. In the nineteenth century, when ships relied upon visual signalling and vessels beyond hailing range were deaf and mute in the dark, night battles at sea were rare and largely accidental. Three inventions changed this: the torpedo, the searchlight, and the radio which transformed naval warfare by making combat in the dark feasible and in some cases, desirable.

This new book is about that process and describes how Russian, British, German, Italian, Japanese and US navies confronted the specific new challenges of night-time combat and adapted to unfamiliar situations and emerging technologies. Written by a group of highly respected naval historians, the book’s approach illuminates how different navies and cultures approached common problems. The fierce battles that are described serve as a metaphor for the larger issues, and the reader is led along a fascinating journey of naval warfare from the Russo-Japanese War, through WWI, to the Second World War, and from the Pacific to the English Channel.

9781399030519 • £25.00

352 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 maps & 26 b&w

June 2023

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE OF WWII

VOLUME II: BATTLESHIPS & AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Malcolm Wright

The second volume in the series begins with the Royal Sovereign class, and then goes on to cover all the other battleship classes as well as the battlecruisers, monitors, the first and second generation carriers as well as light and escort carriers. Where possible both sides of the ship are depicted, and there are multiple images of the ships’ armament or equipment changes. Overhead views are also included. With 525 full colour illustrations, this book offers the clearest possible information on the camouflage schemes of the great capital ships of the period.

‘The book represents an excellent reference work, offering invaluable colour profiles for researchers, model makers and artists alike. It is also good to browse for the sheer enjoyment of Wright’s drawings.’

Warships International Fleet Review

9781399024877 • £16.99

192 pages • Paperback

200x256 • 525 colour profiles

June 2023 • WLR

SEAFORTH PUBLISHING

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE OF WWII

VOLUME I: DESTROYERS, FRIGATES, ESCORTS, MINESWEEPERS, COASTAL WARFARE CRAFT, SUBMARINES & AUXILIARIES

Malcolm Wright

During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage for their ships, on both the vertical and horizontal surfaces, in order reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying obtrusive patters. In three now classic volumes by the maritime artist and historian Mal Wright both the official and unofficial paint schemes that adorned ships of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth are depicted in detail, along with discussion on changes of armament and electronics that effected the outward appearance of each ship.

Starting with destroyers from WW1 still in service during WW2, this first volume in the series covers ships below cruisers, class by class, to provide a detailed and easy-touse guide to paint schemes in use. In some cases individual ships are shown in the several schemes they wore thus providing a source that covers various periods of service. With 740 full colour illustrations, all of named vessels, it covers not just the well-known ships, but also escort vessels, minesweepers, trawlers, coastal craft and auxiliaries in sequential format.

9781399024860 • £16.99

160 pages • Paperback

200x256 • Over 740 colour

June 2023 • WLR

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE OF WWII

VOLUME III: CRUISERS AND MINELAYERS

Malcolm Wright

This volume starts with the older cruisers, and then goes on to cover all the other cruiser classes, taking in heavy cruisers, prewar and wartime cruisers; a large part also covers minelayers and armed merchant vessels (AMCs). It contains a wealth of visual information in its 800 full colour illustrations and, along with the two other volumes in the series, offers a unique and unsurpassed guide to the camouflage schemes of British and Commonwealth warships of WWII.‘Overall, this is a very good book that brings the subject matter to life in a way that no previous work has done. Like its predecessors you can read it from cover to cover or dip into it to study a particular ship or class and it is a tribute both to Mal Wright’s many years of research and his artwork. I thoroughly recommend it…’ Australian Naval Institute

9781399024884 • £16.99

192 pages • Paperback

200x256 • 800 colour profiles

June 2023 • WLR

• A magnificent three-volume reference work now available in an affordable softcover format.

SEAFORTH PUBLISHING

9781399016957 • £14.99

200 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 colour & b&w

ALA: Ashford, Kent; Douglas, Isle of Man; London

September 2023 • WLR

9781399024853 • £16.99

128 pages • Paperback

246x186 • 130 colour photos

April 2023 • US rights to NIP

9781399024891 • £16.99

192 pages • Paperback

260x240 • Over 200 b&w

July 2023

FAVOURITE OF FORTUNE CAPTAIN JOHN QUILLIAM, TRAFALGAR HERO

Andrew Bond, Frank Cowin, Andrew Lambert

The Royal Navy of Nelson’s time was not short of heroes, nor of outstanding achievements, but even in this crowded field the career of Captain John Quilliam stands out – so often the right man in the right place at the right time, he was justly described by a contemporary as ‘a favourite of fortune’. Born on the Isle of Man 250 years ago, Quilliam has until now evaded detailed study of his extraordinary life. Indeed, while celebrated as a Manx hero, one of the most important men on the quarter deck of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar remains largely unrecognised. From the lowest rung of the ladder in the dockyard at Portsmouth he climbed to become Victory’s First Lieutenant, having already survived two of the bloodiest sea-battles of the era at Camperdown and Copenhagen. In the process he won a share in undreamed of wealth through the seizure of one of the largest hauls of Spanish gold ever taken by the Georgian navy. Promoted Post-Captain, Quilliam reached the apogee of his profession, commanding frigates in the Baltic and on the Newfoundland station in the War of 1812. This first full biography of a far-from-ordinary naval officer was a collaboration between three writers, each interested in different aspects of Quilliam’s career, but united by a belief that Quilliam deserved to be far better known. This new paperback edition will bring his action-packed life to a yet wider audience.

‘One of the most intriguing books of the year about the Navy in the age of sail. Favourite of Fortune deserves its place on the shelf of every scholar or enthusiast of the period.’

The Kedge Anchor

• First full biography of a truly remarkable Nelson-era naval officer.

• An expert team of authors led by Professor Andrew Lambert.

WOODEN WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION A HISTORY IN SHIP MODELS

Brian Lavery

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve.

This book takes a selection of the best models to both describe and demonstrate the development of warship construction in all its complexity from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the end of wooden shipbuilding. To this end it reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full colour, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features, which can be shown far more clearly than described. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history. This new and affordable paperback edition will appeal to naval historians and model makers everywhere.

‘Students of naval history will find this book invaluable, … while those looking to understand and revive ancient crafts have a comprehensive, readily intelligible, and lavishly illustrated guidebook. Brian Lavery has demonstrated that the printed book is as flexible and as user-friendly a medium as the tablet and the television.’

Australian Naval Institute

• A new paperback edition of a now well-established work.

• Close-ups, details and thematic spreads that shed unique light on the process of warship contruction.

CLYDEBANK BATTLECRUISERS

FORGOTTEN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM JOHN BROWN’S SHIPYARD

Ian Johnston

Between 1906 and 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger than the last, culminating in the mighty Hood, the largest warship of her day. If Tiger is regarded as a modification of the Lion class design, this book depicts every step in the evolution of these charismatic, and controversial, ships. Like most shipyards of the time, Clydebank employed professional photographers to record the whole process of construction, using largeplate cameras that produced pictures of stunning clarity and detail; but unlike most shipyard photography, Clydebank’s collection has survived, although very few of the images have ever been published. For this book some two hundred of the most telling of these were carefully selected, and scanned to the highest standards, depicting in unprecedented detail every aspect of the building and fitting out of Inflexible, Australia, Tiger, Repulse and Hood

Probably more has been written about battlecruisers than any other warship type, and as modelmaking subjects they have a devoted following, so any new book has to make a real contribution to the topic. This pictorial collection, with its lengthy and informative captions, and an authoritative introduction by Ian Johnston, offers ship modellers and enthusiasts a wealth of visual information simply unobtainable elsewhere. ‘Clydebank Battlecruisers has to be one of the outstanding publications of the year, and anyone with an interest in the major ships of the grand Fleet or shipbuilding on the Clyde will want to own it.’ Warship Annual

• A volume of stunning shipyard plate photos.

• Devoted to the most popular ship type of the Great War.

• Superbly printed and now available at an affordable price.

SURVIVORS OF ENEMY ACTION EXPERIENCES OF MERCHANT SEAMEN, 1939–1945

Bernard Edwards

The Second World War was the most costly in the history of the British Merchant Navy with 2,535 ships sunk and 36,749 merchant seamen lost, a proportional casualty rate only exceeded by Bomber Command. The threat came from enemy air attacks, surface warships, raiders and submarines. Prisoners were seldom taken and those who survived faced death by drowning, exposure and lack of food and water. In this inspiring book those who survived describe the events leading up to the enemy attack, the actions and the aftermath. These men are without doubt the unsung heroes of the Second World War and this fine book is an overdue recognition of their sacrifices and courage.

• Numerous thrilling personal accounts by survivors of enemy action.

• Includes shocking Japanese atrocities.

• Covers action worldwide.

• Tales of survival at sea against all the odds.

• Written by highly experienced naval author and former Merchant Navy Captain.

9781399042208 • £20.00

200 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Llanvaches, Gwent, UK

May 2023 • WLR

THE NORWEGIAN MERCHANT FLEET IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Kenneth L Privratsky

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain, desperately short of merchant shipping, turned to Norway, who agreed to loan several hundred of its modern cargo and tanker ships. In early 1940, King Haakon VII and his government, fleeing from Nazi occupation, nationalized the fleet and established the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission. Nicknamed Nortraship, it became the world’s largest shipping company with a thousand ships and a priceless Allied asset. About half Nortraship’s fleet was lost to enemy action before victory. The Saga of Norway’s Merchant Fleet in the Second World War is a superbly researched addition to Second World War history being the first detailed account in English of Norway’s critical contribution to the Allies.

• The role of the vast Norwegian Merchant Fleet in WW2 has been overlooked by historians.

• Without Nortraship’s vast modern fleet of cargo vessels and tankers, Britain’s ability to fight the Nazis would have been in doubt.

• Describes the actions that caused the loss of half the Norwegian fleet to German action.

• The first account in English of this war winning asset, denied to Hitler.

9781399043861 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Anchorage, Alaska, USA

May 2023 • WLR

CHURCHILL’S ATLANTIC CONVOYS

TENACITY & SACRIFICE

William Smith

On the first day of the Second World War the liner Athenia was torpedoed in the Atlantic. Churchill, the newly appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, quickly recognised Britain’s survival depended on countering the U-boat threat and protecting Allied merchant shipping with measures such as the convoy system.

The Nazi U-boat fleet relatively small and unprepared for war in 1939 grew into a formidable potentially war-winning force Thanks to increased numbers and scientific innovations the Allies slowly gained the upper hand despite a determined German fight back in late 1943 and early 1944. While the U-boat threat was never wholly defeated, the tenacity and sacrifices of the Allied naval forces won the day. Churchill’s Atlantic Convoys describes the political, strategic and tactical ebb and flow of events, particularly between 1942 and 1943.

• Describes the Battle of the Atlantic from the political, strategic and tactical standpoints.

• Comprehensive account of Allied convoy operations and German attempts to disrupt.

• Written by a published expert of naval operations in WW2.

• Superbly researched.

9781399050975 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: Corsham, Wiltshire, UK

April 2023 • WLR

FACES OF HMS ROYAL OAK

THE ‘MIGHTY OAK’ DISASTER AT SCAPA FLOW

Dilip Sarkar

On 14 October each year, a White Ensign is placed on the stern of an upturned warship by Royal Navy divers. This act commemorates the 835 men of HMS Royal Oak who died in 1939 when the battleship was sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow by the German U-boat U-47. The sinking of the veteran First World War Revenge-class Royal Oak shocked not only the Admiralty, but the whole nation. Though Scapa Flow was far from being impregnable as a base for the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet, it was surrounded by a ring of islands separated by shallow channels subject to fast-racing tides. While it was recognised that it was not impervious to enemy submarines, measures had been put in place to minimise any such threat. Blockships had been sunk at potentially vulnerable points and anti-submarine booms deployed across the wider channels. The outbreak of war in September 1939 saw additional anti-submarine measures put in hand. Despite these increased precautions, German aerial reconnaissance had spotted weaknesses which were exploited on the night of 13/14 October 1939, by Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien in U-47. The German submarine was able to slip into Scapa Flow undetected and fire three torpedoes towards Royal Oak. Only one torpedo found its mark.

9781399062329 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 250 mono

ALA: Gloucester, UK

September 2023 • WLR

THE TITANIC DISASTER

OMENS, MYSTERIES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE DOOMED LINER

James W Bancroft

It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start of her maiden voyage. By all accounts, the liner was at the time the largest man-made object ever to move on water. The space her decks created allowed her designers to introduce previously unseen levels of luxury. In first class, for example, there were many new features such as squash courts, a Turkish bath, a gymnasium, a barber shop and even the first swimming pool built on board a ship. There was also the bold claim by its builders that Titanic was ‘practically unsinkable’. Sadly, just four days later, this assertion was found wanting. At 23.40 hours on the evening of 14 April, Titanic struck an iceberg. In less than three hours she had slipped beneath the waves. While the liner’s loss has been the subject of numerous films, documentaries and publications in the years that followed, in this book the author James W. Bancroft asks if the RMS Titanic had been doomed to a watery grave even before it sailed? Certainly, many people experienced feelings of foreboding about the ship, and there were many strange omens and unexplained events surrounding its construction and maiden voyage.

9781399048958 • £20.00

176 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Manchester, UK

April 2023 • WLR

A MARITIME HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

AN ATLANTIC-WIDE CONFLICT OVER INDEPENDENCE AND EMPIRE

Theodore Corbett

While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this is one of the first to treat it in its entirety as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While its geographical scope is vast, it features overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought, actions which proved to be as decisive as the familiar ship of the line confrontations. It is also history from the bottom up, emphasizing the role of the crew as much the not always heroic officers. From naval perspective the rebellious colonies did not gain a military victory, though Benjamin Franklin was able to secure their independence at the peace table in Europe.

• A detailed look at the American Revolutionary War as an Atlantic-wide conflict.

• Examines overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought.

• First of two books on the subject with the second taking a detailed look at the Royal Navy’s evacuation of White and black loyalists.

9781399040419 • £25.00

280 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 19 mono, 4 maps

ALA: Melfa, Virginia, USA

April 2023 • WLR

THE MILLENNIUM MARITIME TRADE REVOLUTION, 700–1700

HOW ASIA LOST MARITIME SUPREMACY

Nick Collins

Following the series’ first book How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World, this book continues to demonstrate how maritime trade has been the key driver of the world’s wealth-creation, economic and intellectual progress. This book explains how and why and how destructive continental influences destroyed Asia’s maritime supremacy.

As in the first book, Nick Collins finds similar patterns; maritime inquisitiveness, invention, problem-solving and toleration and continental political suppression of those maritime traits, most dramatically in China, but destructively everywhere, allowing the millennium maritime trade revolution.

• Second book in a 3-book series showing how maritime trade has been the principle driver of our world story from the deepest antiquity to the present.

• ‘Ambitious and strikingly well informed…based on an impressive range of scholarship, it makes connection across fields of enquiry that are rarely, if ever, linked…It is also a timely text, coming as it does at a time when Asia has recovered the dominion it once exercises over global maritime trade’ Professor Andrew Lambert.

9781399060127 • £25.00

344 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Purley, Surrey, UK

September 2023 • WLR

THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED

THE

ELIMINATION OF GERMAN SURFACE WARSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD, 1914–15

Bryan Perrett

At the start of WWI the Imperial German Navy had a large number of surface warships deployed around the world. These posed a considerable threat to British mercantile interests, particularly the import of food and fuel supplies. Their elimination was a matter of urgency. This book covers all major actions undertaken in pursuit of this goal, including the escape of the Goeben and Breslau to Turkey, the remarkable cruise of the Emden, and the mystery of the Karlsruhe, destroyed by an internal explosion. It also includes the true story behind the classic film The African Queen, inspired by the destruction of German boats on Lake Tanganyika.

• Looks at the extraordinary sea chases, battles and blockades in the remotest corners of the world during World War One.

• Naval warfare at its most interesting and thrilling.

• Includes the true story behind the legendary film The African Queen

9781399020206 • £14.99

160 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 30 mono

ALA: Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399020640 • £14.99

288 pages • Paperback

234x156

July 2023

9781399065412 • £20.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 30 mono

ALA: Best Beech Hill, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781399099714 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Los Angeles, USA

September 2023 • WLR

PHILIP, PRINCE OF GREECE

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S EARLY LIFE AND THE GREEK SUCCESSION

John Carr, Constantinos Lagos

Many books have been written about the life of the late Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, yet there always seem to be corners of his long life that have remained unexplored. In this long look back into his early years, Constantinos Lagos and John Carr uncover hitherto unknown aspects of Philip’s life as a Greek prince and his gradual transformation from a mere appendage of the troubled Greek royal family to an enduring pillar of the British monarchy. For the first time, Lagos and Carr delve into neglected Greek archives for a fascinating picture of Philip’s early Greek life and the constant insecurity that dogged his steps as his father, Prince Andrew of Greece, and mother, Princess Alice, struggled to order their own lives in the maelstrom of unstable and often-violent Greek politics in a Europe sliding towards world war. Philip was at one point being groomed to succeed his uncle as King of Greece but his father, who had been court-martialled and exiled for his part in a military defeat, blocked the move. The Greek royal family, in which Philip had his roots, is dealt with at length, to bring out the particular family history and circumstances that played no small part in shaping his personality. Anyone curious about how Prince Philip actually grew up, as well as his naval career during WW2, will find in this book a wealth of eye-opening, often startling details that will add more brush strokes to the portrait of the often-elusive but real Prince Philip.

• This book examines Prince Philip’s family background and his relatively little-known Greek family as well as his early life as a Greek prince, much of the time in exile.

• Reveals how Philip at one point was being groomed as a potential future king of Greece.

• Philip’s father, Prince Andrew was court-martialled for his part in the Greek defeat in Asia Minor and came close to a death sentence, instead being exiled.

THE FIRST ROYAL MEDIA WAR EDWARD VIII, THE ABDICATION AND THE PRESS

Adrian Phillips

King Edward VIII was a child of the burgeoning age of media and the first celebrity monarch, but the immense personal popularity created by his charm and good looks was not enough to save him when he came into conflict with a government that embodied the conservative ethos of the time. Nor did the support of powerful media barons. In the United States William Randolph Hearst, who inspired Citizen Kane, dreamed of giving Britain an American Queen and manoeuvred with Wallis Simpson to place her on the throne. In Britain the Anglo-Canadian newspaper magnate Lord Beaverbrook hoped to use the confrontation between the King and the government to force the prime minister, his bitter enemy Stanley Baldwin, out of power. Edward was blocked from broadcasting his case directly to the public, which was a source of deep resentment to him. The British press remained tactfully silent almost until the end of the crisis, but behind the scenes, a cold war was being fought. For the rest of his life, Edward fought to air his grievances against the illtreatment to which he thought that he had been subjected. Edward resented bitterly the ostracism to which he and Wallis were subjected by his brother and sister-in-law, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, especially the refusal to grant his wife royal status. The abdication challenged the British monarchy as an institution. A large part of the legacy is today’s no-holds-barred media environment where the royal family’s issues are fought in a ruthless glare of worldwide attention.

• Find out more about Edward VIII, the first celebrity monarch.

• Looks at his abdication, his relationship with Wallis Simpson and the government’s reaction.

• Read how the couple’s media initiatives were blocked and how the press treated them.

QUEEN VICTORIA AFTER ALBERT HER LIFE AND LOVES

Ilana D Miller

Few British monarchs have fit the time, the tone or the energy of an era quite the way that the inimitable Queen Victoria mastered her reign. From her ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901, her monarchy was one of spectacular advances in the British Empire. Political, scientific, and industrial wonders were changing the world. Britain’s influence reached all corners of the earth. But there was one area that particularly intrigued the Queen. Men. Keenly aware of the opposite sex, her most trusted advisors were men. Lord Melbourne, her first prime minister, was an avuncular presence. Then her beloved husband Prince Albert took the reins until his death in 1861. In a widowhood of forty years, her ministers were a varied lot. She adored Disraeli, disliked Gladstone, and found genuine friendship with Lord Salisbury. Then there Mr. Brown, the Scottish ghillie who she found wonderfully attractive. Later there was Abdul Karim, the Munshi, or teacher with whom she had a motherly relationship. She adored her son-in-law, Prince Henry of Battenberg, the ‘sunshine of their lives’ and was devastated when he died. She also loved her grandson-in-law, Prince Louis Battenberg, who was one of the executors of her will. Those years without Albert were not loveless years, they were not without happiness and pleasure, even if the queen herself might protest. What was Queen Victoria’s life like after Prince Albert? From Disraeli to Abdul Karim, this book explores the queen’s relationships with the men who surrounded her in her widowhood.

• What was Queen Victoria’s life like without her beloved Prince Albert?

• Who were the men who surrounded her in her widowhood?

JAMES I , THE KING WHO UNITED SCOTLAND

AND ENGLAND

Keith Coleman

King James VI who united England and Scotland under one crown became James I in 1603. Generally praised as a good king of Scotland and a poor English one, James was a deep theological thinker, but he also inspired a superstitious frenzy which resulted in the North Berwick witchhunt and trials in the 1590s. Scholar and pedant, he was in his own view God’s appointed ruler, yet also a foul mouthed sloven and forever tarnished with the title of the Wisest Fool in Christendom. This book approaches James through the lens of his relationships with his major favourites. First was Anglo-French lord Esme D’Aubigny, Robert Carr (later Earl of Somerset), and finally George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. This work tracks the king’s life from a barren childhood through a succession of plots, intrigues and conspiracies in Scotland which largely forged, or deformed, his character.

• James Stuart, VI of Scotland and I of England is often seen as a secretive, contradictory character.

• This book explores who King James was as an individual by looking at key events and relationships that shaped him.

• Including examinations of the King’s favourites, the North Berwick witch trials and The Gowrie Plot.

9781399093590 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Hayle, Cornwall April 2023 • WLR

CHARLES II’S ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN

ROYAL BASTARDS

Sarah-Beth Watkins

Charles II had at least twelve illegitimate children that we know of. His first recognised child was James Croft who would become Duke of Monmouth and mastermind of an infamous rebellion. Not all of his children would gain such notoriety but they would live long and full lives creating a Stuart bloodline that descends to the present day. From Nell Gywn’s son, Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans to French mistress, Louise de Keroualle’s son, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond who was an early patron of cricket, not to mention Charles’s offspring by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland and the children of his other mistresses. This book will bring to life the king’s many illegitimate children and tell their stories.

• Who were Charles II’s children?

• How many did he really have?

• What were their mothers and the king’s relationship with them really like?

9781399000949 • £20.00

216 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 b&w

ALA: County Wexford, Republic of Ireland

July 2023 • WLR

CHARLES I’S PRIVATE LIFE

Mark Turnbull

King Charles I lost the civil war and his head. But to fully appreciate the events that marked the twenty-four years of his reign, it’s important to understand the man himself. Opinion of Charles is often polarised as either Royal Martyr or Man of Blood. As a sickly second son of the first King of Great Britain, his early years shed light on the development of Charles’s character. Key elements of his final days also remain lost to us, such as certain identification of his executioners. Investigating new evidence, an entirely new candidate is proposed.

Penetrating the veil of monarchy and getting to the heart of the man through his relationships, the reader is brought closer than ever to the real Charles Stuart.

• A detailed examination of the life of Charles I.

• What was his childhood really like?

• Was he a good king?

• What led to his execution?

• Using new sources, this book reveals Charles I’s most private life.

9781399082907 • £20.00

208 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: South Hetton, Durham August 2023 • WLR

JAMES II & VII BRITAIN’S LAST CATHOLIC KING

Laura Brennan

James II & VII was not born to be a king. Under his brother Charles II’s reign, James converted to Catholicism and became the heart of political storms. Upon inheriting the throne from his brother in 1685, James struggled to balance his faith and the politics of the time, leading to the Glorious Revolution and losing his throne in 1688. Examining the politics and events of James’ life, this book explains why he was unable to maintain the thrones of Britain, as well as the last few years of his life in exile. Often overlooked as just a king who ruled for less than four years, James II & VII was an accidental but key historical figure in British history.

• Explores how events in James II & VII’s younger life shaped James the King.

• Explains the relationship between politics, monarchy and the role of religion in the 17th century.

• Examines the events of James II & VII’s reign and how his uncompromising attitude failed to pacify his Parliaments and subjects.

• Looks at the key figures of the Glorious Revolution and why it succeeded in deposing James II & VII.

• The book explores James’ attempts at regaining his thrones in the 1690s including the Battle of the Boyne and the Willamite War in Ireland.

9781399012584 • £19.99

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Slough, Berkshire May 2023 • WLR

THE BATTLES OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE

THE YOUNG CHEVALIER AT WAR

Arran Johnston

Prince Charles Edward Stuart was the grandson of Britain’s last Stuart king and the last of his line to fight for their right to the throne. In 1745, Charles threw caution to the wind and embarked on a secret and seemingly desperate expedition to Scotland. What followed is one of the most remarkable, famous, and often misrepresented episodes of Scottish history: the ’45 - the story of the last Jacobite rising and the charismatic but controversial prince who led it. Following Charles Edward Stuart over the battlefields of Prestonpans, Falkirk and Culloden, this book reveals the prince’s strengths and flaws as a commander, and the difficult relationships he had with the very people on whom his fortunes, and reputation, would depend.

• The true story of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his fight for the right to the throne.

• Follow the Prince over the battlefields of Prestonpans, Falkirk and Culloden, exploring the last Jacobite Rising from the perspective of its charismatic but controversial leader.

• This book reveals the Stuart prince’s actions, motivations, strengths and flaws.

9781399061148 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Dunbar, East Lothian, UK September 2023 • WLR

THE TUDORS BY NUMBERS

THE STORIES AND STATISTICS BEHIND ENGLAND’S MOST INFAMOUS ROYAL DYNASTY

Carol Ann Lloyd

The Tudors by Numbers is a fresh look at a well-known dynasty — through its numbers. Take a new look at old friends by learning the complicated path to 1 possible king symbolized by 1 rose, viewing the extraordinary 42 percent of the dynasty under the rule of 2 women, and considering the impact of 4 English language translations of the Bible printed in England. The Tudors by Numbers takes you behind the scenes through a different path and reveals new ways of seeing the Tudors.

• How Henry VII used the Tudor rose to create how we think about the Wars of the roses and the beginning of the Tudors.

• How Henry VIII was actually a loyal husband and lover for most of his life.

• How Henry VII used the Tudor rose to create how we think about the Wars of the roses and the beginning of the Tudors.

• How Henry VIII was actually a loyal husband and lover for most of his life.

• How Mary I and Elizabeth I changed the English and British monarchy forever.

• How the coronation of Queen consorts give us unique insights into marriage and politics in the sixteen century.

9781399062947 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Burke, VA, United States June 2023 • WLR

THE CECILS

THE DYNASTY AND LEGACY OF LORD BURGHLEY

David Lee

The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Chief Minister and Secretary of State and that of his son, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Lord Burghley served three Tudor Monarchs in an unparalleled rise to power during the reign of Elizabeth I and his youngest son Robert, Earl of Salisbury, also became Elizabeth’s Chief Minister as heir to his father’s political mantle. His powerful position remained intact during the transition of the crown from the House of Tudor to the House of Stuart upon Elizabeth’s death in 1603.This book will also explore the transition of power from one Cecil to another, and how both men created a powerful dynasty and legacy that continues to fascinate readers today.

• The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Chief Minister and Secretary of State and that of his son, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury.

• Was William Cecil, Lord Burghley, really as ruthless as he was made out to be?

• How did the Cecils become so powerful?

• What was this father and son’s relationship truly like?

9781399083775 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Dublin, Ireland April 2023 • WLR

THE TUDOR EMPIRE

David Wildman

The Tudors remain one of Britain’s most fascinating royal dynasties. Throughout the sixteenth century, the Tudors added more and more territories to their portfolio, but this growth came at a bloody cost. Each monarch attempted to expand their control of the kingdom: Henry VII consolidated his authority across the realm, Henry VIII had visions of a French empire, and Elizabeth I oversaw the travels and travails of the seadogs in the New World. This book will delve into how the Tudors exerted their control over their empire and domains, stretching from the north of England, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall, all the way to European possessions, as well as fresh colonies in the New World, providing an accessible introduction into this era for readers.

• What was the Tudor Empire?

• How far did it reach?

• What did each Tudor monarch do to exert their control over their domains?

9781399089227 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Plymouth, Devon September 2023 • WLR

THE FORGOTTEN TUDOR

ROYAL MARGARET DOUGLAS, GRANDMOTHER TO KING JAMES VI & I

Beverley Adams

A favourite of her uncle Henry VIII and a close friend of Mary I, Lady Margaret Douglas, later Countess of Lennox through her marriage, was an integral part of the Tudor royal dynasty. Against the orders of Elizabeth I, she plotted the marriage of her son Lord Darnley to Mary, Queen of Scots with disastrous consequences. Coming as close to the executioner’s block as to the throne of England, some believed she had a right to be queen. Despite the tragedy of losing her husband and all her children, she realised her dream of uniting the thrones of England and Scotland through her grandson King James VI/I. The story of her life is a remarkable tale of intrigue and survival.

• Brings to life one of Tudor England’s most overlooked key players.

• Looks at Margaret’s key role in bringing about the marriage of her son Lord Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots.

• Examines the relationships she had with her uncle King Henry VIII and cousins Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.

• Debates how close she came to the throne of England, given her relative anonymity in today’s historical conscience.

• Gives an informed account of the Tudor era spanning the reigns of Henry VIII to Elizabeth I.

9781399085908 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 21 mono

ALA: Lancashire

August 2023 • WLR

EDWARD VI: HENRY VIII’S OVERSHADOWED SON

Stephanie Kline

For too long, King Edward VI has been pushed to the very edges of Tudor history - overlooked in favour of the more vibrant personalities of his family, such as Henry VIII. Known as the ‘boy king’ of the Tudor dynasty, he is often remembered for little more than the ambitious councillors who governed England during his minority. His reign, however, and the significant religious changes that took place in the Protestant Reformation of England, had great influence over the remaining decades of the Tudor period. ‘Boy king’ though he may have been, Edward VI was more significant than he is often given credit for. Edward VI: Henry VIII’s Overshadowed Son aims to reopen the pages of his story.

• Edward VI is too often side-lined by history in favour of his sisters: ‘Bloody’ Queen Mary and ‘The Virgin Queen’ Elizabeth I.

• Stephanie Kline revisits the pages of Edward VI’s story, and asks how much this forgotten reign shaped England’s religious and political history.

• The ‘boy-king’ is finally shown in a new light: not as an overshadowed son, but as a notable King of England.

9781399093699 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Berryville, Virginia, USA April 2023 • WLR

ARTHUR, PRINCE OF WALES

HENRY VIII’S LOST BROTHER

Gareth Streeter

For too long, Arthur Tudor has been remembered only for what he never became. The boy who died prematurely and paved the way for the revolutionary reign of his younger brother, Henry VIII. Yet, during his short life, Arthur was at the centre of one of the most tumultuous periods of England’s history. Arthur’s death at 15 was not just a personal tragedy for his parents, it changed the future and deprived England of one of the most educated princes in history. Arthur would never wear the crown of England. But few Princes of Wales had been better prepared to rule. ‘Arthur, Prince of Wales: Henry VIII’s lost brother’ shows that Arthur Tudor was more than a prince who died. He was a boy that really lived.

• Too often, the Tudor story begins with the death of Henry VIII’s older brother.

• This book finally brings Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, out of the shadows. He is revealed to be far more than simply ‘a King who never was.’

• Challenges common misconceptions, and asks daring questions about his marriage to Katharine of Aragon.

9781399084628 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Croydon, Surrey

May 2023 • WLR

HENRY VIII’S CHILDREN

LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE TUDOR KING

Caroline Angus

Of the five Tudor monarchs, only one was ever born to rule. Among the suffering of five lost heirs, the royal couple placed all their hopes in the surviving Princess Mary. An affair soon produced an unlikely heir in Henry Fitzroy. King Henry’s cruelty saw his heirs’ fates pivot as wives came and went, and the birth Princess Elizabeth, saw long-term plans upended for short-term desires. With the death of one heir hidden from view, the birth of Prince Edward finally gave the realm an heir born to rule. From the heights of a surviving princess destined and decreed to influence Europe, to illegitimate children scattered to the winds of fortune, the childhoods of Henry VIII’s heirs is one of ambition, destiny, heartache, and triumph.

• Beneath the drama of King Henry VIII’s marriages were the childhoods of Prince Henry, Princess Mary, Henry Fitzroy, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Edward.

• Caroline Angus takes a fresh look at the early lives of King Henry’s children, the many children sadly lost, and evaluates the claims made by the men and women rumoured to be the king’s illegitimate children.

9781399095860 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 colour

ALA: Auckland, New Zealand May 2023 • WLR

HENRY VIII: A HISTORY OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT PLACES AND EVENTS

Andrew Beattie

This book tells the story of Henry VIII through the places where the events of his life unfolded. From Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London to the site of the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais where Henry met the French King Francis I for a week of pageantry in 1520, and from his lavish palaces in London to quieter manor houses in the English countryside which he visited during his annual summer “progress”, a whole new light is thrown on this most compelling of historical figures. Whilst some sites are now very ruinous – such as Woking Palace in Surrey, which Henry remodelled into a lavish royal residence or Greenwich Palace, where he was born – others, most famously Hampton Court, are much more substantial.

• This book explores the life and legacy of the UK’s most famous monarch through the places he built, lived in and travelled to.

• No English sovereign ever owned as many palaces or houses as Henry VIII.

• Includes Henry VIII’s time spent in Belgium and Northern France, as well as Hampton Court, Greenwich Palace, and his former hunting lodges and palaces set amidst the forests of Surrey, Kent, Essex and Berkshire.

9781399007788 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • Integrated mono

ALA: London, UK

May 2023 • WLR

THE ANNE BOLEYN BIBLE

Mickey Mayhew

The Anne Boleyn Bible offers a straightforward retelling of Anne’s actual historical life, albeit one that outlines an entirely fresh and empowering perspective on her rise to prominence; this is followed by a series of considered arguments on the ‘for’ and ‘against’ in regard to her guilt & execution; then her entry into popular culture, firstly in plays and masques, before she went on to headline movies, TV series, and cosplay. This book is simply what it says on the cover - The Anne Boleyn Bible - leaving no depiction, no religious aspect, no appearance in popular culture, from The Simpsons to the West End musical ‘Six’, overlooked.

• The definitive bible on all things Anne Boleyn.

• The first book to examine Anne Boleyn’s relationship with Jesus Christ.

• Reveals the identity of the swordsman of Calais.

• Examines her depiction in popular culture from TV series to West End musicals.

9781399083720 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 35 mono

ALA: Bromley, London August 2023 • WLR

THE SWEATING SICKNESS EPIDEMIC

HENRY VIII’S GREAT FEAR

Stephen Porter

Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the death rates which it produced, that together generated a fear verging on panic when it was identified. It threatened everyone, from the king in his castle to the beggars at his gates. The principal epidemics came between 1485, when it made its first appearance, and 1551, and it was confined to England and Wales, apart from one major eruption across northern Europe in 1529. Known as the English disease, this rapidly acting virus became Henry VIII’s overriding fear, aggravating his well-known hypochondria and controlling his movements.

• Known as the ‘English Disease,’ this swift and deadly illness threatened life across Tudor England and Europe.

• Read about this and other epidemics of the period, including how the Sweating Sickness impacted the mind of King Henry VIII.

• Written by an expert on Early Modern Disasters.

9781399064286 • £20.00

192 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

May 2023 • WLR

JANE SEYMOUR AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE

Carol-Ann Johnston

Jane Seymour is the wife of Henry VIII we know the least about. Queen of England for just seventeen months, during her life Jane witnessed some of the most extraordinary events in English history. Jane ensured her place in Henry’s affections by giving him his much longed for male heir only to tragically lose her life twelve days later leaving behind a motherless son and a devastated husband. For the remainder of his life Henry would honour the mother of his only legitimate son and would come to regard Jane as his ‘true and loving wife’. But who was Jane Seymour? Throughout this illustrated book we will find a woman who was neither saint or sinner, but a human being with her own beliefs and causes.

• Jane Seymour was the third wife of King Henry VIII of England from 30 May 1536 until her death the following year.

• Queen of England for just seventeen months, Jane’s role has often been overlooked but this book will illuminate her life through the use of images, showing how important she was as a queen and as a woman at the Tudor court.

• From the origins of the Seymours to Jane’s untimely death, key events in her life are explored as well as some of the most extraordinary events ever to take place in English history.

9781399071611 • £20.00

192 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 100 mono

ALA: Carlisle, Cumbria August 2023 • WLR

HOW TO DRESS LIKE A TUDOR

Judith Arnopp

Have you ever hankered to dress like a Tudor lord or lady, or perhaps you prefer the status of goodwife, or costermonger, or even a bawd? For beginner historical reenactors, Judith Arnopp dressing like a Tudor a little easier. The author traces the transition of fashion from the relatively subtle styles popular at the court of Henry VII, through the carefully constructed royal grandeur of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I to the pinnacle of majesty and splendid iconography of Elizabeth I. This brief history of sixteenth century fashion examines clothing for both rich and poor, adult and child, and offers tips and tricks on how to begin to sew your first historically inspired garment.

• A how-to guide for dressing like a Tudor.

• Based on the author’s own experience as a member of a re-enactment group, it offers tips and tricks on how to create your own historic garments.

• This book traces the transition of fashion through the Tudor period from styles at court to the garments of ordinary folk.

9781399015356 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • mono & colour

ALA: Aberporth, Ceredigion

September 2023 • WLR

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN TUDOR ENGLAND

FROM ALCHEMISTS TO ZEALOTS

April Taylor

Crime and Punishment in Tudor England tells the story of the enactment of law and its penalties from Henry VII to Elizabeth I. Read about John Daniell and how he tried to blackmail the Earl of Essex; the Stafford insurrection of 1486, the first serious opposition to the new king; the activities of con-man extraordinaire, Gregory Wisdom, and many more. It covers often gory details— what happens to the body when it is beheaded, burned, boiled, or hanged?

Arranged in alphabetical order of crimes, it recounts tales of blackmail, infanticide, kidnapping, heresy, and sumptuary laws. Told with occasional low-key humour, the book also includes Tavern Talk, snippets of quirky information.

• Crime and Punishment in Tudor England tells the story of the enactment of law and its penalties from Henry VII to Elizabeth I.

• Arranged in alphabetical order of crimes, it recounts tales of blackmail, infanticide, kidnapping, heresy, and sumptuary laws.

• Read about John Daniell and how he tried to blackmail the Earl of Essex; the Stafford insurrection of 1486, the first serious opposition to the new king; the activities of con-man extraordinaire, Gregory Wisdom, and many more.

9781399071666 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Redcar and Cleveland, UK

August 2023 • WLR

EATING WITH THE TUDORS FOOD AND RECIPES

Brigitte Webster

Eating with the Tudors is an extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes that tell the story of a dramatically changing world in sixteenth-century England. Gain an insight into the world of Tudor food, its role in establishing class, belonging and status and be tempted to re-create some iconic Tudor flavours and experience for yourself the many varied and delicious seasonal tastes that Tudor dishes have to offer. Find out about the Tudor’s obsession with food and uncover which key ingredients were the most popular choice. Spice up your culinary habits and step back in time to recreate a true Tudor feast by impressing your guests the Tudor way or prepare a New Year’s culinary gift fit for a Tudor monarch.

• An extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes.

• An insight into the world of Tudor dining from old favourites to new exotic foods.

• Includes interesting food snippets from Tudor society, carefully researched from household account books, manuscripts, letters, wills, diaries and varied works by Tudor physicians, herbalists and chronologists.

9781399092593 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 100 mono

ALA: Norwich, Norfolk July 2023 • WLR

INSIDE THE TUDOR HOME

DAILY LIFE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Bethan Watts

Power. Politics. Prosperity. Plague. Tudor England; a country replete with sprawling landscapes, dense forests and twisting urban labyrinths. This is a place of stagnation and of progress; of glorious cultural revolution, where the wheel of fortune is forever turning. From the plush royal palaces to the draughtiest of wattle-and-daub cottages, sixteenth-century England revolved around the people who formed the beating heart of Tudor society. These people celebrated scientific progress and lamented religious persecution; championed the rights of women and the underrepresented; fell in love with sweethearts, cared for pets and mourned the deaths of their loved ones. In her first book, Bethan Catherine Watts sheds light on the Tudor home and the everyday lives of those who lived there.

• Inside the Tudor Home sheds light on how people lived in the sixteenth century from plush royal palaces to wattle-and-daub cottages and everything in between.

• What was the Tudor home really like? How did the Tudors truly live? How did they fill their days?

• From favourite foods and recipes, to beauty regimes, childcare and funerary practices, Inside the Tudor Home illuminates what life was truly like for the men, women and children who were born, lived and died in sixteenthcentury England.

9781399089272 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Rhondda Cynon Taff, UK July 2023 • WLR

9781399067348 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Ayr, Ayrshire, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781399006705 • £25.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 30 b&w

ALA: Newport, Gwent

April 2023 • WLR

9781526794222 • £25.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • Integrated b&w

ALA: Chichester, West Sussex

June 2023 • WLR

THE ROYAL BASTARDS OF TWELFTH CENTURY ENGLAND POWER

AND BLOOD

James Turner

The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate relatives. While their many contributions have too often been overlooked, these illegitimate sons, daughters and siblings occupied crucial positions within the edifice of royal authority, serving their legitimate relatives as proxies and lieutenants. In addition to occupying roles and offices at the centre of royal administration, Anglo-Norman and Angevin royal bastards, exiled to the fringes of family identity by a twist of fate, provided the kings of England with military and political support from amidst the aristocratic affinities into which they were embedded. Rather than merely inert pieces on the dynastic game board or passive conduits of royal association, these men and women were engaged participants in contemporary politics, proactively cultivating and shaping the thrones’ relationship with its principal subjects. This book, the first full length study dedicated to the subject, examines the seminal conflicts and changing shape of the royal dynasty during a period of turbulent and formative development in royal government, through the rarely before accessed perspective of the reigning monarchs’ illegitimate family members and deputies. More than that this study aims, as far as possible, to illuminate and bring to life the lives, triumphs and tragedies of these fascinating half-forgotten personages. The victims of a rapid and profound demographic and social change which drastically recontextualised their position with royal family identity and aristocratic society, the bastards of the English royal family found new methods to survive and thrive.

• This book is the first comprehensive and high-quality full length academic study on the subject of twelfth century Anglo-Norman and Angevin royal bastards and explores their lives, relationships and many notable contributions to safeguarding the reigns of their legitimate relatives.

EDWARD I’S GRANDDAUGHTERS MURDER, POWER AND PLANTAGENETS

Louise Wyatt

Edward I and his offspring, especially Edward II, are not shrouded by the mists of time. Edward I’s two sons and daughter by his second marriage are lesser known, especially the eldest, Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton. He made no particular impression on history, despite being Earl of Norfolk and Earl Marshal, but Thomas did father three children. Of these, only one is usually remembered: Margaret of Norfolk. Indomitable, defiant, respected and fiercely intelligent, she defied her cousin Edward III more than once and outlived most of her family. Her brother Edward of Norfolk died young but her sister, Alice of Norfolk, survived childhood. But not for long. In 1338, by the time she was fourteen, Alice was married to Sir Edward Montagu, younger brother of the famous earl of Salisbury, William Montagu and Bishop of Ely, Simon Montagu. The marriage produced five children within a decade, but by 1350 Edward Montagu was showing his dark side and was part of the knightly criminal gangs that terrorised local areas. One day in June 1351, Alice of Norfolk paid the price. Despite being a Plantagenet, daughter of an earl, granddaughter, niece and cousin to kings, Alice of Norfolk has mostly been forgotten. Even looking at contemporary records, Alice hardly features apart from land and property dealings with her husband. A dusty reference to the unfortunate circumstances of her death marks the end of her life and one which will more than likely remain a mystery.

• With a particular focus on Alice of Norfolk, forgotten Plantagenet noblewoman and lesser-known sister of Margaret of Norfolk.

• Louise Wyatt finally brings a shrouded piece of English history into focus

MATILDA II: THE FORGOTTEN QUEEN

Joanna Arman

The wife of King Henry I and the mother of the Empress Maud is a woman and a Queen forgotten to history. She is frequently conflated with her daughter or her mother-in-law. She was born the daughter of the King of Scotland and an Anglo-Saxon princess. Her name was Edith, but her name was changed to Matilda at the time of her marriage.

The Queen who united the line of William the Conqueror with the House of Wessex lived during an age marked by transition and turbulence. She married Henry in the first year of the 12th century and for the eighteen years of her rule aided him in reforming the administrative and legal system due to her knowledge of languages and legal tradition. Together she and her husband founded a series of churches and arranged a marriage for their daughter to the Holy Roman Emperor. Matilda was a woman of letters to corresponded with Kings, Popes, and prelates, and was respected by them all. Matilda’s greatest legacy was continuity: she united two dynasties and gave the Angevin Kings the legitimacy they needed so much. It was through her that the Empress Matilda and Henry II were able to claim the throne. She was the progenitor of the Plantagenet Kings, but the war and conflict which followed the death of her son William led to a negative stereotyping by Medieval Chroniclers. Although they saw her as pious, they said she was a runaway nun and her marriage to Henry was cursed.

• Queen Matilda II is often overshadowed by her daughter, the Empress Maud, and her mother-in-law, wife of William the Conqueror. Also known as Matilda of Scotland, she was one of the first Queens in history to serve as Regent for her husband, Henry I.

• She paved the way for the Plantagenet dynasty, and left a lasting impression on the British historical landscape.

• Joanna Arman shines a new light on the life and legacy of a forgotten Queen.

THE KINGMAKER’S WOMEN

ANNE BEAUCHAMP AND HER DAUGHTERS, ISABEL AND ANNE NEVILLE

Julia A Hickey

The wealthiest women in the kingdom, Anne Beauchamp and her daughters were at the heart of bitter inheritance disputes. The dynastic ambitions of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick saw Isabel married without royal permission to the Yorkist heir presumptive, George Duke of Clarence. Anne Neville was married to Edward of Lancaster, the only son of King Henry VI. One or the other was destined to become queen. Tragic Isabel, beloved by her husband, would experience the dangers of childbirth and Anne Neville would go on to marry Richard, Duke of Gloucester having survived a forced march, widowhood and the ambitions of Isabel’s husband. The lives of Countess Anne and her daughters focus on marriage, childbirth and survival of aristocratic women in the fifteenth century.

• The story of the Earl of Warwick’s wife Anne Beauchamp and their daughters, Isabel and Anne Neville.

• Were they pawns or did they exert an influence of their own?

• The women behind the myth suffered misfortune and loss but fulfilled their domestic duties in the brutal world they inhabited.

9781399064859 • £20.00

248 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 19 mono

ALA: Buxton, UK

August 2023 • WLR

19TH CENTURY FEMALE EXPLORERS

Caroline Roope

As any historian will testify, a nineteenth-century woman’s place was very much at home. Or was it? For a lucky (and plucky) few, who had a little determination, and the ability to withstand lice infestations, climbing mountains in corsets, rascally guides and occasional certain death - as well as the raised eyebrows of the society they left behind – then the world really was their oyster. Drawing on twenty-two extraordinary ladies’ original accounts and archival sources, this expertly researched book brings to light a wealth of stories that are full of grit (sometimes literally), courage, and just enough humour to wish we’d been there with them on their adventures on the other side of the horizon.

• The book re-examines the original narratives of these remarkable women in the context of the era in which they were written, and the expectations of nineteenth century society.

• It gives a unique perspective of the character of historical female explorers and their motivations for travelling so widely.

• It uses original archival sources to give the reader a chance to hear a first-hand historical account of exploration in the nineteenth century, and the challenges that were faced by women specifically.

• It gives a voice to a typically forgotten and marginalised sub-genre of exploration history, bringing to life voices from the past in an accessible and entertaining way.

9781399006866 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Waterlooville, UK

September 2023 • WLR

KING JOHN’S RIGHT HAND LADY

THE STORY OF NICHOLAA DE LA HAYE

Sharon Bennett Connolly

In a time when men fought and women stayed home, Nicholaa de la Haye held Lincoln Castle against all-comers. Not once, but three times, earning herself the ironic praise that she acted ‘manfully’. Nicholaa de la Haye was a staunch supporter of King John, remaining loyal to the very end, even after most of his knights and barons had deserted him. A truly remarkable lady, Nicholaa was the first woman to be appointed sheriff in her own right. Her strength and tenacity saved England at one of the lowest points in its history. Nicholaa de la Haye is one woman in English history whose story needs to be told…

• Sharon Bennett Connolly uncovers the life of Nicholaa de la Haye, a woman instrumental to Norman and Plantagenet England.

• She shaped some of the most significant events in English medieval history. Nicholaa was appointed the first female Sheriff in England by King John, hours before his death in October 1216.

• She successfully defended Lincoln Castle in no less than three sieges, halting a French invasion in doing so.

• The book also aims to understand why Nicholaa stayed beside one of the most hated Kings in English history.

9781526756060 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 colour

ALA: Doncaster, South Yorkshire

May 2023 • WLR

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE’S SISTER

THE LESSER-KNOWN ACTIVISM OF PARTHENOPE VERNEY

Lynn Hamilton

Behind the titanic that was Florence Nightingale, there was a lesser-known sister, Frances Parthenope. While Florence achieved iconic fame for her work with wounded soldiers in the Crimea, Parthenope spent her days gathering supplies for those same soldiers. With hands badly damaged by rheumatic fever, Parthenope tirelessly penned letters to Florence’s supporters and requested donations. Eventually, Parthenope married and turned her writing talents to fiction and non-fiction. Florence Nightingale’s older sister never achieved the fame that came to the “Lady of the Lamp.” However, in her own right, Frances Parthenope Verney was a great Victorian. A novelist, journalist, and activist, she supported her sister’s reform of the medical profession while being a thought influencer on the subject of the urban poor and the British peasantry.

• A fresh examination of Frances Parthenope Verney: novelist, journalist, activist and sister of Florence Nightingale.

• Rewrites writes common perceptions of Parthenope and shows the sisters’ relationship in a new light.

9781399066808 • £22.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

April 2023 • WLR

THE LAND ARMY’S LOST WOMEN

Emily Ashworth

The Women’s Land Army are probably one of the lesser-known branches of the women’s forces that served their country during World War Two. From friendships unbreakable by time, romances that blossomed into lifelong marriages and dances on a weekend in the local village, to tales of loneliness and isolation and backbreaking farm work, these women gave up their lives to ensure our nation could continue to be fed and took the places of men who went off to war. These are the personal stories from a group of women who deserve to be remembered; from a generation who will soon only live in our memories but who each played a vital role in helping to fight for our freedom from the fields of Britain.

• The true life stories of the members of the Women’s Land Army.

• Memoirs of the women who ensured the nation was fed during the Second World War.

• Stories of the women who played a forgotten but vital role in the fight for our freedom.

9781526785459 • £20.00

208 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 250 b&w

illustrations

ALA: Clitheroe, Lancashire

May 2023 • WLR

CODENAME TREASURE

THE LIFE OF D-DAY SPY, LILY SERGUEIEW

Peter Winnington

FROM THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN TO THE KOREAN WAR

SERVING IN THE WOMEN’S VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, 1940-1954

Stephen Wade

In 1941, Beryl Baxter, a dressmaker from Grimsby, signed up to do her bit in the Battle of Britain. She was to serve as a plotter as aircraftswoman in the WAAF and, upon discharge in 1949 she began life as a welfare worker for the Women’s Voluntary Service. Her postings included the Korean War, Japan, Hong Kong and Iraq. Throughout these years of service she fulfilled the roles of mother, sister and girlfriend to thousands of servicemen, both conscripts and regulars. Presenting a dramatic narrative from several theatres of war, this book recalls Beryl’s life, based on a large archive of letters and documents that she preserved, allowing the reader to go on these journeys to war alongside a brave and enterprising independent woman.

• Presents a dramatic narrative from several theatres of war, including the Battle of Britain and the bombing raids on Germany, the Korean War.

• First-hand testimony, as well as accounts of the dangerous RAF base at Habbaniya and Hong Kong in the 1950s.

9781399040884 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Scunthorpe, UK September 2023 • WLR

ESCAPE FROM THE TALIBAN

ONE WOMAN’S EXPERIENCES IN AFGHANISTAN

Bashir Sakhawarz

This is the first biography of an intrepid young French woman, Lily Sergueiew, who led an adventurous life and became famous as one of the five D-Day spies. In 1939, her bicycle ride from Paris to Saigon was interrupted by the outbreak of war. Disgusted by the Fall of France in 1940, she took the courageous decision to personally help the Allies drive the Nazis out of France: she would get the Abwehr to train her as a spy and have herself sent to England. Once there, she would betray the Nazis and place herself at the disposal of the Allies. It took three emotionally exhausting years to achieve this. She arrived in England just in time to become TREASURE, one of the five spies who misled the Nazis into believing that the Allies would land in the Pas de Calais. This disinformation operation saved countless lives. But Lily found the English cold and ungenerous towards her. They knew that she had a fatal medical condition. She had also risked her life – and her parents’ lives – every day she worked for the Nazis, yet the English would not let her bring the dog who was such a comfort to her. They told her that her work was vital to their cause, but for Lily their behaviour meant that it was not worth a dog. So she hid from them that the Nazis had given her a control code to prove that her radio messages were genuine: it gave her a sense of power to know that she could destroy her work –and the whole D-Day deception – with a single keystroke.

9781399045278 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 8 mono

ALA: Mauborget, Switzerland June 2023 • WLR

Deeba first left Afghanistan in 2002, fleeing a war torn country and an abusive husband shortly after she was captured by the Taliban and nearly sold to an Arab Shaikh narrowly escaping due to a small twist of fate. In June 2021 Deeba returned to visit family in Kabul to organise the engagement of her son. Regardless of the Taliban’s progress she felt safe to travel after reassurances from the Aghan and US Government’s that the Taliban would not be able to take major cities. One morning, to her surprise, she awoke to the news that President Ghani had escaped and Kabul was in the hands of the Taliban, what ensued was a desperate rush to leave the city to return to the USA enduring bomb blasts and crushing crowds at the airport. This is a harrowing account of one woman caught in the US withdrawal of Kabul giving a first hand account of what it was like to be a civilian caught up in the chaos as well as giving an invaluable insight in to the life of a woman in Afghanistan.

• Rare first hand account of the US withdrawal from Kabul through the eyes of a civilian.

• Insight in to life for a woman in Afganistan.

• Details the crushing crowds at Kabul airport as well as the treatment of civilians by the Taliban.

9781399042406 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 15 colour

ALA: London, UK August 2023 • WLR

HISTORY

WOMEN IN WELSH COAL MINING

TIP GIRLS AT WORK IN A MEN’S WORLD

Norena Shopland

Women worked at the coal face for many years before they were banned in 1842. However, legislation was not going to stop them - many continued to work underground. Some would dress as men to fool visiting inspectors. For the majority though, they worked on the pit brow where they received the coal, cleaned, sorted and cut it to uniform size. Society was appalled, and harshly criticised women for working in such environments. Like the more famous Pit Brow Lasses of Lancashire, the Tip Girls were castigated for having ‘unsexed’ themselves, accused of immorality and of being unfit wives. For nearly a hundred years, these women fought society and Parliament to keep their jobs and clear their reputations.

• Women worked at the coal face for many years before they were banned in 1842.

• This is the story of the tip girls who worked in the Welsh mining industry.

• Women in Welsh Coal Mining is the first extensive examination of the women and girls who worked, lived, and died in the Welsh coal fields.

• With an introduction by Ceri Thompson of the Big Pit National Coal Museum.

9781399075220 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 25 mono

ALA: Clydach, Wales May 2023 • WLR

WOMEN OF THE EAST END

Michelle Rosenberg

In delving into the history of women of the East End, the author discovered not only the most incredible women, but also the personal history of her family and a group of equally passionate community historians, archivists and writers. The story of Women of the East End is one of layers weaving together to make an intricate, fascinating tapestry of stories, from Huguenots, to Jewish immigrants to the Bengali community. That all these women have their own stories, layered over one another across the same buildings and streets, over so many decades, is endlessly fascinating. For the author, the East End is a fascinating microcosm of the human experience - and its history must be preserved.

• Women of the East End presents profiles of women of the East End who often found themselves being not only wives, mothers and homemakers but the main breadwinner too. An intricate, fascinating tapestry of stories, from Huguenots, to Jewish immigrants to the Bengali community as well as some of the main events which shaped the East End.

• Incorporates profiles of silk weaving Huguenots, Abbesses of Barking, the Battle of Cable Street, Bow Match Women’s Strike and Dagenham Factory Strike, the East End Women’s Museum, the Fishwives of Billingsgate, Lady Rothschild, Mary Wollstonecraft, Whitechapel Murders and the Ayah’s Home.

9781526702845 • £12.99

168 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Hertfordshire June 2023 • WLR

THE EDINBURGH SEVEN

THE STORY OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO STUDY MEDICINE

Janey Jones

Women have healed since the beginning of time, but they weren’t able to attain a formal medical degree in Britain until the late 19th century. In 1869, a group of women arrived in Edinburgh to study at the medical faculty, led by Sophia Jex-Blake. They met with disapproval from traditional professors however; legal wrangles, court cases, personal attacks, even a riot ensued - all because some male medics wanted rid of the women. And the women did leave Edinburgh - without degrees. But they finished their studies in Europe and came back later as doctors. In 2019, the University of Edinburgh awarded the Seven their degrees posthumously. This is their inspiring story of triumph in the face of adversity.

• In this male-dominated world, they were ridiculed by traditional professors who did not approve of their ambitions to become doctors - indeed, they were allowed to study medicine in Edinburgh, but they weren’t allowed to formally graduate.

• After completing their studies in Europe, they returned to the UK as fully fledged doctors - only in 2019 did the University of Edinburgh correct their past wrong by awarding the Seven posthumous degrees.

9781399099233 • £20.00

184 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 15 mono

ALA: Musselburgh April 2023 • WLR

A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION

EXPLORING THE TRAILBLAZERS OF STEM

Dale DeBakcsy

For the last four hundred years, women have played a part far in excess of their numerical representation in the history of astronomical research and discovery. It was a woman who gave us our first tool for measuring the distances between stars, and another who told us for the first time what those stars were made of. It was women who first noticed the rhythmic noise of a pulsar, the temperature discrepancy that announced the existence of white dwarf stars, and the irregularities in galactic motion that informed us that the universe we see might be only a small part of the universe that exists. And yet, in spite of the magnitude of their achievements, for centuries women were treated as essentially second class citizens within the astronomical community, contained in back rooms, forbidden from communicating with their male colleagues, provided with repetitive and menial tasks, and paid starvation wages. This book tells the tale of how, in spite of all those impediments, women managed, by sheer determination and genius, to unlock the secrets of the night sky.

9781399045322 • £20.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Castro Valley, USA April 2023 • WLR

SAVING THE SCHINDLER’S DAUGHTER

HOW COURAGEOUS WOMEN RESCUED AN ORPHANED GIRL FROM FRENCH CONCENTRATION CAMPS

Douglas Boyd

Lore Schindler became orphaned and ill in the huge camp at Gurs until she was saved by prisoner-nurse Schwester Käte, but would later have starved to death, had not two sisters – Elsie and Marthe Liefmann – ‘adopted’ her, found food and made her eat it. Elsbeth Kasser gave her treats of milk and Swiss cheese to build her up and Elisabeth Hirsch used a forged identity card to get Lore out of the camp and took her to La Maison de Moissac, a children’s home in SW France. Later, she moved into a primitive hovel in the forest to await the Allied victory. That Lore survived was due to these courageous women, who risked their own lives to save hers.

• The courageous life of Lore Schindler, an orphaned Jewish girl who grew up in WWII France.

• Lore spent her formative years in concentration camps looked after by older women.

• After being smuggled out, she was hidden in a remote village and then a hovel in the forest to await the Allied victory.

9781399060790 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Nailsea, UK August 2023 • WLR

THE MAN WHO BUILT THE BERLIN WALL THE RISE AND FALL OF ERICH HONECKER

Nathan Morley

Drawing from a wealth of untapped archival sources – and firsthand interviews with Honecker’s lawyers, journalists, and contemporary witnesses – Morley paints a vivid portrait of how an uneducated miner ’s son from the Saarland rose to the highest ranks of the German Communist Party. Having survived a decade of brutality in Nazi prisons, Honecker emerged as an ambitious political player and became the shadowy mastermind behind the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, a crucial moment in twentiethcentury history. A controversial figure, Honecker’s notorious philandering, penchant for porn, addiction to hunting, and gilded lifestyle are all brought into sharp focus. Although haunted by the fall of the Berlin Wall, Erich Honecker died in 1994, still believing the GDR was the envy of the world.

• The first ever English language biography of Erich Honecker, covering his entire life and career.

• Exclusive insights from Honecker’s lawyer, journalists, a witness to the construction of the Berlin Wall and testimony from brother of the first man shot dead by border guards.

• Never before published details of Honecker’s first marriage, his exotic private life and fractious relationship with Walter Ulbricht.

9781399088824 • £20.00

288 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Ayia Napa, Cyprus July 2023 • WLR

THE BRITISH OSKAR SCHINDLER THE LIFE AND WORK OF NICHOLAS WINTON

Edward Abel Smith

When Nicholas Winton cancelled his skiing holiday in favour of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As millions of Jewish families attempted to flee the growing clutches of the brutal Nazi war of terror, this twenty-nine-year-old stockbroker decided to act, pulling off one of the most remarkable rescue missions of the century. The British Oskar Schindler tells the story of this remarkable man’s life and those around him who helped him to achieve all he did.

• Catalogues the real story of how Winton worked with other humanitarians to save hundreds of children.

• Contains fresh archival material shedding new light on the story

• Charts the rise of the Nazis and the fall of Czechoslovakia in the lead up to World War II.

• Provides the real story which inspired the film, One Life, where Winton is played by Sir Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn.

9781399011488 • £20.00

216 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: London September 2023 • WLR

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS TO ARMAGEDDON AND BEYOND

Len Scott

It is sixty years since the events of October 1962 brought the world close to nuclear catastrophe. The Cuban missile crisis has long been recognised as the moment of greatest danger in the life (and near death) of humanity. Hundreds, if not thousands, of millions of people would have died from immediate and short-term effects, while the longer-term prospect of a ‘Nuclear Winter’ portended the virtual extinction of humanity. It is for the reader to conclude how close we came to nuclear war. Whatever conclusions are reached, one overriding lesson looms large.

However we judge the actions of political and military leaders, one factor was crucial in why we avoided nuclear war in 1962. It was luck.

• Find out the real truth about the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

• New evidence is presented to challenge previously accepted explanations.

• In October 1962, humanity was very lucky.

• Will we be so lucky next time?

9781526779786 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: Cardiff, Glamorgan, UK September 2023 • WLR

VLADIMIR PUTIN

THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS MAN?

James Greensmith

In former times the appropriate description of Putin would have been ‘evil’; ‘a monster’; ‘the Devil incarnate’; ‘ghoulish’, ‘an excrescence’, etcetera, but such appellations no longer suffice. In their place we have the terminology of modern-day psychiatry. So, is it possible to get inside the mind of Putin and discover what makes this ruthless, brutal, and amoral dictator ‘tick’? The answer is ‘Yes’, and the clues are to be found in a scientific paper, published by a female psychiatrist in 1997, and in the known side effects of the illness from which he is currently suffering. A new and unique insight is now offered into the mind of Putin, one which has not previously been advanced.

• How can it be that, after the horrors of the 20th century attributable to the likes of Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot, that another monster has arisen to threaten the peace of the world, namely Vladimir Putin of Russia?

• In particular, what is Putin’s motive in invading peaceful Ukraine, a large percentage of whose population speak Russian, and share the same ethnicity and Orthodox faith?

• The author, as a medical man, is in a unique position to delve into the mind of Putin and come up with some answers.

• Curiously enough, however, these answers are not to be found in any medical textbook.

9781399043120 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Poole, Dorset, UK

August 2023 • WLR

TANKS ON THE STREETS? THE BATTLE OF GEORGE SQUARE, GLASGOW, 1919

Gordon Barclay, Louise Heren

At 12.08pm on Friday 31 January 1919, Margaret Buchanan drives her tram into George Square in Glasgow’s city centre. Swirling around her tram is a sea of heavy-coated men who have been on strike since Monday, demanding a reduction to a forty-hour working week. Constables and officers of Glasgow’s police force use their hands to try to part the crowd to allow the tram to proceed, but their efforts fail and batons are drawn. The violence and destruction in the Square, the streets to the north and south, in Glasgow Green and even south of the River Clyde, involves thousands of men. For the first time in history, tanks will be despatched as ‘military aid to the civil power’.

• In January 1919, tanks were despatched to Glasgow after what became known as ’The Battle of George Square’.

• This book is the first attempt to summarise these events in close detail, and piece all available sources into a coherent narrative.

• Authors Louise Heren and Gordon Barclay refer to thousands of pages of papers, memoirs, eyewitness accounts and news reports.

9781526782656 • £25.00

232 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 30 b&w

ALA: Edinburgh; Lacock, UK

June 2023 • WLR

THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

FOUR SMOKING GUNS

John Fazio

Immediately after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Confederate leaders were believed to be responsible. However, the belief in their complicity faded, and the prevailing wisdom was that Booth had only acted with his team. In 1988, however, assassination historians thoroughly discredited the simple conspiracy theory, and this book is intended to remove any remaining doubt as to the validity of the historians’ theory. It does so by describing in detail four subplots in the overall plot to murder the President, which demonstrate unequivocally that Booth was merely a pawn in the hands of far more powerful, influential and purposeful men who would stop at nothing to avert the catastrophe that they had fought four long years to prevent and that was now upon them.

• Aims to lay the theories surrounding Lincoln’s assassination to rest, to the extent that that is possible.

• The capstone on works relating to ultimate responsibility for the assassination of Lincoln and the attempted assassination of as many as 14 other federal officeholders.

• Contains photographs of people who are not ordinarily associated with the assassination of Lincoln.

9781399046817 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 50 mono

ALA: Fairlawn, Ohio, USA

August 2023 • WLR

NIGERIA’S UN-CIVIL WAR MEMORIES OF A BIAFRAN CHILD

Philip Effiong

‘The peace had been desecrated. I knew because people spoke in low tones and laughter dried up. Outside, things unfolded without grace or colour, even the harmattan leaves were more skeletal than usual. The sun still shone but didn’t smile; it was as if it could tell that the worst was yet to come. Change should not have been bad, but this one was heavy and stubborn. Months later I learned about the 15 January 1966 coup d’état.’ In Nigeria’s un-Civil War: Memories of a Biafran Child, Philip Effiong reveals the many characters of war: the horror and the chaos, the surrealism and the absurdity and the desperate need to conjure a semblance of normalcy against a backdrop of air raids, starvation and massacre.

• Cover shoutline from bestselling author Frederick Forsyth.

• Advanced reviews by Nigerian-born intellectual Dele Ogun, fiction writer Ngozi Achebe and photographer Babajide Adeniyi-Jones.

• 8-page colour photo section depicting images of the family and military insignia from the time.

• Includes an index of Biafran war songs.

9781399066013 • £20.00

192 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 18 colour

ALA: Okemos, Michigan, USA

June 2023 • WLR

THE PTOLEMIES, APOGEE AND COLLAPSE

PTOLEMIAC EGYPT 246–146 BC

John D Grainger

The second volume of this ground-breaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy III, IV, V and VI. Ptolemy III’s rule brought military success and extensive territorial gains that marked the apogee of Ptolemaic power but was accompanied by internal trouble in Egypt. On Ptolemy III’s death, his minister Sosibius organized the murder of the new king’s mother and siblings and dominated the reigns of Ptolemy IV and Ptolemy V, which saw rebellions, defeat and territorial losses. Ptolemy V’s murder was followed by the long and troubled reign of Ptolemy VI, one of the ablest of the Ptolemies, but hampered by continued trouble in Egypt and in the court. John Grainger recounts this dramatic period of war, politics, murder and court intrigue.

• The Second part of this groundbreaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy III, IV, V and VI.

• Ptolemy III took the Ptolemaic empire to its greatest power, defeating the rival Seleucids in the Third Syrian War, before unrest in Egypt and subsequent defeats undermined these achievements.

• Ptolemy IV’s succession was accompanied by murder of much of his family and much real power lay with the courtiers Sosibius and Agothokles.

9781399090179 • £25.00

304 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 Colour

ALA: Evesham, UK

September 2023 • WLR

THE HISTORY OF ROMAN LEGION VI VICTRIX

THE ORIGINAL WATCHERS ON THE WALL

Tony Sullivan

This is the first in depth study on the history of Legio VI Victrix in Britain. Brought over from Germany in 122 to assist in the building of Hadrian’s Wall, the Sixth Legion remained in Britain until the end of Roman rule. The book will investigate the changing military organisation, weapons and warfare as well as the many auxiliary units posted in the north of Britain. We will meet members of the Sixth Legion known from inscriptions and literary sources. The men of the Sixth witnessed the tumultuous, and often bloody, history of Roman Britain. A must read for anyone interested in the evolution of the Roman legion, the empire or Roman Britain in particular.

• The first book detailing the history of the Sixth Legion in Britain.

• Describes the weapons, armour, warfare and contemporary battles.

• Investigates how and why Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall were built.

• Shows the evolution of the legion and Roman Britain across nearly four centuries using case studies from inscriptions, archaeology and literary sources.

• Looks at the end of Roman authority in Britain and suggests the possible fate of the Sixth Legion.

9781399088572 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Bromley, London

April 2023 • WLR

THE BOOK IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

HOW

THE WISDOM OF THE AGES WAS PRESERVED

Paul Chrystal

This is both a history of books as objects and artefacts but also a social history about the use and transmission (or restriction) of knowledge in the ancient world. The author outlines the invention of writing before surveying the book’s precursors and the evolution of writing materials through clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, parchment, wooden and bronze tablets, culminating in the codex – the book as we know it. There follows a fascinating 900-year journey through the classical world, describing the recording, preservation and dissemination of knowledge and literature. He explains how that small portion of the great literary and scientific writings of Greece and Rome that survived influenced later cultures right down to the present day. The functioning of the great libraries and the Classical equivalent of the publishing and bookselling trades are also examined.

• Covers the history of books from ancient Egypt to the fall of Rome.

• Discusses the origins of writing and early writing materials from cuneiform on clay tablets, to the codex, the book as we know it.

• What sort of books were written, by whom and why?

9781399099189 • £25.00

336 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: York

September 2023 • WLR

EPICURUS AND HIS INFLUENCE ON HISTORY

Ben Gazur

The philosopher Epicurus taught his followers that pleasure and contentment were the aims of the good life. For hundreds of years Epicureanism was one of the dominant schools of philosophy. But by the 6th century it had all but disappeared. Despite attempts to erase him, the lessons of Epicurus have been recovered from the mists of time and the ashes of Vesuvius. How he was restored to his place in history is a story of brilliant Renaissance scholars, chance discoveries, and a hunger for intellectual freedom. This new biography of Epicurus reveals his life and traces how his teachings have influenced thinkers across time. Epicurus still has much to teach us about friendship, happiness, and our place in the world.

• First biography of Epicurus in 60 years.

• Offers key insights into how philosophers lived in Ancient Greece.

• Explains one of the most important but neglected philosophies of the ancient world.

• Details how the lost works of Epicureanism have been recovered.

• Traces the influence of Epicurus on culture and philosophy into the modern world.

9781399073523 • £20.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: London

April 2023 • WLR

9781399083058 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 30 mono

ALA: Worcester, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399065566 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 65 mono

ALA: Sheffield, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399016360 • £14.99

280 pages • Paperback

234x156

May 2023 • WLR

THE WORST MEDIEVAL MONARCHS

Phil Bradford

Stephen. John. Edward II. Richard II. Richard III. These five are widely viewed as the worst of England’s medieval kings. Certainly, their reigns were not success stories. Two of these kings lost their thrones, one only avoided doing so by dying, another was killed in battle, and the remaining one had to leave his crown to his opponent. All five reigns ended in failure. As a result, the kings have been seen as failures themselves, the worst examples of medieval English kingship. They lost their reputations as well as their crowns. Yet were these five really the worst men to wear the crown of England in the Middle Ages? Or has history treated them unfairly? This book looks at the stories of their lives and reigns, all of which were dramatic and often unpredictable. It then examines how they have been seen since their deaths, the ways their reputations have been shaped across the centuries. The standards of their own age were different to our own. How these kings have been judged has changed over time, sometimes dramatically. Fiction, from Shakespeare’s plays to modern films, has also played its part in creating the modern picture. Many things have created, over a long period, the negative reputations of these five. Today, they have come to number among the worst kings of English history. Is this fair, or should they be redeemed? That is the question this book sets out to answer.

• Who were the worst medieval monarchs?

• Do they deserve their reputations?

• Or should their lives and reigns be redeemed?

BORDERLANDS

SOUTH YORKSHIRE IN THE ANGLO-SAXON AND VIKING PERIODS. AD

450–1066

Phil Sidebottom

The period AD 450-1066 was a tumultuous time for the British Isles, and this was in particularly true of what became South Yorkshire. Existing on the borderland between the great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria, South Yorkshire remained contentious in the struggles between the rival polities, with land ceded and taken, over the best part of four centuries. Evidence suggests that most of southern Yorkshire remained largely occupied by native British inhabitants, rather than Saxon or Viking incomers, at least until the later-Saxon period and after the Viking take-over which began in the 9th century. With a focus on the previously academically-neglected archaeology of the region, this book features new evidence to paint a full picture of South Yorkshire in the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Periods. Included are pre-Conquest charters and the enigmatic Tribal Hidage tribute list, as well as an analysis of place-names and looks at the archaeological record of dark-age earthworks, burials, fortified places and finds. The author uses his expert knowledge of Anglo-Saxon carved stone monuments to supplement the historical and archaeological evidence to identify centres of settlement and control in the area and which also offers a tantalising insight into local ethnicity. Written in accessible language, this book will be of interest to both academics and anyone who wants to know more about South Yorkshire in the post-Roman and Early Medieval periods.

• Explores the conflict zone of the borderland of South Yorkshire that existed between the kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria.

• Includes a survey and synthesis of recent archaeological evidence.

• Considers the often overlooked post-Roman period of AD 400-650, as well as the later-Saxon period.

DEFENDERS OF THE NORMAN CROWN

RISE AND FALL

OF THE WARENNE EARLS OF SURREY

Sharon Bennett Connolly

In the reign of Edward I, when asked Quo Warranto - by what warrant he held his lands - John de Warenne, the 6th earl of Surrey, is said to have drawn a rusty sword, claiming ‘My ancestors came with William the Bastard, and conquered their lands with the sword, and I will defend them with the sword against anyone wishing to seize them’. John’s ancestor, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. He was rewarded with enough land to make him one of the richest men of all time. In his search for a royal bride, the 2nd earl kidnapped the wife of a fellow baron. The 3rd earl died on crusade, fighting for his royal cousin, Louis VII of France… For three centuries, the Warennes were at the heart of English politics at the highest level, until one unhappy marriage brought an end to the dynasty. The family moved in the highest circles, married into royalty and were not immune to scandal. Defenders of the Norman Crown tells the fascinating story of the Warenne dynasty, of the successes and failures of one of the most powerful families in England, from its origins in Normandy, through the Conquest, Magna Carta, the wars and marriages that led to its ultimate demise in the reign of Edward III.

• The story of one of the most important families in English medieval history, who were always loyal to the crown.

• Sweeping narrative of war, scandal, kidnappings and love.

• From origins in Normandy, through the Conquest, Magna Carta, the wars and marriages that led to the family’s ultimate demise in the reign of Edward III.

• The story of Norman and Plantagenet England through one of its most notable families, with connections to the French, Scottish and English royal families.

9781399063326 • £25.00

304 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono & colour

ALA: Hemel Hempstead, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399060370 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Old Stratford, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399046213 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Southampton, UK

August 2023 • WLR

THE RISE OF E-COMMERCE FROM DOT TO DOMINANCE

James Roper

In just 30 years screens have displaced stores as the primary retail destination. This book charts the rise of e-commerce from the 1990s to current day in the amazing and authoritative story of e-retail: its origins, evolution and astonishing ascendance. Meet the pioneers and businesses that explored the possibilities of the emerging virtual world, review the technology innovations that paved the way, and journey the rocky road to domination for the online shopping industry. As the founder of the UK’s industry association for e-commerce (IMRG), author James Roper was there from its inception… ‘An important and well-timed book about how the humdrum business of shopping was reinvented online.

James Roper is a persuasive advocate for the role of collaboration in innovation, who was instrumental in jumpstarting the e- retail industry by methodically tackling every obstacle that blocked its early progress… In this book, Roper offers a fascinating glimpse at how a motley assemblage of inventions evolved, often in surprising ways, into today’s staggeringly powerful e-retail industry. Stuffed with eye-opening facts and statistics The Rise of e-Commerce is an essential read for anyone who is interested in the evolution of modern retailing.’ Nick Robertson, Co-founder and ExCEO, ASOS.

• In just 30 years screens have displaced stores as the primary retail destination.

• This book charts the rise of e-commerce from the 1990s to current day.

• This book also chronicles IMRG’s foundation, evolution, milestones and perspectives.

HELICOPTERS AND NORTH SEA OIL A STORY OF SERVICE, DANGER AND SURVIVAL

Peter Saxton

A series of personal accounts by highly trained helicopter pilots, including those with distinguished careers in the military and commercial flying, who with divers, ensured that essential staff could operate in North Sea oil exploration and oil supply. They were the vital link in the process and operated in the most challenging circumstances, often in high levels of danger and sometimes with loss of life, for example, the Piper Alpha Disaster which made national news. And the ferrying of essential personnel and supplies could involve rescues as well routine flying missions. The narrative is often technical but written to ensure good understanding for lay readers and it will, of course, appeal to the many with flying experience in the forces, in commercial flying and government service. Above all, it is a series of graphic personal stories as recounted by individuals faced with extremes of climate, weather, technical, engineering and aeronautical problems and often with human life at stake. The people come to life and with domestic and social concerns and interests are ‘real’ and believable people. It is history of the North Sea oil episode in UK political and economic history and in conjunction with international oil politics is of huge importance to Britain’s economy. This is a period of progress to domestic oil independence by about 1984 and so a key period with subsequent importance even to the present. All aspects of the operations are covered within individual stories, and include the broader questions of company policy, regulation, and trade union involvement.

• Author a unique mix of RAF officer, academic and successful business.

• Personal accounts by highly trained helicopter pilots and air crew.

• Essential work of North Sea oil exploration and delivery.

• Highly dangerous missions - heroism and tragedy.

LOST AT SEA IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

VANISHINGS AND UNDISCOVERED SHIPWRECKS

Richard M Jones

When you think of something being lost at sea, you imagine a ship sinking gracefully, the survivors being rescued or a tragedy being caught on camera. But what if a ship is lost at sea without trace? What if an aircraft takes off on a routine flight and is never seen again? This book details over fifty of the most mysterious vanishings, ships that have made headlines but have never been found, both famous and forgotten cases that have left an outward ripple of tragedy and mystique. Most people have heard of the Mary Celeste crew vanishing, but how many knew that this was not the last case of an entire crew going missing? What about the three Scottish lighthouse keepers who were never seen again? Or the world famous aviation pioneers who took flight to never return? This book will tell you that MH370 was not the first airliner to disappear over the sea, nor was the Bermuda Triangle actually the cause of so many disappearing ships. How could six airplanes disappear in one day? Why did a ship with over 300 people on board not send a single distress call? Which ships vanished and then later messages in a bottle suddenly turn up, not just once but two separate shipwrecks? Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances will cover all these and more as we reveal the stories of some of the most fascinating incidents above and below the waves.

• The first time many of these stories have been told outside of the world’s press.

• New information on many of the more forgotten wrecks.

• The book is separated into sections – people, aircraft and several different types of shipwreck.

• Details the lesser-known vanishings in the Pacific region.

• Comes to rational conclusions for many of the mysteries with no conspiracy theories involved.

CHILDREN OF THE 1940S A SOCIAL HISTORY

Mike Hutton

What was it really like growing up in the 1940s? There are tales of being dragged from bombed out homes and of watching dog fights in the skies above. Eventually there was a brief moment of celebration with VE Day followed by a massive victory parade. However, austerity continued to gnaw away, not helped by cold winters with frost lining the inside of window frames. Mike Hutton takes you back to a different world. One where streets offered live theatre populated by knife grinders, rat catchers and the cries of the rag and bone man. The skinny army of the 1940s are old now but their stories live on. Some are desperately sad, all warmly nostalgic whilst others are quite hilarious.

• Travel back to the most dramatic decade of the 20th century.

• Extraordinary stories of escape and survival, but also of the everyday lives of youngsters living some 80 years ago.

• An important documentary of a time that witnessed radical change as the country stumbled into an uncertain future.

• Includes many previously unpublished photographs.

9781399049504 • £22.00

208 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 30 mono

ALA: Market Harborough, UK

July 2023 • WLR

THE REAL BRIDGERTON

Catherine Curzon

As millions of viewers across the globe thrill to the assembly room exploits of the Bridgerton family and wait with bated breath for Lady Whistledown’s latest despatch from Almack’s, scandal has never been so delicious. In a world where appearances were everything and gossip was currency, everyone had their price. The Real Bridgerton pulls back the sheets on the eighteenth century’s most outrageous scandals. Behind the headlines and the breathless whispers in Regency ballrooms were real people living real lives in a tumultuous, unforgiving era. The fall from the very pinnacle of society to the gutter could be as quick as it was brutal. If you thought that Bridgerton was as shocking as the Georgians got, it’s time to think again.

• Discover the most scandalous true stories from the era that has enchanted Bridgerton fans worldwide.

• Meet the real Lady Whistledown and catch up on the gossip that kept the wheels of scandal turning.

• From a theatrical Cinderella story to the collapse of a Regency millionaire’s mindboggling folly, triumph and tragedy stalked Georgian society.

• In a candlelit world of intrigue and romance, loyal servants saw everything and said nothing… supposedly.

• Featuring contemporary letters, newspapers and memoirs, The Real Bridgerton opens the bedcurtains on a century where nothing was out of bounds.

9781399082402 • £20.00

176 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 mono

ALA: Huddersfield, UK

April 2023 • WLR

THE GREATEST SPY WRITERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

BUCHAN, FLEMING AND LE CARRE

Phil Carradice

The spy novel has become one of the most popular literary genres. Spies and spy-hunters of fiction have developed from the printed page to grace the movie and television screens. John Buchan was at the forefront, arguably the first in a long line of spy writers - and still one of the finest. Ian Fleming’s creation of James Bond took the spy novel to new heights of glamour and exotic settings.

John le Carre’s world of spies, doubledealing, betrayal and seedy backstreet assignations is the very antithesis of Fleming’s Bond but its realism and stark reality took the art of spy fiction to a new level. Are Buchan, Fleming, and Le Carre the greatest spy writers of the Twentieth Century?

• Who are the greatest spy writers of the twentieth century?

• This book narrows the field down to Buchan, Fleming and Le Carre, including accounts of their lives alongside their books. Agree or disagree? Carradice makes his case!

9781399071864 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Vale of Glamorgan, UK

June 2023 • WLR

LIFE IN POST-WAR BRITAIN

“TOILS AND EFFORTS AHEAD”

Anton Rippon, Nicola Rippon

Upon announcing to Parliament the German surrender, Winston Churchill had told the nation: “Let us not forget the toils and efforts that lie ahead.”

In 1946, Clement Attlee, leader of the newly elected Labour Government, underlined Churchill’s words, warning the nation that victory over Nazi Germany and Japan had heralded not a future of plenty – but one of greater austerity. This was a unique time in British history and Life in Post-War Britain: “Toils and Efforts Ahead” captures the mood of the nation, examining all the great events of the post-war years and the effect that they had on the everyday life of the people who had won a war but who now faced an uncertain peace both at home and abroad.

• Life in a country where food and clothing were still rationed and housing in short supply.

• Full assessment of the pledge to end ‘society’s giant evils’ and look after everyone ‘from the cradle to the grave’.

• Dramatic accounts of the racial prejudice that faced immigrants answering the call to help rebuild Britain.

• How the British flocked to sport and new forms of entertainment in a bid to brighten life in the austerity years.

• Stories of the GI brides who began their journey into the unknown.

• The disaffected servicemen who went on strike to protest at delays in their demobilisation.

9781399064750 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Derby, UK

June 2023 • WLR

LIFE IN VICTORIAN ERA IRELAND

Ian Maxwell

The aim of this book is to show what life was like during the reign of Queen Victoria for those who lived in the towns and countryside of Ireland during a period of momentous change. It is a social history, in so far as politics can be divorced from everyday life in Ireland, examining the influence of religion, changes in law and order, government intervention in education and public health, the revolution in transport and the shattering impact of the Great Famine and subsequent eviction and emigration. On a lighter note, popular entertainment, superstitions, and marriage customs are explored through the eyes of the Victorians themselves during the last full century of British rule.

• There are no social histories of Victorian-era Ireland currently in print aimed at the general reader.

• Through its extensive use of primary sources this book should prove an invaluable resource for schools where Irish social history is an important element of the curriculum.

• It will have obvious appeal to the local and family historian who wishes to delve deeper into the lives their ancestors during this period.

• Generously illustrated with contemporary engravings and photographs.

• Insight into the lives of ordinary people against the backdrop of great social and political change.

9781399042550 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Waringstown, UK

August 2023 • WLR

THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT

David Lassman

The Great Fire of London, in September 1666, is one of those events forever etched in the collective psyche. Although David Lassman’s book covers the main points of the fire – from its outbreak in a bakery in Pudding Lane, to its supposed demise at Pie Corner, along with such events as the destruction of St. Paul’s – the author goes deeper into the stories of many caught up in this catastrophic occurrence, revealing a more human side to those affected by the fire that is often overlooked. Through the words and eyewitness accounts of many who lived through it – Pepys, Evelyn, Taswell – as well as extensive research through contemporary resources into the fire itself, a picture of human resilience emerges.

• Day by day, almost hour by hour, account of the Great Fire of London in September 1666.

• Human stories behind many caught up in the events of September 1666.

• Busting of myths that have grown up around the Great Fire of London.

• Possibly the definitive account of the Great Fire and those who lived through it.

• Puts the events of September 1666 into the context of the day to discuss whether a tragic accident or deliberate act.

9781526793423 • £20.00

216 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Frome, Somerset June 2023 • WLR

THE CITY DAIRY A SOCIAL AND FAMILY HISTORY

Dave Joy

The early nineteenth century witnessed the mass movement of people from Britain’s countryside into its burgeoning towns and cities; people came to the city in search of work. This prompted many dairy farmers to follow suit and move themselves, their family and their cows into the country’s growing metropolises, where they opened the first generation of city dairies. In the 1830s, transportation in Britain was revolutionised by the coming of the railways, enabling foodstuffs, including milk, to be transported in bulk from countryside to city. Large dairy companies took advantage of this opportunity, opening a new generation of retail dairies. The demand for milk was so great that some cities boasted a dairy at the end of every street. For the next hundred years the cowkeepers fought a rear-guard action against the mighty corporate dairies and their attempts to monopolise the liquid milk market. The cowkeepers continued to produce their own milk, selling it — ‘fresh from the cow’ — over the dairy counter and out on the milk round. These dairies were kept in the family, handed down through successive generations. Despite surviving two World Wars, the rapid technological, social and economic changes that followed, brought about the demise of the traditional cowkeeper. But the city dairy continued as a family business, working as part of a national distribution network, overseen by the Milk Marketing Board.

9781399069014 • £14.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 49 mono

ALA: Lytham St Annes, UK

August 2023 • WLR

LIVING IN EARLY VICTORIAN LONDON

Michael Alpert

London in the 1840s was sprawling and smoke-filled, a city of extreme wealth and abject poverty. Some streets were elegant with brilliantly gas-lit shop windows full of expensive items, while others were narrow, fetid, muddy, and in many cases foul with refuse and human filth. Railways, stations and sidings were devouring whole districts and creating acres of slums or ‘rookeries’ into which the poor of the city were jammed and where crime, disease and prostitution were rife.

Early Victorian London lived on the cusp of great improvements, but it was a city which in some aspects was mediaeval. Its inhabitants enjoyed the benefit of the Penny Post and the omnibus, but they were only protected to some extent by a police force.

• An overview of what life was like in London when Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and Charles Dickens were young.

• Focuses on the everyday experience of real people.

• Uses a sensational murder as a key case study, and explores how Victorian society reacted to the Manning Murder.

9781399060844 • £22.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: London, UK

April 2023 • WLR

9781526768063 • £15.99

224 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 200 b&w

ALA: London

July 2023 • WLR

THE THAMES AT WAR SAVING LONDON FROM THE BLITZ

Gustav Milne

Between 1940 and 1945 London suffered 101 daylight and 253 night-time air raids from the Luftwaffe and V1 and V2’s. There were 80,000 fatalities or serious injuries and appalling devastation. Well documented as these horrific events are, there was another major threat –the all too real possibility of widespread flooding whenever the Nazi onslaught breached the Thames’ river defences. This superbly researched and illustrated book describes the vital role and unsung achievements of the London County Council emergency repair teams ably led by Chief Engineer Thomas Peirson Frank. Three rapid response units were formed and, in the event, undertook repairs to over 100 breaches of the flood defences, thus saving the Capital from drowning. We also learn of the fate of London’s docks and bridges and of the ships, boats and barges lost in the estuary and tideway. This fascinating account has been compiled by the Thames Discovery Programme team and, 80 years on, pays tribute to the non-combatants who kept the major port running and saved London.

• Highlights the overlooked importance of, and threat to, the River Thames during the Blitz, WW2.

• Had the Thames’ defences been damaged, catastrophic flooding would have occurred.

• Severe damage to the docks and bridges would have been very serious.

• Superb imagery and expertly researched text.

• Coincides with the 80th Anniversary of the Blitz.

• In conjunction with Museum of London Archaeology.

• Serialisation/media interests.

9781526797155 • £14.99

192 pages • Paperback

234x156 • 20 b&w

ALA: Norwich, Norfolk

September 2023 • WLR

THE DARK SIDE OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Angela Youngman

Although the children’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been in print for over 150 years, the mysteries and rumours surrounding the story and its creator Lewis Carroll have continued to grow. The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland is the first time anyone has investigated the vast range of darker, more threatening aspects of this famous story and the way Alice has been transformed over the years. This is the Alice of horror films, Halloween, murder and mystery, spectral ghosts, political satire, mental illnesses, weird feasts, Lolita, Tarot, pornography and steampunk. The Beatles based famous songs such as ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and ‘I am a Walrus’ on Alice in Wonderland, while she has even attracted the attention of world famous artists including Salvador Dali. Take a look at why the Japanese version of Lolita is so different to that of novelist Vladimir Nabokov - yet both are based on Alice. This is Alice in Wonderland as you have never seen her before: a dark, sometimes menacing, and threatening character. Was Carroll all that he seemed? The stories of his child friends, nude photographs and sketches affect the way modern audiences look at the writer. Was he just a lonely academic, closet paedophile, brilliant puzzle maker or even Jack the Ripper? For a book that began life as a simple children’s story, it has resulted in a vast array of dark concepts, ideas and mysteries. So, step inside the world of Alice in Wonderland and discover a dark side you never knew existed!

• After reading The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland, you’ll never see the original in quite the same light as before Murder, sex, horror, pornography – not the Alice you first imagine.

• This is Alice in Wonderland as you have never seen her before – dark and sometimes menacing.

• Unique drawings created for this book.

DEATH IN THE THEATRE

Chris Wood

Britain’s theatrical wonderland has been a cornerstone of culture for centuries, delighting and thrilling audiences with an assemblage of exhilarating spectacles. Beyond the trodden boards, and tucked neatly behind the curtain however, lies a catalogue of real life destruction and grisly murder that our greatest tragedians would surely be proud to have presided over. Tread the bloodied boards of Britain’s theatres and witness the deathly dramas that have played out so dramatically within them. Death in the Theatre collects an astonishing selection of startling tragedies from Britain’s throng of theatres. Learn of outrageous tragedy such as the young man mauled to death by a lion in a Gloucester theatre, and the unfortunate victim killed in the Dumfries Theatre Royal – quite literally – by the limelight.

• “A richly entertaining account of tragic theatre accidents and murders most foul... A must-read for all lovers of the theatre, providing shocks and gasps of horror when real life proves to be more dramatic than any play on stage.”Hugh Bonneville.

• “Immaculately researched and beautifully macabre. This is a real treat for anyone who is either a fan of the theatre or of untimely deaths. I loved it!” - Peter James.

• Uses a wide range of newspaper and archival sources.

• Examines an extraordinary selection of deaths from British theatre, including London’s West End.

• Unearths a trove of sensational cases.

9781399009119 • £20.00

208 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w

ALA: Morpeth, UK

May 2023 • WLR

THE MURDER OF THE WHITECHAPEL MISTRESS

VICTORIAN LONDON’S SENSATIONAL MURDER MYSTERY

Neil Watson

BROADMOOR INMATES TRUE

CRIME TALES OF LIFE AND DEATH IN THE ASYLUM

Nicola Sly

A history of people who died in Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, each having committed a crime that led to them being pronounced criminally insane, necessitating their confinement and containment for their own protection, as well as that of the public. All human life is here – the addicts, the mentally deranged, the delusional, the tragic and the chronically and postnatally depressed – men and women whose acts of madness led them to be reviled and feared, but who were often as much victims of their own internal demons as were those they harmed. Generously illustrated throughout, this book will prove of interest to those with a fascination for historical true crime and the way its perpetrators were dealt with by society.

• An in-depth look at criminals from all parts of the country, who, for whatever reason, ended their lives in Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.

• Nicola Sly details the lives of men and women who have historically been judged criminally insane, their circumstances, lives, crimes, trials and their eventual deaths, all while under the auspices of the leading treatment facility for the mentally ill in the United Kingdom.

9781399048903 • £20.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 100 mono

ALA: Pembroke, UK

August 2023 • WLR

THE RETURN OF THE RIPPER?

THE MURDER OF FRANCES COLES

Kevin Turton

9781399049740 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 50 mono

ALA: London, UK

September 2023 • WLR

This is the true story about a respected businessman, Henry Wainwright, who had everything he needed in 1871\. A wife and 5 children and a delightful London townhouse home. But in 1872, Henry fell in love with attractive Harriet Lane. He then embarked on a risky affair with Harriet coupled with gambling and flirtations with ballet girls from the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel. Harriet produced two children as Henry sets her up in lodgings with an allowance as they pretended to be husband & wife. Henry’s finances then tumbled out of control and bankruptcy loomed. What happened next was a scandalous conspiracy which ended in murder, and a plot which fooled everyone into thinking that the victim had gone abroad. Henry Wainwright got away with murder for a year before a schoolboy error led to his capture. The case ruined the lives of three families. This fast-moving story will transport to a world of polite, East End society in the mid 1870’s of Victorian London, but with a seedy underbelly. 14 years before the infamous Jack the Ripper Murders, it was the original, ‘Whitechapel Mystery’ which was probably the most sensational criminal case of the 1870’s and involves a chase through the city and across London Bridge.

In February 1891, the body of Frances Coles was discovered beneath a railway arch in London’s Swallow Gardens. The nature of her wounds, the weapon used, and the murder site itself were clear indicators for many that London’s most famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, had returned. But just how does Whitechapel’s most notorious murderer fit in with the facts surrounding the case? Unlike the previous murders, in the case of Frances Coles there was a serious suspect, but how involved were they in this new murder and did they have anything to do with those carried out in Whitechapel?

In The Return of The Ripper? Kevin Turton re-examines the facts behind the Coles murder case and the potential links with the unsolved Whitechapel murders of the 1880s.

• Three years on, was it a copycat killing or had the Ripper returned?

• Do the superstitions match the facts?

• Was the murderer of Frances Coles linked to those in Whitechapel?

• Presents a re-examination of the facts behind the murder and whether or not they can be justifiably linked to the Ripper murders of 1888.

9781399064705 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Kettering, UK

May 2023 • WLR

TRUE CRIME

THE

WIGWAM

MURDER A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IN WW2 BRITAIN

M J Trow

In 1942 the body of 19-year-old Joan Pearl Wolfe was found in Godalming, Surrey. Superintendent Ted Greeno, one of the most famous and formidable detectives of his day, was called in to investigate. Joan was a camp follower with a string of men interested in her, but her latest beau was the Métis Canadian August Sangret. He had slipped out to live with Joan in woods near to the camp and had built shacks – wigwams – as temporary homes. The distinctive wounds inflicted by Sangret’s knife convinced the jury of his guilt and he was hanged in Wandsworth gaol. An open and shut case? Far from it. For all the brilliance of forensic science and the dogged work of the police, the jury should still be out on August Sangret. As the judge said in his summing up, ‘there is no blood on this man’.

• First full book devoted to the Wigwam murder.

• Uses hitherto unseen Canadian files for the first time.

• Includes eye-witness testimony of those who were there.

• Gives the full background to both victim and alleged killer.

• Describes in detail the brilliant forensic science in the case.

9781399042451 • £20.00

200 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Ryde, UK

May 2023 • WLR

EXECUTED:

BUT WAS JAMES HANRATTY INNOCENT?

A DAMNING INDICTMENT OF THE DNA EVIDENCE USED TO CONDEMN HIM

Robert Harriman

In 2002, the Court of Appeal proclaimed that James Hanratty’s guilt in the infamous A6 Murder case had been proven by the DNA evidence from the now disbanded Forensic Science Service; thereby, after 40 years of controversy, hoping to have put an end to the doubts in the case. However, this didn’t remove the inconvenient fact that tireless campaigners had fully documented the copious evidence pointing to Hanratty’s innocence, which had persuaded the Criminal Cases Review Commission to bring the case back before this court. This book is the first to review this court’s worrying deliberations and subsequent events and will no doubt prove unpopular with our political and judicial authorities. As you will see, the controversy remains far from over.

• Updates this infamous case to concentrate on the 2002 Court of Appeal hearing where Hanratty’s guilt was proclaimed based upon supposedly conclusive DNA evidence.

• Highlights the myriad of errors with the presentation and handling of this highly dubious scientific evidence in that court.

9781399044936 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Taunton, UK

August 2023 • WLR

THE MEON HILL MURDER, 1945 UNSOLVED CRIME IN WITCH COUNTRY

M J Trow

In the closing months of the Second World War, the body of Charles Walton was found bludgeoned and hacked to death in a Warwickshire field, under the shadow of Meon Hill. They called in the local CID; they called in Scotland Yard; they interviewed hundreds of people; they asked thousands of questions. But somebody wasn’t talking. Was Meon Hill the centre of a witches’ coven? And was old Charlie Walton, with his ability to talk to birds and toads and his magic watch, a witch himself? For eighty years, the supernatural has hovered over his murder, but this is the first book to get past the nonsense, accessing original police files that say precisely nothing about witchcraft. Analysing the facts from the time and removing the ever-more ludicrous layers of fiction, it gets as near to solving the mystery as we are ever likely to.

• The first stand-alone book on the Meon Hill murder.

• Detailed factual analysis debunking the irrelevant (and later) witchcraft angle.

• A study of how ‘the madness of crowds’ subverts justice.

• A new motive for a murder that has always been misinterpreted.

• A vindication for Alfred Potter, never arrested but always considered the most likely suspect.

9781399066600 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 20 mono

ALA: Ryde, UK

August 2023 • WLR

FOOD AND CRIME

THEFT, POISONING AND MURDER FOR FOOD

Chris Garcia

Anyone alive, and wanting to stay that way, must deal with food. Crime is, and always has been, present. Food and Crime examines the crossroads of these two universal forces, how hunger can lead to theft, fraud, and murder, and how the well-fed will sometimes do anything to keep their bellies full. From the one-timers to the career caper-planners, food criminals are a wideranging, often audacious bunch, and this is the record of their impact, great and small. Covering the period from the Ancient Greeks (who invented insurance fraud) to the effects of COVID-19 on seafood crime, here’s clear evidence that there’s never been a time when food and crime were not intimately entangled.

• A book equally appealing to the Foodies and Murderinos among us.

• Food and Crime looks at how theft, fraud, and organized crime dwell at every level of the food world.

• A look at the violence people will perpetrate in pursuit of love, legacy, or the perfect meal.

• Seventeen deep-dives into cases ranging from a cheese-throwing pilferers to multi-national criminal enterprises.

• Light-hearted journey through the areas where food and crime cross swords, while retaining a critical eye towards contemporary recontextualization.

9781399063524 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Boulder Creek, USA

July 2023 • WLR

THE DREAMCAST ENCYCLOPEDIA

EVERY GAME RELEASED FOR THE SEGA DREAMCAST

Chris Scullion

The Dreamcast Encyclopedia is the fifth book in Chris Scullion’s criticallyacclaimed series of video game encyclopedias. The Sega Dreamcast is fondly remembered by players as a games console that was ahead of its time, almost to a fault. with a small but well-formed library of high-quality games. This book contains every one of those games, including not only the entire western library of around 270 titles, but also the 340 or so games that were exclusively released in Japan. With over 600 games covered in total, screenshots for every title and a light-hearted writing style designed for an entertaining read, The Dreamcast Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to one of the most underrated gaming systems of all time.

• Complete coverage of every game ever released for the Sega Dreamcast, a cult favourite among video game fans.

• Contains every game released in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan, giving a 100% complete guide to the Dreamcast’s entire game catalogue worldwide.

• Full colour screenshots for every game give readers a good idea of what they looked like.

9781526772237 • £25.00

272 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 300 colour

ALA: Edinburgh

September 2023 • WLR

THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURE VIDEO GAME

Christopher Carton

Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime! Adventure video games have provided players with epic and hilarious storytelling for over fifty years. What started from the humble beginnings of text adventures led to a blast of point-and-click and graphic adventure games throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s. This book showcases the companies, games and creators that have made the adventure video game one of the most passionately-adored genres in the medium. With a bright future emerging as veterans and newcomers forge ahead with new ideas and visual flourishes for adventure games, there’s never been a better time to become acquainted (or reacquainted!) with a colourful and exciting part of gaming history. So point your cursor over the start button and click that mouse!

• Discover the origins of adventure gaming, dating back to the ‘70s.

• Learn about the histories of influential gaming companies like Sierra On-Line, LucasArts and Telltale Games.

• See the evolution from text adventures to point-and-click adventures and onwards to 3D adventure gaming.

• Hundreds of full-colour screenshots from the ‘70s up to the modern day.

• Details and trivia from some of adventure gaming’s biggest franchises, such as the Monkey Island, Broken Sword and Myst series.

• Discover hidden gems from the indie scene, licensed titles and future hits from industry veterans.

9781399088473 • £25.00

152 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 140 colour

ALA: County Cork, Republic of Ireland

September 2023 • WLR

THE SEGA MEGA DRIVE & GENESIS ENCYCLOPEDIA

EVERY GAME RELEASED FOR THE MEGA DRIVE/GENESIS

Chris Scullion

The third book in Chris Scullion’s series of video game encyclopaedias, The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia is dedicated to Sega’s legendary 16-bit video game console. The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis in the west, as well as similarly thorough bonus sections covering every game released for its add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X. With nearly a thousand screenshots, generous helpings of bonus trivia and charmingly bad jokes, The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming system.

• Complete summaries of every game released for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis in the North American, European, South American and Australian regions.

• Each game is illustrated with a screenshot and supported with extra trivia.

• Regional information advises readers whether each game was released in North America, Europe or both.

• Introductory section detailing the history of the console and how it came to be.

9781526760173 • £16.99

288 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 300 colour

ALA: Edinburgh

September 2023 • WLR

THE BEST NON-VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES

James Batchelor

The world’s biggest entertainment medium has come under decades of scrutiny because of its violent content. But here’s a little-known fact: from the very beginning, non-violent video games have done as much, if not more, to shape the industry than violent ones. The Best Non-Violent Video Games is the first ever guide to the full breath of interactive entertainment. Discover the true variety the medium has to offer and learn how developers constantly find new ways to engage people by challenging their minds, testing their reflexes, and even tugging at the heartstrings. Take a journey through more than three hundred video games, stretching back to the very dawn of the industry and extending right up to modern day indie hits.

• Get a taste of the full breadth of video games with 325 no-violent titles profiled.

• Titles featured stretch from the very first commercial release to the latest indie hits.

• Discover the history behind some of the industry’s most iconic non-violent games.

• Marvel at the range of art styles with full colour screenshots and artwork around each profile.

• Recommendations on where to find more non-violent games and learn more about the content of key titles.

9781399084925 • £35.00

160 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 365 colour

ALA: Essex

August 2023 • WLR

WHITE OWL

A GUIDE TO MOVIE BASED VIDEO GAMES, 1982–2000

Christopher Carton

You’ve seen the movie, now PLAY the movie! Collected in this book are some of the biggest games to come from Hollywood adventures during the ‘80s and ‘90s. In this comprehensive book, you’ll find over 300 games across 18 chapters, with sections dedicated to major movie franchises such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Top Gun, Pixar, Aliens and Indiana Jones, along with nearly 200 full-colour screenshots of major releases. Showcasing the highs and lows of early computer gaming through the 16-bit era and onto the advent of 3D console gaming, this guide covers two decades of video games with trivia, analysis and recommendations. Grab your controller, step into the silver screen and get ready to play!

• Explore two decades of licensed video games based on blockbuster movies.

• Featuring over 300 video games, with release details, analysis and recommendations.

• 18 chapters covering franchises such as Disney games, Jurassic Park, Terminator, Aliens, Star Wars and more.

• Nearly 200 full-colour screenshots of games ranging from home computers such as the Atari ST and Amstrad CPC, through handhelds like the Game Boy and WonderSwan, up to 3D breakout machines like the PlayStation and Nintendo 64.

• Find hidden gems across genres that include sports games, platformers, puzzle games and more.

9781399085953 • £30.00

200 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 400 colour

ALA: County Cork, Republic of Ireland

June 2023 • WLR

THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION AND ITS TOY FIGURINES

Luigi Toiati

Science fiction is the combination of science and fantasy. In addition to literature, it encompasses film, TV, comics and toys, including figures such as astronauts, aliens and monsters. The term ‘science fiction’ was coined by publisher Hugo Gernsbach in the early 20th century to refer to the predominantly ‘space’ adventures covered in his magazines. Space invaded radio, cinema, TV, and consequently toy figurines were for a long time predominantly space-related. This lavishly illustrated book covers both the history of literary science fiction and toy figurines inspired by science fiction, as well as their links with cinema, radio, TV, comics and other media. Luigi Toiati guides the reader on an often-nostalgic journey through science fiction in all its various forms, and the figurines and brands associated with it.

• Sci-fi is a massive portion of the collecting hobby/market.

• Surveys the history of the manufacture and collecting of sci-fi related toy figurines, including toy space ships etc.

• Discusses the development of science fiction as a genre through the lens of the associated figurines and toys, and how this was affected by real world events, politics (eg Cold War/Space Race), technology and social change.

• Lavishly illustrated throughout.

9781399005548 • £40.00

560 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 400 colour

ALA: Rome, Italy

September 2023 • WLR

A GUIDE TO FILM AND TV COSPLAY

Holly Swinyard

Have you ever wanted to escape into a comic book and become your favourite superhero? Or run away into the world of Disney princesses? Well, who says you can’t? Maybe it’s time you get your cosplay on! But how, why and where could you have a go at starting out in the wonderful world of cosplay? With a little bit of help from this handy, dandy guide to cosplay, you can get stuck in. Learn about the history of the hobby (it’s been around longer than you’d think!), get your head around picking your first costume, find out how about all the amazing skills people are using to make these costumes, and perhaps even try a few yourself.

• Lots of helpful ideas for getting started as a cosplayer, including tips and tricks on the crafting techniques of all types.

• A guide on how to pick costumes or characters to cosplay and get involved in the hobby no matter who you are.

• This books gives an overview of the history of cosplay and how it started at the turn of the 20th century.

• It looks at elements of design; how to transfer costumes from the comic page to real life, such as how to go about researching your sources, references images and materials.

• Taking a look into all the different of cosplay builds: fabric, armour, wig styling, make-up and SFX, and more.

9781399020473 • £14.99

128 pages • Paperback

282x216 • 132 colour

ALA: Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

August 2023 • WLR

YEARBOOK OF ASTRONOMY 2024

Brian Jones

Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2024 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as detailing the phases of the Moon and visibility and locations of the planets throughout the year. To supplement all this is a variety of entertaining and informative articles, a feature for which the Yearbook of Astronomy is known. Now into its seventh decade of production, the Yearbook continues to be essential reading for anyone fascinated by the magic of astronomy with a desire to extend their knowledge of the Universe.

• The longest-running astronomy book of its kind in the world (has appeared every year since 1962).

• Popular astronomy annual for amateur and professional astronomers, composed of several articles from established astronomers and space writers.

• Includes authoritative sky charts for both the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere and a series of detailed monthly sky notes, including finder charts for all the major planets –Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – showing their positions in the sky throughout the year.

9781399044011 • £19.99

352 pages • Paperback

210x148 • 100 colour

ALA: Bradford, UK

August 2023 • WLR

9781399096966 • £25.00

240 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 35 colour

ALA: London

May 2023 • WLR

9781399045872 • £18.99

224 pages • Paperback

282x216 • 150 colour

ALA: Norwich, Norfolk, UK

September 2023 • WLR

9781399072540 • £25.00

176 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 80 colour

ALA: Bewdley, Worcestershire; Stockport

June 2023 • WLR

HOW TO COLLECT ART

Virginia Blackburn

People have always made art and people have always collected art. But it is only recently that collecting became possible for everyone, not just the very rich. Indeed, collecting has never been more popular, as the rise of art fairs, antique fairs, television programmes devoted to finding treasures in your attic and much more attests. And not only is collecting fun, it could be potentially very profitable, too. But where to start? These days everything is collectable, from Old Masters to 1950s kitchenalia and it can be bewildering when you start out. And not just when you start out. Even experienced collectors need some help and guidance and How to Collect Art provides exactly this. Author and collecting expert Virginia Blackburn takes you through everything you need to know, tackling not only mainstream fields such as paintings, furniture, china and statuary, but through antiquities, modern sculpture, Sailors’ Valentines, street art and much, much more. This is a comprehensive look at many and varied fields of collecting, for amateur and professional alike. Virginia also explains how to educate yourself in your chosen field, and where to go to find the art you buy, covering galleries, auctions, degree shows and more. She explains how, when and where to bargain, looks at ways of displaying your collection and helps you get into the mindset of a collector. Art may be for art’s sake, but it provides the rest of us with a lot of pleasure too.

• How to Collect Art is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to collecting across the board, from grand Old Masters to humble kitchenalia.

• It contains examples of collectables from across the globe intertwined with human interest stories behind the great collectors, dealers and artists.

• Handy hints on everything from how to educate yourself, to how to bargain for and display art.

• A wealth of personal experience from an author who has spent decades writing about collecting art.

• Features many forgotten or little known areas of interest which collectors are rediscovering once more.

SEW MINDFUL CROSS STITCH

Sophie Crabb

Sew Mindful Cross Stitch combines bright and modern cross stitch projects with the calming benefits of mindfulness. Throughout her debut book, Sophie Crabb explores the idea behind crafting for calm and why it can have such a profound and positive impact on our mental wellbeing. With a total of twenty-two brand new cross stitch projects to choose from, you can stitch your way through Positive Affirmations, Mindful Messages and Self-Care Quotes. Not familiar with cross stitch? We’ve got you covered. Learn from the beginning with an introduction to what you’ll need, detailed step-by-step guidance and some top tips to help you get started. Throughout the book, Sophie shares an honest and thoughtful account of her own wellbeing journey, reflecting on topics such as depression and anxiety to overthinking and imposter syndrome, with an aim to open up the conversation linking mindfulness and crafting for calm. Learn how to mindfully cross stitch and transform how you destress for good.

• Contains a detailed introduction to cross stitch, making it ideal for beginners.

• 22 brand new modern cross stitch projects.

• Openly discusses the importance of crafting and the impact it has on our mental wellbeing.

• Use a combination of cross stitch and the exercises provided to bring colour and calm to your life.

• Each design includes Sophie’s ‘what this project means to me’ sharing the personal messages behind each pattern.

THE SECRET LIFE OF A MEADOW

Wilson Wall, David Morgan

Glorious flower meadows were part of our life force for 2000 years or more before we swept them away last century on the altar of progress. Is there to be no more drinking from their font of well being? This book says not. Lavishly illustrated, it describes their history and, from the few remaining examples, it shows us how beautiful they are, how rich in plants and animals. It coaches us in their creation, even in small gardens, or their restoration in larger fields. It tells of the extraordinary lives of even the most ordinary denizens, little secrets that make the meadow’s world go around and the convoluted links between the many plants and animals that keep everything in balance. Their stories are woven, season-by-season, into a year in the life of two meadows, a small, garden meadow and a larger old paddock. We hear of birds that plant trees, bacteria that become plant organelles, plants that drink from other plants, plants that fool or poison insects and insects that turn the tables, ants that foster butterflies, mice that navigate by compass, snails that house bees and how all of these connections, together with the flow of energy and nutrients, result in a healthy ecosystem. The book even suggests how adults and children alike can see these things for themselves. So, read this book and help your local green space to become a meadow and revel in it.

• 80 illustrations of meadows and the plants, animals and fungi that can be found in them.

• Advice on the creation or restoration of meadow land both garden-sized and field-size.

• A seasonal look at the affairs of two meadows and the secret lives of their denizens.

• A look at the ecology of a meadow - how the diversity of inhabitants all fit together to make a stable and healthy community.

• An exploration of the beauty and diversity of the remaining ancient meadows.

WHITE OWL

9781399042055 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 mono

ALA: Poole, Dorset, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399071079 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 80 mono

ALA: Northumberland

July 2023 • WLR

9781526780720 • £19.99

232 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 32 b&w illustrations

ALA: Ohio, USA

July 2023 • WLR

THE REAL SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

THE CREATOR OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

Andrew Norman

In the year 1900, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was at the height of his success as a qualified doctor, keen sportsman, writer of historical novels, champion of the oppressed and, most notably, the creator of that honourable, fearless, and eminently sensible master-detective Sherlock Holmes. Every new Holmes story was greeted with great anticipation and confidence in the knowledge that, however complex the crime, the supremely intelligent and logical detective would solve it. But in 1916 Conan Doyle surprised his readers by declaring that he believed in spiritualism. And when, in 1922, Doyle published a book in which he professed to believe in fairies, his devotees were nonplussed. How could the creator of the inexorably logical Sherlock Holmes claim to believe in something as vague, esoteric, and unproven as the paranormal? In this fascinating study of the life of the creator of one of the greatest detectives of all time, Dr Andrew Norman traces the origin of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s strange beliefs. Can it be that Doyle’s alcoholic father holds the key to the unanswered questions about his son? What was Doyle’s involvement in the notorious ‘Cottingley Fairies’ affair? By delving into medical records and the writings of Doyle himself, Dr Norman unravels a mystery as exciting as any of the cases embarked upon by the great Sherlock Holmes!

• Why did Conan Doyle believe in spiritualism and fairies in particular?

• Was his tendency to believe in the paranormal a family trait?

• How could it have been that Conan Doyle’s creation Sherlock Holmes was so inexorably logical, whereas Doyle himself was not?

• Using his medical knowledge, the author unravels the mystery.

• Interestingly, the journey takes us to various mental asylums throughout the land.

BRAM STOKER: AUTHOR OF DRACULA AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

Neil R Storey

Bram Stoker: Author of Dracula is an affectionate and revealing biography of the man who created the vampire novel that would define the genre and lead to a new age in Gothic horror literature. Based on decades of painstaking research in libraries, museums, and university archives and privileged access to private collections on both sides of the Atlantic, the private letters of Bram and the reminiscences of those who knew him not only shed new light on Stoker’s ancestry, his life, loves and friendships they also reveal more about the places and people who inspired him and how he researched and wrote his books. Bram wrote numerous articles, short stories and poetry for newspapers and magazines, he had a total of eleven novels and two collections of short stories published in his lifetime, but he would only become known for one of them – Dracula. Tragically, he did not live long enough to see it as a huge success. In his heyday as Acting Manager for Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End of London, Bram was a well-known figure in a golden age of British theatre. He was a big-framed, ebullient, genial, gentleman, with red hair and beard, who never lost his soft Irish brogue, was blessed with wit, and a host of entertaining stories fit for every occasion. Described as having the paw of Hercules and the smile of Machiavelli, above all he Original research sheds new light on how Bram Stoker researched and wrote Dracula and the people who inspired his characters.

• Previously unpublished and rare illustrations including an original pen and ink sketch of Bram Stoker and his wife Florence by James Allen Duncan in 1901.

• Previously unpublished letters from Bram and rare reminiscences by those who knew him.

• Rare photographs from the author’s own collection showing views of locations in Whitby described in Dracula as Bram would have known them.

THE EARLY YEARS OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN FINAL SHORTS AND FIRST FEATURES

Lisa Stein Haven

Charlie Chaplin’s career has been described, critiqued, and scrutinized. There are book-length studies on Chaplin’s music hall career, his career at Keystone Studios and the Mutual Studios. Somehow, his tenure with First National studios, however, has been largely neglected, even though it was during this several-year contractual time period that Chaplin built and occupied his own studio for the first time, that he attempted and succeeded in filming a comedy feature (The Kid) and that he helped to set up United Artists, an organization that protected the salaries and creative freedom of actors in Hollywood. This period in Chaplin’s story is especially interesting because such landmark moments are accompanied by Chaplin’s first marriage and divorce, the death of his first child, his friendship with French silent film comedian Max Linder, World War I and the role he would play in it, and the production and release of several unsuccessful films that marked Chaplin’s first creative blockage - one that threatened his future career. This book will discuss the transitional periods just before and after the First National contract, as well as the all-important period satisfying it. Archival evidence provides most of the support for the book’s assertions, from the Chaplin archive (property of Roy Export, digitised by Cineteca di Bologna, Italy), and the personal archives of other individuals or institutions discussed. Rare photos will illustrate the story.

• Includes a selection of rare photographs from the Chaplin archives.

• Presents the first investigation in print of Chaplin’s experience with First National Pictures.

• Uses archival records and motion picture industry periodicals to present new material on Chaplin’s tenure with First National Pictures.

• Presents the first detailed information about Chaplin’s participation in the Third Liberty Loan tour.

9781802825466 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 180 colour

ALA: Brede, East Sussex

May 2023

9781802825084 • £16.99

128 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 200, colour

ALA: High Peak, Derbyshire

May 2023

9781802825886 • £16.99

128 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 110 colour

ALA: Casagiove, Caserta, Italy

September 2023

MARS ROVERS

David Baker

Inspiring science fiction writers for decades, it was no surprise when the space age began in the late 1950s that Mars was an early target for exploration. The earliest attempts were probes designed to fly past and take pictures of the planet. In the 1970s, the first orbiters touched down and showed the reality of the planet. By the turn of the century, small roving vehicles had started exploring the surface and, within the last decade, larger vehicles powered by radioactive isotopes have been moving out further and further from their landing sites. Mars continues to be a source of fascination and future exploration. With over 180 images, this book tracks the creation and implementation of the Mars rovers and the exploration that has occurred on the planet so far.

• Written by expert author who previously worked with NASA and the USAF.

• Full of images, diagrams and animated mock-ups.

• Looks at the history of the Mars programmes and their future.

THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AIRPORT AIRSIDE – A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES

Martyn

Cartledge

From behind the big red doors of the fire and rescue service and the tinted glass of the control towers to the many men and women in high-vis jackets that swarm around an aircraft on the ground, this book offers a peek behind the scenes to see what happens at a major airport, looking at many of the jobs performed out of sight of the passengers. With over 200 images, this book sheds light on the roles and tasks that without which commercial aviation as we know it would not exist.

• Gives a behind-the-scenes look at how airports operate.

• Written by established aviation journalist/photographer.

• Full of images and anecdotal insights.

ENGLISH MEDIEVAL ARMIES 1066-1337

Gabriele Esposito

This book pays special attention to the wars fought by England against Wales, Scotland and Ireland; at the same time, it provides a detailed overview of the ‘minor’ conflicts that saw the Plantagenet monarchs campaigning in France. This book will cover the history, organization and equipment of the English armies that fought the many wars of the early Plantagenet period.

• New series focusing on armies throughout history.

• Written by a military historian who has authored many books.

• Contains images of re-enactors in accurate uniforms 4\. Part of Historic Armies Series.

CHINA AIRLINES

WINGS OF TAIWAN

Jozef Mols

China Airlines has grown to become an internationally respected intercontinental airline, using modern equipment such as the Airbus A350 and A321 and Boeing 777. With over 100 images, this book tells the fascinating story of China Airlines, including its rocky beginnings and the obstacles it has overcome.

• Historical background of the country for context.

• Thoroughly researched history of China Airlines.

• Includes complete fleet list and incidents and accidents list 4\. Part of the Airlines Series.

9781802823837 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 100 colour

ALA: Wommelgem, Belgium

April 2023

EGYPTAIR

Jozef Mols

Egyptair began life in the 1930s as Misr Airwork. It flew domestically first, before adding international routes in 1939. Following the formation of the United Arab Republic by Egypt and Syria in 1958, the airline was renamed United Arab Airlines. Syrian Airways was merged into it and UAA took over all routes and equipment used by the Syrian carrier. As relationships with the US turned rocky, the airline found itself using more and more Soviet aircraft. In 1971, the airline was renamed again to Egyptair and was able to purchase American-made aircraft in the 1970s. In 2002, the establishment of the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation and the switch from government-owned to being a holding company with subsidiaries enabled Egyptair to participate with other airlines. A regional subsidiary, Egyptair Express, was established in 2006. With over 110 images, this book follows the story of Egypt’s flag carrier, from its inception to present day.

• Historical background of the country for context.

• Thoroughly researched history of Egyptair.

• Includes complete fleet list and incidents and accidents list.

• Part of the Airlines Series.

9781802823851 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 100 colour

ALA: Wommelgem, Belgium

September 2023

MAHAN AIR THE AYATOLLAH’S AIR AMERICA

Babak Taghvaee

Established 31 years ago by means of a fleet of Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-154 passenger aircraft, Mahan Air soon turned into the largest airline of Iran. Despite being highly sanctioned by the US government and many other EU countries, Mahan Air has managed to take the place of Iran Air, Iran’s flag carrier, in many of the domestic and international routes to Iran in recent years. Despite being heavily sanctioned , Mahan Air has not only managed to maintain its fleet of Avro Jet RJ70/85/100s, Airbus A310s, A300s, A340s and Boeing 747s but also managed to increase their numbers to a level to become the largest airline of the country, connecting it to East and Southeast Asia by means of its large fleet of long-haul and wide-body passenger aircraft.

• Contains colour images, many unpublished.

• Covers one of Iran’s most popular airlines, not often covered in Western publishing.

• Part of Airlines Series.

9781802825831 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 120 colour

ALA: Sonchamp, France

August 2023

FLYBE

Nigel Richardson

Established in 1979 as Jersey European Airways from the merger of Intra Airways and Express Air Services, by the start of the 21st century, Flybe had grown to become the largest regional airline in Europe. Flybe was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2010, but during the subsequent ten years, encountered a series of financial problems and faced substantial losses. It was taken over by the Connect Airways Consortium in 2019 but financial difficulties ensued. The company went into administration in March 2020. Flybe returned to the skies in 2022 as an entirely new company. With more than 140 images, this book charts the rise and fall of Flybe and the relaunch of Flybe 2.0.

• Provides history of the airline from beginnings to current day.

• Fully illustrated with colour images.

• Part of Airlines Series.

9781802823578 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 140 colour

ALA: Liverpool May 2023

RAF KIT THROUGH THE AGES

Lee Chapman, Jed Jaggard

Innovations in kit and personal equipment have evolved to keep pace with the ever-improving technology and performance of aircraft. Over the last one hundred years, aviation has gone through some considerable changes, and as aircraft designs improved, so too did the kit used by pilots and crew. Many of these changes were driven by safety. As aircraft flew faster and higher, the pressure placed on the pilots increased. Aircrew needed protection from the elements, high altitude and the effects of G. It features detailed studies of the kit in isolation and also showcases kit in the correct historical context, including authentic re-enactments with aircraft of the period. With over 120 images, this book aims to tell the story of RAF kit development using brand new images of original and authentic replica kit, as it would have been worn by RAF aircrew throughout history.

• Written by a long-established aviation author/photographer and a professional re-enactor.

• Features re-enactor images of all RAF kit used throughout the years.

• Features period aircraft.

9781802824803 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 120, colour

ALA: Lee: Rugeley, Staffordshire/

Jed: Asfordby Valley, UK

June 2023

HIGH DESERT DEPLOYMENT

NAVY COLOUR ON DISPLAY ON NAS FALLON

Nicholas A Veronico, Jim Dunn

Since its establishment during World War Two, Navy squadrons have been deployed to the high desert outside of Fallon, Nevada, to hone their aerial combat skills. Today, Naval Air Station Fallon, with its 14,000 ft runway –the longest in the Navy – hosts squadrons and carrier air wings conducting refresher training and work-ups prior to their next fleet assignments. High Desert Deployment explains how these deployments make, and keep, the squadrons combat ready. Stunning images show the colorful history of various squadrons along with the markings the aircraft display.

• Features full colour images of Navy aircraft training at NAS Fallon.

• Written by two expert aviation authors.

• Showcases US Navy aviation.

9781802823653 • £18.99

128 pages • Paperback

168x246 • Over 150, colour

ALA: Nicholas: San Carlos, USA

July 2023

ROYAL NAVY AND ARMY HELICOPTERS OF THE 1970S AND ‘80S

Chris Goss

Focusing on the helicopters used specifically by the Royal Navy and British Army, this book looks at the Lynx, Sea King, Wasp Scout, Wessex, Whirlwind and some minor types. With over 180 black and white and colour photographs, this book, the sixth in a series covering British combat aircraft of the 1970s and ’80s, showcases the helicopters used by the Royal Navy and Army and their part in the latter stages of the Cold War.

• Contains black and white and colour images from the 1970s and 80s, showing the aircraft as they were.

• Written by an aviation expert.

• Part of Historic Military Aircraft Series.

9781802822595 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • 180 colour & b&w

ALA: Marlow, Buckinghamshire

July 2023

MARINE AIR-GROUND

TASK FORCE

THE PINNACLE

OF COMBINED

ARMS WARFARE

Scott Cuong Tran, Nick Tran

No other military fighting force in the world has the same mystique and aura as the United States Marine Corps (USMC). Since its inception, the USMC has embraced its reputation of being a hard fighting, aggressive, and rugged military branch. Marines take great pride in their heritage, and it extends to all parts of their organization, from their warrior ethos to their uniforms. However, their bravado is not empty, as the Marines have centuries of victories to back up their elite status. The core competency of the USMC is being able to quickly project power anytime and anywhere, and this expeditionary force projection is achieved with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The MAGTF brings air and ground assets to the fight while also supplying important logistics, all working in unison to attack and defeat the enemy. With over 130 stunning photographs, this book showcases the capabilities, equipment, and implementations of the MAGTF around the world.

9781802824711 • £17.99

128 pages • Paperback

168x246 • Over 130 colour

ALA: Fremont, California, US

May 2023

• Focuses on Marine Air-Ground Task Force within the US Marines.

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SWORDFISH

The Fairey Swordfish story is one of an aircraft initially frowned upon when it entered service in 1936, respected by the beginning of World War Two and deemed legendary by the time peace was declared. The Swordfish was the only torpedo bomber Britain had in significant numbers at the beginning of the war and it would prove to be so much more. Designed with one role in mind, the Swordfish evolved into one of the most versatile of naval aircraft. Affectionately nicknamed the ‘Stringbag’, the aircraft achieved an outstanding war record beginning with operations in Norway. A new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Swordfish, this book explores the history, creation, development and service of the Swordfish.

• Highly illustrated history of the Swordfish.

• Features black and white historical images.

• Edited by the team at Aeroplane, the world’s longest-established aviation magazine.

• Part of Historical Military Aircraft Series

9781802824810 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 160, b&w

August 2023

JUNKERS 1895–1969

Professor Hugo Junkers can be described as one of the greatest aviation pioneers and a maverick to boot. His approach to how an aircraft should be built was like no other and, rather than modifying, re-designing or copying ideas from other pioneers, Junkers took his own unique route and doggedly stuck to it for the two decades. Proceeding in the face of the theory that aircraft should be built from wood and fabric, all Junkers aircraft were made of metal, a material that was regarded as being too heavy. The Junkers aircraft story can be told in three parts: the first was under the control of Hugo Junkers, the second by the Nazis until the end of World War Two, and the final post-war period, which saw the company exist as a remnant of its former self. This new book edition of Aeroplane’s Junkers Company Profile 1895-1969 showcases the aircraft of this manufacturer from the start of operations until the end.

• Covers every aircraft Junkers produced from 1895 to 1969.

• Features black and white historical images.

• Edited by the team at Aeroplane.

• Part of Aviation Industry Series.

9781802823684 • £16.99

160 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 110 b&w

September 2023

CURTISS 1907–47

Curtiss, as a company, contributed a great deal in establishing the US aircraft industry firmly on the world stage, but behind every great company is usually one forward thinking man, and in this case, it was Glenn Hammond Curtiss. By the end of World War One, the company had built over 10,000 aircraft. Glenn Curtiss would remain a director until his premature death in 1930\. In 1929, the company merged to become Curtiss-Wright. The lack of research and development invested in the company leading up to the jet age also saw the premature demise of Curtiss-Wright itself. The aircraft Curtiss-Wright created leading up to World War Two were not the best, but the company’s business-like approach to aircraft manufacturing meant that it could produce large numbers for a variety of customers, foreign included, at a reasonable price. However, in 1947, its one attempt at breaking into the area of jet aircraft had failed and the aviation side of Curtiss-Wright was sold to North American Aviation. This new book edition of Aeroplane’s Curtiss Company Profile 1907-1947 showcases the aircraft of this manufacturer from the start of operations until the end.

• Covers 120 aircraft Curtiss produced from 1907 to 1947.

• Features black and white historical images.

• Edited by the team at Aeroplane.

• Part of Aviation Industry Series.

9781802823738 • £16.99

160 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 110 b&w

August 2023

LOCKHEED L-188 ELECTRA

Ron Mak

In January 1955, an industry-wide call from American Airlines for a new aircraft resulted in Lockheed’s newest creation – the L-188 Electra. American ordered 35 straight from the drawing board, and this was quickly followed by Eastern Air Lines’ order for 40 aircraft. Despite being a turboprop in an increasingly jet world, the Electra continued to be used by US airlines across the country, and the US military also used a prototype as the basis for the P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft. While the Electra found success in both North and South America, the sales to Europe were much more limited, with only KLM placing an order for the aircraft. The final iteration was the L-188C, which boasted increased fuel capacity and seating for up to 99 passengers. Owing to some serious accidents and speed restrictions in the late 1950s and early 1960s, newer Electras underwent strengthening of their nacelle and wing structure. There were 170 Electras built in total, and, incredibly, a few are still in service today. With over 180 images, this book details the L-188 Electra across the globe, showing the different variants and liveries throughout the years.

• Collection of L-188s from around the world.

• Previously unpublished images.

• Part of Historic Commercial Aircraft Series.

9781802824865 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 180 colour

ALA: Almere, The Netherlands April 2023

KEY PUBLISHING

9781802822687 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • 100 colour & b&w

ALA: Manchester

July 2023

9781802824759 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 220 colour

ALA: Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany

June 2023

9781802824742 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 240 colour

ALA: Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany

May 2023

AVRO VULCAN B.MK2

A PLACE IN HISTORY, 1960–84

David Fildes

• Written by an expert on Avro and the Vulcan.

• The author formerly worked with Hawker Siddeley and set up the Avro Heritage Centre.

• Part of Historic Military Aircraft Series.

9781802824766 • £15.99

128 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 120 b&w

June 2023

GERMAN STARFIGHTERS

THE STORY IN COLOUR: TRAINING AND SERVICE

Klaus Kropf

• Packed with full-colour images.

• Written by a former German Starfighter pilot.

• Part of the Historic Military Aircraft Series.

9781802825749 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 160 colour

ALA: Diss, Norfolk

June 2023

GERMAN STARFIGHTERS

THE STORY IN COLOUR: INTRODUCTION AND UNITS

Klaus Kropf

• Packed with full-colour images.

• Written by a former German Starfighter pilot.

• Part of the Historic Military Aircraft Series.

9781802823639 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 180 colour

ALA: Liverpool

July 2023

VAMPIRE

• Highly illustrated history of the Vampire.

• Features black and white historical images.

• Edited by the team at Aeroplane, the world’s longest-established aviation magazine.

• Part of Historical Military Aircraft Series.

SEATTLE STRATOTANKER VETERANS BOEING KC-135 VARIANTS

Bob Archer

• Author is an avid aviation photographer and this book features full-colour images.

• Covers every version of the KC-135 tanker.

• Part of Modern Military Aircraft Series.

PRESERVED AIRCRAFT OF THE WORLD US AND CANADA

Gerry Manning

• Written by avid aviation photographer.

• Contains many unpublished colour images from across the US and Canada.

• Features civilian and military aircraft.

CLASS 47S THE JACK OF ALL TRADES

Mark Pike

Class 47s have now been part of the UK railway system for over 60 years. They have been used on every type of train over the years, including front line passenger, freight and charter trains. During the late 1980s and through the following 20 years, however, many locos were steadily withdrawn from service with their former duties being taken over by newer fixed formation electric and diesel units. However, due to their versatility and almost a ‘go anywhere’ capability, many of the newer operating companies that appeared during this period saw the potential in further use for them. Although the vast majority have long since been scrapped, there is still a good amount of examples that can been seen at work throughout the UK. This book shows the duties the class has worked from around the mid1980s through to the present time.

• Extensive collection of images of the Class 47s.

• Images from around the UK.

• Part of the Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802823561 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 220 colour

ALA: Shaftsbury, Dorset

July 2023

CLASS 33S

Mark Pike

In 1960, the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company built a class of 98 locomotives, later to be designated Class 33s. They were capable of operating at up to 85mph and were equipped with a reliable 1,550hp Sulzer engine. Three sub-classes were subsequently created, classified as the standard Class 33/0, the push-pull Class 33/1 and the narrow-bodied Class 33/2. These locos were eventually used over a large area of operation, and throughout their careers worked both passenger and freight duties. Many of these useful locos have survived into the 21st century, both as attractions on heritage lines and in service with rail tour companies. With over 220 images, this book is a nostalgic pictorial record of the Class 33 locomotives around the UK.

• Extensive collection of images of every Class 33 subtype.

• Images from around the UK.

• Part of the Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802824797 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 220 colour

ALA: Shaftsbury, Dorset

April 2023

CLASS 73S

Mark Pike

Built in the 1960s, the Class 73s were primarily used on the Southern Region, owing to their ability to operate from either a diesel engine or third rail. Until the recent introduction of the Class 88s, they were unique in their electro-diesel ability. The initial 73s were either 73/0 or 73/1, depending on production run, and a select few were used on services to Gatwick in the 1980s and reclassified as 73/2s. The last sub-class was the 73/9s, which were converted by GB Railfreight and given new engines. The Class 73s have never been the best-looking machines on the railway (some even nicknamed them ‘shoeboxes’), but the years of service these workhorses have provided certainly cannot be faulted. As the 73/9s continue to find work around the UK, it seems they may be part of the railway scene for a long while to come. With over 220 images, this book shows off all the subclasses of the 73s and their work around the country.

• Extensive collection of images of every Class 73 subtype.

• Images from around the UK.

• Part of the Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802825442 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 220 colour

ALA: Shaftsbury, Dorset

April 2023

CLASS 50S

AROUND LONDON AND BEYOND

Simon Bendall

The 1980s saw the English Electric Class 50s become synonymous with operations out of two London terminus stations, Paddington and Waterloo. The famous Brunel terminus saw commuter services along the Thames Valley corridor to Oxford and Newbury as well as InterCity trains to Bristol and the West Country. Meanwhile, Waterloo was the origin of services over the former South Western route to Salisbury and Exeter. This book takes a pictorial look at the operation of the mighty ‘Hoovers’ on both routes with a particular focus on the London end during the type’s final years with Network Southeast. Some time is also spent at Old Oak Common depot, where many of the class were based for maintenance for many years and some ultimately met their end.

• Features full colour images of the Class 50s, primarily in London but also in surrounding areas.

• Written by a railway expert.

• Part of Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802825909 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 170 colour

ALA: Leighton Buzzard, UK

August 2023

CLASS 159S

Mark Pike

In the early 1990s, the Waterloo to Exeter route was suffering many delays and problems due to the increasingly unreliable diesel locos being used at the time. It was therefore decided that new trains were the best option. At the time, there was an existing order for Class 158 units already being constructed and it was decided to modify the last 22 of these as Class 159s, specifically for use on western England services. The first of these units started work on the line during May 1993 and gradually replaced all the remaining locos and stock. Later, it was becoming obvious that the initial 22 units were no longer sufficient for the increasing number of travellers, so a further eight Class 158s made redundant in the north of England were modified as Class 159/1s and entered service in the mid-2000s. While their service continues to be good, as they are approaching 30 years old, the time is approaching for replacement.

• Extensive collection of images of the Class 159s.

• Images from around the UK.

• Part of the Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802823592 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 200 colour

ALA: Shaftsbury, Dorset September 2023

BRITISH RAIL SHUNTERS THE

FINAL YEARS

Simon Bendall

The first half of the 1990s was a period of significant change for the BR shunter fleet, which by now almost entirely consisted of Class 08s and Class 09s. The Sectorisation structure that had been in place at the beginning of the decade was replaced in the run up to privatisation with the locomotives divided up between passenger and freight operators in preparation for selling off to private companies. At the same time, rationalisation of the fleet was continuing as traffic levels continued to fall while new hire firms began to emerge, these offering shunters to industrial concerns. This naturally brought a plethora of colourful liveries as the new operators divested themselves from BR. This book examines this period of great change, culminating with the final demise of the national railway operator in 1997.

• Covers the final years of BR’s shunters.

• Written by a railway expert.

• Part of Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802825862 • £16.99

96 pages

• Paperback

243x170 • Over 170, colour

ALA: Leighton Buzzard, UK September 2023

BRITISH RAIL SHUNTERS FROM

CORPORATE BLUE TO SECTORISATION

Simon Bendall

By the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail’s fleet of diesel shunters was in decline, this being caused by a rapid loss of freight traffic across the country as well as the modernisation of passenger train operations, both resulting in a reduced need for shunting. Many of the smaller lower-powered classes had already been withdrawn or were teetering on the brink of extinction while even the ubiquitous Class 08s were increasingly feeling the pinch. While the number of shunters may have been reducing, this was in part balanced by the emergence of new looks as depots became increasingly interested in personalising their charges with names or colourful adornments. As the decade progressed and the hold of the corporate blue era gave way to Sectorisation, many colourful new liveries appeared on numerous shunters. This book examines this contrast in fortunes with photos of shunters at work and rest from across the UK during the 1980s, mostly in British Rail ownership but also including examples sold into industrial use.

• Covers the period of BR supremecy into the sectorisation period, a popular time with enthusiasts.

• Written by a railway expert.

• Part of Britain’s Railways Series.

9781802824841 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 170, colour

ALA: Leighton Buzzard, UK July 2023

RAIL FREIGHT

LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST

Paul Shannon

Exploring the rail freight operations in London and the South East, this book details the traction, rolling stock, terminal facilities and infrastructure over the past several decades.

• Written by an expert on railways, particularly rail freight.

• Features atmospheric black and white images alongside colour images.

• Covers London and the South East of England, looking at the history of freight.

• Part of The Railways and Industry Series.

Artwork not yet available

9781802825626 • £16.99

96 pages

• Paperback

243x170 • 170 colour and b&w

ALA: Rowton, Chester September 2023

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RAILWAYS IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

FOUR DECADES OF CHANGE

Mike Wedgewood

Today, South Yorkshire’s railways are a modern network of busy lines, ranging from the electrified East Coast Main Line to the regional and local railways of the area. They serve the cities and towns of Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley, with passenger services linking them to other destinations across the country, and interesting freight flows, too. However, the area’s railways have changed enormously since the late 1970s when many were traditionally operated with semaphore signals and signal boxes, and freight-only branch lines served the numerous collieries in the area. Traction has changed as well, with Class 56s, 60s, 66s and HSTs replacing the 20s, 31s, 37s, 40s, 47s and Deltics of earlier years. This book explores the South Yorkshire railway network and its trains over 40 years, illustrating some of the many changes that have taken place along the way. With over 180 photographs, many previously unpublished, this book takes the reader on a journey through South Yorkshire, showcasing a number of nowclosed lines and industrial landscapes that no longer exist.

• Written by a lifelong railway enthusiast.

• Covers all railways in South Yorkshire, including passenger services and freight.

9781802823585 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 180 colour

ALA: Barton on Humber, UK

June 2023

LONDON BUSES

REVIEW OF 2022

Matthew Wharmby

The year 2022 will be remembered as the year London buses almost came apart. Although the capital’s population was struggling gamely back to some semblance of normalcy after the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fact remained that not quite enough of them had resumed their previous travel patterns. A cavernous gap in revenue thus grew, and increasing acrimony between the Mayor, Transport for London and central government over how this shortfall was to be filled, and by whom, prompted drastic plans to slash bus numbers by 4 per cent, including an astonishing 18 central London routes rich in history. Although the crisis was averted when funding was scraped together from emergency reserves, the issues affecting London’s buses are by no means over and may yet arise. This book contains over 180 previously unpublished colour photographs of each contract change, new bus delivery and company upheaval as it happened over the calendar year 2022, showcasing great variety in the ever-changing arena of London’s buses.

• Covers the year of 2022 and the major cuts and changes to London’s bus scene.

• Written by a bus expert and enthusiast.

• Part of the Transport System Series.

9781802826449 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 180 colour

ALA: Surrey

April 2023

LONDON UNDERGROUND

THE NORTHERN LINE

Jonathan James

The Northern line is the most complex of the deep level tube lines, both in its history and operation. Moving through the last 130 years, this book focuses on some of the more unusual aspects of the story. In particular, the uncompleted wartime extensions, other proposed extensions, the express services that once operated on the line and the deep level shelters built in World War Two and intended for an express tube after the war. The Northern City Line is also be included, as well as the closed stations at locations such as South Kentish Town and City Road. Rolling stock and depots get a mention, along with some of the stations along the line. Future proposals, including separating the line into two and a possible extension to Clapham Junction are also covered. With over 120 images, this book provides brief history of the Northern line, from the first deep level tube line opened in 1890 to the recent extension to Battersea Power Station.

• Explores the more unique history of the Northern Line from its creation to present day.

• Written by a railway expert who is currenly working on the Elizabeth Line.

• Part of Transport Systems Series.

Artwork not yet available

9781802825923 • £16.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • 120 colour & b&w

ALA: Chatham, Kent

August 2023

LOW-FLOOR SINGLE-DECKERS

Gavin Booth

For years, passengers with disabilities, wheelchair users and parents with children in buggies were unable to use single-deck buses with steep steps leading to a high floor. However, in the 1980s, a new breed of bus was being developed, with stepless entrances and flat floors. These were first seen in the UK in 1992, and gradually, operators moved away from older single-deckers as new models became available. Where once every new low-floor singledecker was invariably diesel-engined, in the early 2000s, environmental concerns led engineers to rethink the concept, first with diesel-electric hybrids, then gas buses, battery electric buses and now hydrogen-powered buses. There are signs that diesel models are on the way out as new zero-emission models are becoming increasingly popular. With over 150 images, this book traces the development of low-floor single-deckers from the first tentative steps 30 years ago, up to the latest gas, electric and hydrogen models.

• Written by an expert in buses.

• Fully illustrated with colour images.

• Part of Britain’s Buses Series.

9781802824872 • £15.99

96 pages • Paperback

243x170 • Over 150 colour

ALA: Edinburgh

April 2023

THE WRIGHTBUS, STREET DECK

David Barrow

Wrightbus was founded in Ballymena, Northern Ireland in 1946 and has become a major bus builder in Britain, producing the Borrismaster bus for London among other vehicles. This book looks at another one of their products, the Wright Bus Street Deck, which have been built in sizable numbers for a number of bus operators in Britain and overseas in the last few years. This volume looks at the design, production and construction of these successful vehicles, which have both single and double decker versions and the operators who have ordered them. The author has built up a good working relationship with Wrights and has had access to in-depth archive material in order to produce the book.

• Good Overall Historical Coverage.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

• Useful to Bus Modellers.

9781399081634 • £25.00

120 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 180 colour

ALA: Bedfordshire

April 2023 • WLR

BUS PRESERVATION AND RALLIES THE EARLY YEARS TO 1980

Malcolm Batten

Bus Rallies have been a feature of the vintage and contempory bus scene for almost sixty years, this volume looks at the early bus preservation scene and chronicles the early rallies from the 1960s and 1970s, showing some of the early attempts to preserve our bus history. Malcolm Batten has been taking bus pictures since the early 1960s and attended some of the early rallies across Britain with his late father, who was also a transport enthusiast. There are some rare gems in this volume covering rallies and buses that are no longer with us, the book also looks at the people who saved much of our bus history at that crucial time in preservation.

• Interesting Well Researched Text.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

• Informative Well Researched Captions.

9781399087902 • £25.00

128 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 200 mono

ALA: London

April 2023 • WLR

THE MERCEDES BENZ MIDIBUS

Allan Macfarlane

Mercedes Benz has produced buses since the 1920s, originally for the European market, however in recent decades there products have been seen increasingly in Britain and this book looks at one of these major vehicles the Mercedes Benz Midi Bus, which is a vehicle designed for use on lightly used routs in cities and towns, also for lightly used country services. The book covers the design, development and production of these interesting vehicles and there application in service in Britain and Ireland. The author has travelled across the whole of the British Isles to take pictures of these buses and has covered most, if not all of the bus operators who use them.

• In depth Historical and Development Coverage.

• Good Quality Illustrations.

• Useful to Bus Modellers.

9781399023535 • £30.00

176 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 220 colour

ALA: Avon

July 2023 • WLR

NORTHAMPTON’S TRAMS AND BUSES

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

David Beddall

This volume looks at the development of public transport in the town and area around Northampton from the mid-19th century until today. The story starts with the construction of the horse tram network in the town during the mid-19th century and continues with the electrification of the trams in 1900. The trams gave way to local petrol and later diesel buses in the 1920s, after which the town set up a corporation bus company which was privatised in the 1980s. Today there are a number of operators who run buses in this area, the main one being Stagecoach who operate most of the principal routs in the area.

• Well Researched Historical Text.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

• Useful to Modellers.

9781526780966 • £32.00

200 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 200 colour & b&w

ALA: Rushden, UK

July 2023 • WLR

RAILS FROM SHREWSBURY A PICTORIAL

JOURNEY, 1970S-2012

Peter

J Green

Peter J Green is a railway photographer who has taken pictures across the British Isles in the last fifty years, this latest offering covers the railways in and around the important hub of Shrewsbury. This Black and White, book looks at the various train services that worked out of Shrewsbury from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The area had a large number of direct and cross country passenger trains to all parts of Britain, also a quantity of interesting freight workings. This book takes an in depth look at these and the motive power used at that time, which had a considerable amount of variety and colour to the rail scene of the late 20th century.

• Interesting Variety of Train Services.

• Good High Quality Illustrations.

• Well Researched Text and Captions.

9781399042697 • £25.00

208 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 266 mono

ALA: Worcester, UK

August 2023 • WLR

PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND

John Matthews

This book looks at the passenger operations on the railways of the North of England from1957 to 2022 with 270 black and white illustrations covering a wide sweep of the kind of trains that have operated on these routs over that period. The book takes the reader from the steam era through to the modern traction of today and is well researched with a good factual text and interesting picture captions. The author has accumulated a fine collection depicting material from several wellknown photographers, including Les Nixon, Peter Fitton, John Whiteley and John Cooper-Smith, to name but a few, a delight to any enthusiast of the Railways of the North of England.

• Good Selection of Interesting Historic Pictures.

• Well Researched Text and Captions.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

9781399094801 • £20.00

152 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 260 b&w

ALA: Preston, Lancashire

June 2023 • WLR

RAILWAYS AND INDUSTRY ON THE BRECON & MERTHYR RAILWAY

MERTHYR-PONTSICILL JUNCTION-BRECON

John Hodge, R J Caston

This is the third and last part of a trilogy on the rout of the former Brecon and Merthyr Railway in South Wales. This volume takes the scenic route from Merthyr to Brecon via Pontsticill Junction on the main line from Newport. The book looks at the rout and the industries that the line once served along this rural way to Brecon, this part of the railway being very scenic and agricultural, running through some of the remotest regions on the Great Western, later Western Region of British Railways. The authors have spent many years collecting a fine selection of good quality historic pictures of this interesting under researched part of the railways in South Wales.

• Good Selection of Historic Illustrations.

• Well Researched Text and Captions.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

9781399041089 • £28.00

184 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 310 mono

ALA: Haywards Heath, UK

June 2023 • WLR

TUBE

CHALLENGE:

THE ULTIMATE RIDE

THE RACE TO VISIT EVERY UNDERGROUND STATION IN LONDON...AND BEYOND

Adham Fisher

Urban rail systems carry hundreds of millions of people for work and leisure every year. A tiny fraction of these passengers are competitors, who seek the fastest time for riding to every station. Most popular on the London Underground, this is known as the Tube Challenge, recognised as a Guinness World Record since 1960. Records have also been set with the Subway Challenge or Ultimate Ride in New York, the Metro Challenge in Paris, and more. This book speaks to the people behind these notable journeys, and details all official record holders in this discipline for the first time. Learn about the personalities, planning and persistence of this pursuit, and how some of its participants have become the best in the world at it.

• First-hand accounts of metro record attempts from the 1950s to the present, many published for the first time.

• Analysis by the author.

• Rankings of every record holder in the ‘sport’.

• Systems covered include London, New York, Paris, Berlin, Moscow and more.

• Details of how the records have changed.

9781399086097 • £20.00

224 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 16 colour

ALA: Leicester

August 2023 • WLR

WILLIAM ADAMS: HIS LIFE AND LOCOMOTIVES

A LIFE IN ENGINEERING 1823-1904

John Woodhams

William Adams was one of the most important railway mechanical engineers of the 19th century, who trail blazed many of the latest ideas in locomotive and rolling stock design. He started his career however in marine engineering training as a ship wright and later serving as a grand admiral in the Royal Sardinian Navy, before becoming locomotive superintendent of three railway companies in succession. His distinctive locomotive designs were to found on the Great Eastern, North London and London & South Western Railways and he is often referred to as one of the Victorian locomotive artists. The author has spent many years researching the work of William Adams and the result is a fine well researched volume, with equally good illustrations.

• Well Researched Text and Captions.

• Excellent Selection of Illustrations.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

9781399071963 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 20 colour & 230 mono

ALA: East Kent

September 2023 • WLR

GRESLEY’S MASTER ENGINEER, BERT SPENCER

A CAREER IN RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Tim Hillier-Graves

Bert Spencer was Sir Nigel Gresleys principal draughtsman and was responsible for many of the details attached to the design of Gresleys locomotives and rolling stock. He worked with the design team in Doncaster and at the office at Kings Cross station London. This book looks at his life and career with the L N E R and covers not only his time with Gresley but also Edward Thompson and Arthur Pepercorn. Bert Spencer was a lifelong railway enthusiast and a good railway photographer, some of his pictures appear in this interesting volume about a fascinating man, who lived during changing times in the railway industry. The book takes you on a journey in time, from the last days of the Great Northern Railway and formation of the L N E R in 1923, through to the early days of British Railways Eastern Region.

• Well Researched Historical Text.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

9781399045070 • £28.00

240 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 36 colour, 410 mono

ALA: Dilton Marsh, UK

September 2023 • WLR

THE LOCOMOTIVES OF ROBERT RIDDLES

Colin Boocock

Robert Riddles joined the London & North Western Railway where he trained in locomotive and rolling stock engineering, after the railway grouping in 1923 he worked for the L M S and later worked during World War Two for the ministry of supply, after which he returned to the railway industry in the capacity of Chief Mechanical Engineer of British Railways. He was responsible for the construction and overall design of 999 standard steam locomotives and the first standard carriage and wagon stock. Robert Riddles was also involved with the first Diesel and Electric traction on the nationalised network in the 1950s, overseeing the first new designs of locomotives and planning the future of modern traction.

• Well Researched Facts and Historical Background.

• Good Selection of Interesting Pictures.• Useful to Railway Modellers.

9781399099967 • £35.00

208 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 213 mono

ALA: Wiltshire

August 2023 • WLR

THE GENERAL STRIKE 1926 A NEW HISTORY

David Brandon

Although there have been quite a number of books on the General Strike in 1926, there are few in print as the centenary of the event approaches in 2026. This new book takes a fresh look at the General Strike at a time when Britain is going through a period of social and political unease. David Brandon is a transport and industrial historian, who has taken a fresh look at this monumental event and covers all the reasons why the General Strike took place and how it affected people at all levels of society. David Brandon has used many new sources to research this in depth volume, to cover areas that previous authors often did not touch on.

• Newly Researched Information.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

• Good Reference for Industrial Historians.

9781399083973 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

234x156 • 40 mono

ALA: Cambridgeshire

April 2023 • WLR

TRANSPORT

9781399081672 • £32.00

192 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 222 colour & 48 mono

ALA: London

April 2023 • WLR

9781399070805 • £25.00

176 pages • Hardback

246x172 • colour & mono

ALA: Gloucestershire May 2023 • WLR

9781399094924 • £25.00

104 pages • Hardback

297x210 • 200 colour & mono

ALA: Cambridgeshire July 2023 • WLR

TRACTION ENGINE RALLIES AN APPRECIATION OVER SEVENTY YEARS, 1950-2019

Malcolm Batten

This volume of often rare illustrations covers the early years and later period of the development of traction engine rallies in Great Britain. The book takes the reader from the early interest in preserving road steam engines in the 1950s through to the second decade of the 21st century. At first farmers who owned old traction engines would race them in a field for fun, this later developed into proper traction engine and road engine rallies in their own right. In the early days people could purchase an old traction engine or steam roller for as little as £25.00 from a farmer or town council wishing to dieselise there road repair fleet, this led to the early attempts to keep and preserve often rare makes of road steam locomotives. However although many of these machines are still with us, some were eventually scrapped by the original owners, or used for spare parts to restore other machines of the same type. The book is illustrated with some rare black and white and early colour illustrations of traction engines, road rollers and steam wagons, some of which are sadly no longer with us. Malcolm Batten and his late father attended many of these early events and recorded the machines on display, this volume is a record of their visits and the first road steam engines to be preserved in Britain. This book is a fine record of the interest in road steam traction engines, covering a sixty year period of development.

• Good Well Researched Text and Captions.

• Interesting Selection of Illustrations.

• Useful to Model Engineers and Historians.

CRAFT OF THE INLAND WATERWAYS

Anthony Burton

This book covers the history of river and canal craft, from the 17th century through to the present day with a wellresearched in depth text and a selection of interesting illustrations. The book takes you from the early sailing craft used on rivers and coastal operations, through to later vestals that operated in a wider area. The building of the canals in Britain from the mid-18th century heralded a new era of marine history on the inland waterways, with the construction of flat bottomed craft for use on inland waterways, to take cargoes from factories and mills in the North of England to ports across Britain, where the cargoes were reloaded onto large merchant vestals for export abroad. Anthony Burton has researched from many sources the history of these fascinating inland waterways craft and how they evolved over one hundred and fifty years. This volume is well illustrated with colour and black and white historic pictures, which depict the history and great variety of these fascinating vestals. The work not only covers trading craft but also those used for special purposes, such as vestals used for maintenance of canals and those used to clear ice from frozen canals in winter, also those once owned by companies that moved specific cargoes, such as coal or food stuffs. This book will be of interest to those interested in the development in inland waterways craft and those involved with preserving those craft that survive today in museums and private ownership.

• Good Coverage of the Development of Inland Waterways Craft.

• In depth Text and Pictorial Captions.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS FOR MODEL RAILWAYS

David Ashwood

This is the second volume in a series by David Ashwood, in conjunction with the Market Deeping Model Railway Club. This book looks at how to construct buildings and structures for model railways and shows in an easy to understand way, how a modeller, especially someone new to the hobby, can produce good quality attractive model buildings for a layout or diorama. David Ashwood goes through stage by stage, how to construct such buildings and the techniques used to complete each task to an acceptable standard. All stages are covered, from the raw materials or use of kits, through to painting and finishing such building projects. This publication also goes into how to adapt and change readymade or kit buildings, showing the reader how to redesign one building into another, of an entirely different type or usage. The volume also advises on the type of tools, glues and other bonding methods used to construct buildings and structures in railway and architectural modelling. This book will also be useful to those involved with other modelling projects, such as providing buildings for war gaming and non-railway applications, also creating modern or historic town and city scrapes for diorama. The author has constructed and completed many model railway projects over many years using these tried and tested methods described in this book. Where so many modelling books are written by modellers for those who already know how to do things, this book is designed to take newcomers to railway modelling and architectural modelling, through the various stages to a successful outcome in model building construction.

• Good Easy to Read Text and Captions.

• Good Photographic Coverage of Model Construction.

• Useful Drawings and Diagrams.

9781399092647 • £25.00

184 pages

• Hardback

246x172 • 26 colour & 67 mono

ALA: Manchester

May 2023 • WLR

9781399083928 • £25.00

112 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 200 mono

ALA: Carlisle

April 2023 • WLR

THE PLANET AND SAMSON LOCOMOTIVES

THEIR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Anthony Dawson

Anthony Dawson is an historian of early locomotives and railways, he has been researching the subject for many years and has several books already published on aspects of the early period of railway development. This new volume covers the Planet and Samson type locomotives designed and constructed by Robert Stephenson & Co, at their Newcastle Works. Both designs were pioneers in locomotive development, with examples being constructed for use on lines in Britain and abroad, during the first decade of railway projection and construction. Both designs were so successful that examples were constructed in other countries including the U S A and variants appeared in Europe, as pirated designs by other locomotive builders. This book covers the whole story of these important locomotive types and how things evolved in the years after the initial construction of both classes, on the railways that originally used them for motive power, both home and abroad. The author has spent many years researching material for this work from many sources, both home and abroad, in order to give a full record of the history of these early examples of standard locomotive design. This is the first book to look into the real story behind both of these locomotive types, other publications have in many ways just skirted the surface of their history and contribution to locomotive development. The volume is well illustrated with some interesting and rare drawings, early sketches and paintings depicting these locomotives.

• Well Researched and Written Text.

• Good Selection of Illustrations.

• Interesting New Facts for Historians.

ON TOUR FOR STEAM A

PICTORIAL RAILWAY

JOURNEY ACROSS BRITAIN IN THE 1960S

Howard Routledge

This book covers the journeys around Britain of the author while photographing the final years of steam traction. Howard Routledge had a career in the Police service in Carlisle, having a great love of railways and steam locomotives, which he and his friends enjoyed chasing with their cameras, to record the last operations in various parts of the country. This book is a record on film of their exploits, showing steam traction in often unusual and rare locations during its death throws before the final curtain in August 1968. Howard Routledge managed to visit areas far away from his home city, often venturing as far away in a week end as Weymouth and Dundee to record the steam activity in those areas. The results are a fine record in Black and White pictures of each region of British Railways, covering not only the trains, but most aspects of the day to day activity of the staff who looked after the steam fleet. This volume should interest and delight enthusiasts of steam traction, especially those who remember steam in the 1950s and 1960s before diesel and electric traction had taken over the most important train services.

• An Excellent Selection of Steam Period Images.

• Well Researched and Written Text.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

TRANSPORT

9781399098717 • £20.00

128 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 37 colour & 170 mono

ALA: Surrey

April 2023 • WLR

9781399066310 • £32.00

208 pages • Hardback

282x216 • 210 colour

ALA: Plymouth, Devon, UK

July 2023 • WLR

9781399042659 • £25.00

144 pages • Hardback

246x172 • 200 colour

ALA: York, North Yorkshire, UK

September 2023 • WLR

GREAT WESTERN BRANCH LINE GALLERY

Kevin McCormack

Kevin Mc Cormack is a lifelong Great Western Enthusiast and a member of the Great Western Society at Didcot. This volume covers the in pictures the Great Western branch line scene from the 19th century during the broad gauge era to the end of steam traction on branch lines on the Western Region of British Railways in 1965. The work looks at all areas once operated by the Great Western from the far north of Wales to the West of England and the suburbs of Birmingham and London. The book is an all-inclusive survey of not only the passenger, but also freight workings on these lines, most of which are no longer part of the railway scene and long closed. There are rare pictures of freight only lines in mid Wales and Home Counties like the Watlington branch and the Van branch which served the timber traffic off the Cambrian main line. The book has a good variety of locomotive types and pictures of interesting vintage rolling stock, especially in South Wales where pre grouping carriage stock survived until the mid-1950s. The work also has some colour material which shows the branch line scene as it was just before its demise in the 1950s and early 1960s, before the Beeching plan swept it away. This book will be a delight to all those who love the Great Western and its long lost branch lines, it will also be of use to railway modellers to whom the Great Western branch line and its train services hold a special place.

• Well Researched Text and Captions.

• A Fine Selection of Often Rare Illustrations.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

BRITAIN’S CHANGING TRAIN LIVERIES

FOUR DECADES OF CHANGE

David Goodyear

This is a book that looks at the changing passenger train liveries of Britain’s train operators and the way designs for train colour schemes have changed in the last forty years. The book starts with the final liveries for British Rail, with its various passenger train sectors and goes on to cover liveries of the first privatised train operators, many of which are now long defunct and gone. David Goodyear the author has travelled across Britain and recorded most of the various colourful train operating liveries over the past thirty years and this book is the result. The illustrations in this volume will be of great interest to railway historians, enthusiasts and railway modellers, who will find the history and evolution of these colour schemes fascinating and of great interest, from the point of view of industrial graphic art trends and fashions. Some of the liveries depicted in this book were very short lived like Connex, where others lasted in one form or another for as long as twenty five years with operators like Stagecoach on South West Trains.

• A Colourful look at Graphic Design for Passenger Train Liveries.

• Over 200 Images of Historic and Current Colour Schemes.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

HIGH SPEED TRAINS TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND

David Mather

David Mather lives in York and is a prolific railway photographer, who has been taking railway pictures for the last fiftyfive years. This volume covers high speed trains that run to the north of England on both the east and west coast routs. The author has recorded the operations of these trains since the late 1960s and has captured some rare workings that now no longer run, with motive power such as the Deltic class 55 Diesel Electrics, which once dominated the main line from Kings Cross to the North of England and Scotland. The book also depicts the replacement trains on the East Coast main line, in the form of the British Rail Inter City 125 units which largely saved British Rail in the 1970s and after. The book also has a good selection of class 91 illustrations covering what happened after the 125 units were cascaded onto other work. The East Coast main line is completed with the new Japanese designed Azuma trains that now dominate the rout from London. The West Coast main line is also well covered with pictures of the various electric classes that once hauled the main line expresses from Euston to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. These classes were later replaced with Penderleno high speed trains, designed in Italy and based on the British Rail Advanced Passenger Train of the 1960s and 1970s. There are 200 colour illustrations that depict the various periods and traction used on the passenger train services on both routs to the north in this work, which will be of interest to historians and railway modellers, who will find this colourful survey of the past and present very useful.

• Well Researched Historical Text.

• Good Quality Colour Illustrations.

• Useful to Railway Modellers.

9781399022620 • £30.00

184 pages • Hardback

240x250 •

ALA: Cheshire

September 2023

THE LMS PRINCESS CORONATION PACIFICS, 1937-1956

David Maidment

• Covers the experiences of three Crewe firemen of the late 1950s firing the home depot’s ‘Duchesses’ on the overnight sleeper trains to Perth.

• Explores the experience of a Crewe Works fitter and his controversial opinions of their merits from the maintenance engineer’s point of view.

• Includes personal experiences of, and photographs by, the author between 1957 and 1964.

• Over 200 photographs, nearly all unpublished previously and many in colour.

THE A4 PACIFICS AFTER GRESLEY

9781399073431 • £30.00

216 pages • Hardback

240x250 • 25 colour & 225 mono

ALA: Wiltshire

July 2023 • WLR

THE LATE L N E R AND BRITISH RAILWAYS PERIODS,

1942-1966

Tim Hillier-Graves

• Good Photographic Coverage.

• Interesting Selection of Locomotives.

• New Historical Facts.

• Useful to Modellers.

9781399022668 • £32.00

168 pages • Hardback

240x250

ALA: Cheshire

May 2023

9781399085779 • £30.00

176 pages • Hardback

240x250 • 20 colour & 180 mono

ALA: Cheshire

April 2023 • WLR

9781399023436 • £25.00

176 pages • Hardback

240x250 • 250 mono

ALA: Sissingham, Kent, UK

August 2023 • WLR

COLONEL STEPHENS LIGHT RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES

Brian Janes

• Colonel Stephens ran independent railways on a shoestring, assembling a rich variety of locomotives to run his lines, some built to his designs.

• Set out in this book, for the first time, the how and why he achieved this across his whole ‘empire’.

• Includes 80 distinctive and often unique locomotives, with their origins and use, fully described.

• Offers an insight to a world of eccentricity and achievement.

9781399095433 • £28.00

192 pages • Hardback

240x250 • 200 mono

ALA: Cheshire

August 2023 • WLR

GREAT WESTERN CASTLE CLASS 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES IN THE PRESERVATION ERA

David Maidment

• The inside story of the restoration and operation of the eight preserved Great Western Castles from the pens of those intimately involved.

• Newly Researched Material.

• Good Photographic Coverage.

• Interesting to Railway Historians and Enthusiasts.

THE LMS PRINCESS CORONATION PACIFICS, THE FINAL YEARS & PRESERVATION

THEIR DESIGN AND

DEVELOPMENT

David Maidment

• Covers comprehensively design, construction, operation and performance in equal measure.

• Text and photographs cover the visit of ‘Coronation’ locomotive and train to the USA in 1939 and of LMS ‘Duchess’ in the post nationalisation ‘locomotive exchanges of 1948.

FOURCOUPLED TANK LOCOMOTIVE CLASSES ABSORBED BY THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

David Maidment

• The illustrations of all the classes, with drawings and weight diagrams, will be of value to the many modellers who construct replicas of the GWR scenes before the ‘Grouping’ and the Second World War.

BURNING HORIZON

BRITISH VETERAN ACCOUNTS OF THE IRAQ WAR, 2003

AS SEEN IN THE DAILY MAIL & THE EXPRESS

Julian Whippy

Codenamed Operation Telic, the British component of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War. Whilst the British public prepared for the worst, most servicemen and women were under no illusion that they were invading Iraq to rid the people of Saddam Hussein. While much has been said about WMD and Blair’s government, not nearly enough has been heard from those men and women that took part in Operation Telic. Based upon dozens of veteran interviews, personal diaries, and archival material, this book tells their stories of courage, fortitude, pride, and brotherhood amidst the harsh realities of modern asymmetric warfare in their own words.

• Delivers first-hand accounts of the British forces tasked with invading Iraq in March 2003.

• Meticulously researched, and the culmination of hours of interviews with a broad range of veterans, including tank crewmen, helicopter crew, paratroopers, Royal Marines, Fusiliers, REME, bomb disposal experts, and submariners.

• A fresh, balanced perspective of the British military’s role in Iraq.

9781636242972 • £29.95

256 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w and colour

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

ARGENTINE PERSPECTIVES ON THE FALKLANDS WAR

THE RECOVERY AND LOSS OF LAS MALVINAS

Nicholas van der Bijl

In 1982, the United Kingdom and Argentina fought a war over an historical disagreement over the colonial ‘ownership’ or rights over the Falkland Islands, known to Argentinians as Las Malvinas. With claims to sovereignty still present on the 40th anniversary of the conflict – and global awareness of nations’ identities and propaganda used by the ruling elite more sharply defined than ever – this is one of the first books in English to examine the Falklands War from the Argentine army’s perspective. Written by a British soldier-turnedhistorian who served in the Falklands, in collaboration with Argentine historians and veterans, it adds an illuminating perspective on this conflict whose impact is still felt 40 years on.

• Offers a different and illuminating perspective on the conflict, especially given heightened awareness of governments’ use of toxic propaganda, and issues of national identity.

• Examines the Calvi report, commissioned by the Argentine government after the war, and stifled when it didn’t say what they wanted it to.

9781636241647 • £25.00

224 pages • Hardback

228x152 • 20–30 photos

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE HUMAN FACE OF D-DAY WALKING THE BATTLEFIELDS OF NORMANDY: ESSAYS, REFLECTIONS, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH VETERANS OF THE LONGEST DAY

Keith Nightingale

Retired soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years with veterans, activeduty military, and local French civilians, as well as dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many principals of the day. Added to this rare, new primary material from the top brass are numerous conversations with lowerranking vets who did the heavy lifting, many of which took place as they actually walked the battlefield with Nightingale. This unique approach to D-Day combines the author’s discussions with veteran and civilian participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur. The succinct, human observations of these participants create a unique work of longlasting interest.

• A unique collection of conversations about D-Day, including increasingly rare new primary material from veterans of all levels.

• Reveals the human aspects of the invasion through the thoughts and feelings of those who were there.

9781636241029 • £25.00

288 pages • Hardback

228x152 • 40 photos & 3 maps

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

FLAWED COMMANDERS AND STRATEGY IN THE BATTLES FOR ITALY, 1943–45

Andrew Sangster and Pier Paolo Battistelli

Wars never run according to plan, perhaps never more so than during the Italian campaign, 1943-45, where necessary coordination between the different armies added additional complexity to Allied plans. Errors in the strategies, tactics, the coalition tensions, and operations at campaign command level can be clearly seen in first-hand accounts of the period. This is a new examination of the Italian campaign, exploring the strategy, intentions, motives, plans, and deeds. It also offers a detailed insight into the five commanders who led the battles in Italy – the two British commanders: Montgomery and Alexander; two American: Patton and Clark; and the leading German commander, Field Marshal Kesselring – using personal notes and archival material to draw some surprising conclusions.

• Offers the general reader a comprehensive outline of combat in the Italian campaign during World War II, from Sicily through to surrender in 1945.

9781636243122 • £25.00

288 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w illustrations

January 2023

Casemate Publishers

FOR THE BOYS

THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF A COMBAT NURSE IN PATTON’S THIRD ARMY

N. C. R. Davis

Recaptured from her mother’s reminiscences and letters home, N. C. R. Davis takes the reader through every heat-of-battle harrowing moment as Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster lived it, achieving a rare glimpse of one nurse’s point of view during the Second World War, including the Battle of the Bulge. The book mixes Lt. Balster’s observations, memories, and dreams to re-tell the true story of a richly rebellious and intense woman trying to navigate her life and nurture her sanity while nursing the wounded and dying frontline soldiers of the Third Army. Not only this, her strongwilled, beguiling personality causes two men to fall in love with her. And she must choose one man over the other to save herself.

• A unique insight into the experience of a young woman facing death and horror on the front line during the Battle of the Bulge.

• Based on her letters and diary, it follows her from her decision to volunteer right through to her return to the United State sat the end of the war.

9781636241586 • £32.95

288 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w and colour

July 2023

Casemate Publishers

PARACHUTE TO BERLIN

Lowell Bennett and foreword by Alan Bennett

December 1943: Allied air force bombers mercilessly pound Nazi Germany every night. American journalist Lowell Bennett, 23, is working in London and is assigned to a raid on Berlin, with a 20-year-old Scottish pilot as his captain. After their Avro Lancaster is hit by Luftwaffe fighters, Lowell is made prisoner by a German officer who takes him on a tour of his country under Allied bombs, before sending him to prison camp for the duration of the war. This is the harrowing first-hand account of his experience of having to take refuge in air raid shelters with German civilians of all walks of life, his escape attempts, and his eventual liberation by the Red Army at the end of the war.

• Vivid account of a war correspondent shot down over Germany and taken prisoner.

• Documents how, after being captured in Berlin, the author was taken on a tour of Germany and shown what the civilian population was being subjected to.

• In Stalag Luft I Bennett started the newspaper POW WOW, secretly read by 9,000 prisoners.

9781636243160 • £22.50

256 pages • Paperback

228x152 • B&w illustrations

February 2023

Casemate Publishers

OPERATION RYPE A WWII OSS RAILWAY SABOTAGE MISSION IN NORWAY

Frode Lindgjerdet

To prevent German occupying forces in Norway from reinforcing their defences during the final months of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services launched Operation Rype, with the mission of sabotaging the Nordland Railway in Mid-Norway. Relying heavily on help from the Norwegian resistance, the Norwegian Special Operations Group (NORSO) managed to sever the railway at two points. Operation Rype was the only U.S. ground operation in Scandinavia in World War II, and the only operation where American troops were parachuted in to operate on skis. This new history of the campaign is based on German, Norwegian, American, and Swedish sources, and examines how its outcome was affected by the limitations of equipment in sub-Arctic conditions, and British-American rivalry and cooperation.

• This new history uses German, Norwegian, U.S. and Swedish sources.

• Discusses British-American rivalry and cooperation throughout the operation.

• Considers the limits of technology used by operatives in sub-Arctic conditions and how these affected the operation.

9781636241340 • £32.95

288 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 20–30 photos

July 2023

Casemate Publishers

BLACK TULIP

THE LIFE AND MYTH OF ERICH HARTMANN, THE WORLD’S TOP FIGHTER ACE

Erik Schmidt

The dramatic story of history’s top fighter ace, a Luftwaffe pilot named Erich Hartmann, and how his service under Hitler was simplified and elevated to Western mythology during the Cold War. Now in paperback, Black Tulip traces Hartmann’s fascinating career, from action over the Eastern Front and drunken forays to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, to a decade of imprisonment in Soviet POW camps, and later ‘adoption’ by a network of writers who diluted discussions about his support for Nazism and elevated his status. Schmidt digs deeper into Hartmann’s life, revealing a complex and elusive character and challenging the simplified, one-dimensional account of his story – devoid of the harder questions about allegiance and service under Hitler. Praise for hardback edition:

“Well-written and thought provoking.” Aeroplane Magazine

“What sets this book apart is the in depth analysis of who Hartmann was and whether his reputation is apt, and why he was and still is held in such high regard. It’s a fascinating book and I highly recommend it.” Aviation Enthusiast Book Club

• New in paperback.

9781636243030 • £17.95

240 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 10 photos

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

RETREAT THROUGH THE RHONE VALLEY

DEFENSIVE BATTLES OF 19TH ARMY, AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1944

Jörg Staiger and Translated by Linden Lyons and Series edited by Matthias Strohn

Operation Dragoon was the Allies’ landing operation of Provence in August 1944, with the objective of securing vital ports. The Dragoon offensive was preceded by bombings and sabotage that hit German forces in the South of France hard, ensuring the overwhelming success of the landings themselves. The following morning a colossal German force was able to launch a counterattack, but by the end of the day von Schwerin had ordered a retreat. What ensued was a race to withdraw to the Burgundian Gate, or Belfort Gap, before they were cut off by the advancing Allied troops. This account describes the retreat from the German perspective, explaining how the 19th Army sacrificed divisions to enable its passage through the Rhone Valley.

• Provides the German perspective on Operation Dragoon and the Germans’ retreat through the Rhone Valley in August 1944.

• Documents the Germans’ counterattack to the landings in Provence, and their subsequent retreat under cover of night and race to the Belfort Gap.

9781636242309 • £34.95

168 pages • Hardback

228x152

August 2023

Casemate Publishers

BEFORE AUGUSTUS

THE COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

Natale Barca

The political process that culminated in the transition from Republic to Empire in ancient Rome began with the military reform of Caius Marius in the last decades of the 2nd century BC. Following the civil war and Sulla’s dictatorship, it developed further with the First Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, Crassus, and two further civil wars. These wars, which saw Caesar pitted against Pompey, and Octavian fighting Anthony, ended in 27 BC with the rise to power of Octavian, the adoptive son of Caesar. Before Augustus outlines a summary of the last years of the Roman Republic, setting the protagonists within the complex societal and political system that they operated to better analyse their actions and the epic battles that ensued.

• A fascinating summary of the last years of the Roman Republic, weaving together military, political, and social history.

• Explores the transition from Republic to Empire, beginning with the military reform at the end of the 2nd century BC, through civil wars, the reigns of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, right through to the rise of Octavian in 27 BC.

• Sets the protagonists within the complex societal and political system that they operated, analysing their actions, and the epic battles that ensued.

9781636242323 • £34.95

384 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w and colour

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

STORM CLOUDS

OVER THE PACIFIC

WAR IN THE FAR EAST VOLUME 1

Peter Harmsen

This is the first volume in a trilogy of books spanning an eye-opening general history of war in the Asia Pacific, from the origins of enmity between Japan and China, through Japan’s ascendancy in the early years of World War II. Peter Harmsen uses his renowned ability to weave together complex events into an entertaining and revealing narrative, including ancient hatreds and longstanding geopolitics long before Pearl Harbor, and facets of the war that may be unknown to many readers of WWII history. This story encompasses a much wider group of actors than are often seen, producing the most complete narrative yet written and the first truly international treatment of this epic conflict.

• New in Paperback.

• Offers a range of perspectives to reflect what war was like both at the top and at the bottom, from the Oval Office to the beaches of Peleliu.

• Takes the reader inside comparatively familiar stories such as those of Guadalcanal or Iwo Jima, and shows them an alternative, much less wellknown global narrative.

9781636243016 • £19.95

234 pages • Paperback

228x152 • 32 pages b&w

August 2023

Casemate Publishers

WINNING FRENCH MINDS

RADIO PROPAGANDA IN OCCUPIED FRANCE, 1940–42

Denis Courtois

Using original primary sources from archives in Britain and France, broadcast recordings, radio magazines, and interviews conducted by British Intelligence with those arriving from France during the war, this is a fascinating and unique insight into wartime radio propaganda from 1940 to 1942. It traces the development of the campaign chronologically through a series of topics including major military incidents, youth, food, family, psychological warfare, sports, and work, as presented by different radio stations –in particular Radiodiffusion, controlled by Vichy France; Radio Paris, controlled by the Nazis; and the BBC – offering a systematic comparative analysis of radio propaganda messages and building a vivid picture of the evolution of broadcasts in the context of the complex political and social impact of the war on the French population.

• Explores how the propaganda of the Allied and Axis powers and the Vichy regime was disseminated to the French population via radio in the first half of World War II.

• Shows the coverage of topics used in propaganda, from major military incidents and psychological warfare, to youth, food and sports.

9781636241463 • £39.95

256 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w photographs

January 2023

Casemate Publishers

The Casemate Illustrated series explores key elements of military history, from campaigns, units and battles to aircraft, ships and weapons. Extensively illustrated with photographs and colour profiles of tanks, aircraft and other vehicles, each volume provides a wealth of visual detail. With profiles of key personnel, a timeline, and explanatory text boxes, the concise text gives a clear overview of events and highlights the most important information on any given topic.

M8 AND M20 ARMORED CARS

Didier Andres

This is a fully illustrated account of the rapid Ford M8 Light Armored Cars and M20 Armored Utility Cars, looking at their development and production in detail. Through the production notes, reports, and letters of Ordnance Department officer, Lt. J. R. Muray, meticulously extracted from 1,500 pages of archives, the author is able to faithfully retrace the process of creating these cars, from the first draft to the end production in June 1945.

• Specifically designed as a reconnaissance vehicle, the Ford M8 Light Armored Car was intended primarily for use by mechanized cavalry units.

• A total of 8,523 units were built.

9781636243108 • £34.95

160 pages • Hardback

254x203 • B&w illustrations

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE NORTHERN STRATEGY, 1776

David Smith

9781636240787 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • 100 photographs

September 2023

Casemate Publishers

PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 2023

12TH SS PANZER DIVISION HITLERJUGEND

Massimiliano Afiero

The British Operation Goodwood against Caen in July 1944 was followed by Totalize in August, which bypassed Caen and attacked the Hitlerjugend positions. Within a week thousands of German troops were encircled in the Falaise Pocket. Around ten thousand Hitlerjugend soldiers escaped piecemeal, regrouping to fight in the battles along the Maas and the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of December 1944. Deployed to Hungary in 1945 to stem the Red Army advance, the division fought against overwhelming odds until the final battles in Austria, on Reich soil, in late April 1945. There the soldiers of the Hitlerjugend, despite the desperate situation and the superiority of the enemy, managed to achieve local success and launch desperate counterattacks even into the last weeks of the war. Packed with photographs, maps and profiles, this Casemate Illustrated title follows the actions of the 12th SS Panzer Division throughout its existence.

9781636243146 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • B&w and colour

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

• Offers an insightful account of the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division ‘Hitlerjugend’, one of the Wehrmacht’s foremost panzer divisions.

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

THE COMING STORM, 1763-75

Rachael M. Abbiss

9781636240923 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • 100 photographs

September 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE PHILADELPHIA CAMPAIGN

Michael C. Harris

9781636242644 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • B&w illustrations

June 2023

Casemate Publishers

SUCH A CLASH OF ARMS

Kevin R. Pawlack

9781636242668 • £24.95

128 pages • Paperback

254x178 • B&w illustrations

June 2023

Casemate Publishers

US BATTLESHIPS 1941–92

FROM PEARL HARBOR TO OPERATION DESERT STORM

Ingo Bauernfeind

• Naval historian, Ingo Bauernfeind, tells the dramatic yet successful story of the US Navy’s battleships and battle cruisers by class, ranging from the early Dreadnought-type of the South Carolina-class to the gigantic Montana-class, which were approved but cancelled in favour of more urgently needed aircraft carriers and faster battleships.

• This fully illustrated volume gives a clear overview of each ship’s career, its fate, and highlights its significance in American naval history.

9781636242569 • £49.95 • 240 pages • Hardback • 254x203 • B&w/colour • August 2023

Casemate Publishers

MILITARY DOGS OF WORLD WAR II

Susan Bulanda

• Animals, especially dogs, have served in all the wars of men since time immemorial. During World War II, most combatant nations employed dogs on the battlefield in a number of ways, including searching for injured men or downed airmen, detecting mines, carrying messages between units or dragging communications wires, particularly in difficult terrain, transporting supplies, and sentry duty.

• This illustrated book is an overview of how dogs were trained and used in WWII by different countries, including the stories of some of the individual animals that served. It also summarises the various programmes established to take care of the animals and send them home after the war.

9781636243252 • £24.95 • 128 pages • Paperback • 178x254 • B&w & colour • May 2023

Casemate Publishers

DERRICKS’ BRIDGEHEAD

THE HISTORY OF THE 92ND DIVISION, 597TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, AND THE LEADERSHIP LEGACY OF COL. WENDELL T DERRICKS

Lt. Col. Major Clark

• Vivid, first-hand account of a unique and significant World War II all-black U.S. Army unit – the 597th Field Artillery Battalion, 92nd Division.

• Provides an in-depth look into the day-to-day events, politics, triumphs and defeats, relationships, and interactions within the Army unit during wartime.

9781636242712 • £32.95 • 304 pages • Hardback • 228x152 • B&w illustrations • April 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE BLACK SCORPIONS

General James A. Lynch

• The Black Scorpions – 64th Fighter Squadron – chased the Afrika Corps across the top of Africa before disrupting German and Italian lines up the Italian peninsula.

• Through all their battles, James Lynch kept an unauthorised diary of his time as an officer of the unit.

• He also collected daily intelligence reports, newspaper stories, souvenirs, pictures, and letters from home. This book is the result.

9781636243061 • £37.95 • 384 pages • Hardback • 228x152 • B&w/colour • July 2023

Casemate Publishers

AFRICA: IN THE LINE OF FIRE

Al J. Venter

• An exploration of how Jihadist forces are responsible for instigating and escalating conflicts in countries across Africa.

• Written by veteran war correspondent, Al Venter, who brings decades of experience to illuminate what and why Islamic Jihadist forces are effecting in Africa, and what the future may hold.

• Considers the long-term security implications both within and beyond Africa.

9781636243276 • £32.95 • 320 pages • Hardback • 229x152 • B&w/colour • June 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE HIGH GROUND LEADING IN PEACE AND WAR

R. D. Hooker Jr.

This volume draws on the author’s experiences in peace and war to illustrate examples of successful and inspiring leadership. Beginning with his enlistment at 18 in 1975 and following his journey from a private to a colonel commanding a paratrooper company, battalion, and brigade, The High Ground describes his personal observations and interactions with leaders at all levels in the continental US, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia, to describe and portray leadership excellence in both combat and peacetime.

• Veteran of five combat tours distils the lessons he has learnt in leadership during his military career.

• Draws on many examples of good leaders – from small-unit level to the Pentagon – rather than focusing on a single personality.

• Reflects his experiences working internationally: in addition to the US, he served in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Southwest Asia and Latin America.

9781636242934 • £22.50

192 pages • Paperback

228x152 • B&w illustrations

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE ONE SHIP FLEET

THE USS BOISE (CL-47), 1938-1945

Phillip T. Parkerson

Light cruiser USS Boise was one of the most famous US combat ships of World War II, internationally renowned following her participation in the naval battles in the Solomons in 1942. This full account of USS Boise’s war not only gives an insight into how one ship navigated a global conflict, but also an insight into the experiences of the men who served on her and a new perspective on the naval campaigns of the war.

• This full account of USS Boise’s war not only gives an insight into how one ship – one of the most famous US combat ships of World War II navigated a global conflict, but also an insight into the experiences of the men who served on her.

• Had been awarded 11 battle stars, more than any other light cruiser in her class.

9781636242996 • £34.95

384 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w illustrations

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

RANGERS, SCOUTS, AND RAIDERS

ORIGIN, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATIONS OF SELECTED SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES

Michael F. Dilley

Throughout history there has always been a need, in military forces, for special units. It has only been since the early 1950s that such units have remained active, but even in recent times special purpose, special mission units have been organised and used for a period of time or for a specific mission and then either deactivated or replaced by other units.

This unique approach to the history of American special forces examines their development through a number of operations, ranging from the French and Indian War in the 18th century through to the Vietnam War. From the Son Tay raid to the Force at la Difensa and Rogers’ Rangers, the operations are diverse in both organisation and purpose, but all contributed to the overall mission of their theater or larger organisation, thus proving the continuing need for special units throughout history and even today.

• How special-purpose, special mission units have been used in operations over the last two centuries.

9781636242835 • £29.95

240 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w illustrations

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

MIDWAY SUBMERGED

AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SUBMARINE OPERATIONS AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, MAY–JUNE 1942

Mark W. Allen

Most books gloss over submarines at Midway and, if they are mentioned at all, conclude they failed miserably and had little impact on the outcome of the battle. It is undeniable that carrier aviation and intelligence saved the day, but the role of the submarine was an important one in defence of an anticipated amphibious assault. This re-evaluation of the battle from the perspective of the submarine presents an in-depth look at submarine operations from both the Japanese and American viewpoints.

• Based on in-depth archival research into submarine design, construction and tactics for both sides in the conflict.

• This book proves that submarines played a far more important role in the outcome of the great Midway carrier battle than has been previously understood.

9781636242811 • £29.95

240 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w illustrations

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

THE SPY FROM PLACE SAINT-SULPICE

A NOVEL

Barry Michael Broman

Richard “Rick” Blayne has a mission. CIA’s top expert on Cambodia, he has been sent to Paris to further their plan to infiltrate the Cambodian resistance to the Hanoicontrolled puppet government in Phnom Penh. As he establishes contact with old Cambodian friends in both the factions vying to control the resistance, he is drawn into an operation to recruit a Russian diplomat serving in Paris at a time of great upheaval and change for the Soviet Union.

• Pacey new military fiction, set against the global political backdrop of Cambodia’s fall to the Khmer Rouge in the 70s and a time of significant change for the Soviet Union.

• Located in cosmopolitan Paris, we join CIA agent, Rick Blaine, on his mission to infiltrate the Cambodian resistance.

9781636241760 • £22.50

288 pages • Paperback

228x152

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

9781636242507 • £17.95

352 pages • Paperback

229x152

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

• After decades of poising on the brink, United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan, battling for global supremacy in all domains – even space and cyberspace.

• Written by a former soldier, strategist, and historian; his military experience brings the action to life in this fictional – but topical –page turner.

RIDERS UPON THE STORM

Phillip Parotti

Phillip Parotti’s new novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the German U-Boat menace in the English Channel during the last year of World War I. Lieutenant (junior grade) Ben Snow takes a commission in the United States Naval Reserve and whips a dissolute crew into fighting shape. When the war ends, they expect to return home but are instead tasked with exploding the 70,000 dangerous mines planted in the Northern Barrage.

• Realistic and engaging narrative.

• Vividly drawn detail, with accurate depictions of life on board naval vessels.

• Ordinary men and women called upon to do the extraordinary.

9781636242446 • £22.50

304 pages • Paperback

228x152

May 2023

Casemate Publishers

9781636243085 • £17.95

286 pages • Paperback

228x152

April 2023

Casemate Publishers

• Gripping naval action set in the Mediterranean Sea, sees the book’s hero drawn into the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Battle of Anzio.

• A young ensign and his crew must face deadly air and U-boat attacks while undertaking the crucial role of towing ships into and out of battles in the Mediterranean during World War II.

9781636240701 • £17.95

288 pages • Paperback

228x152

May 2023

Casemate Publishers

• On a tiny island in the shadow of Guadalcanal a deadly game of cat and mouse is taking place between American and Japanese forces, both determined to evade and defeat each other.

• Written by a Marine veteran turned acclaimed military historian, this historically-accurate new fiction book packs a punchy plot.

HOOD’S DEFEAT NEAR FOX’S GAP

PRELUDE TO EMANCIPATION

Curtis L. Older

An exceptional analysis of Confederate Brigadier General John Bell Hood’s troop movements during the battle of South Mountain. For the past 160 years, all other authors misplaced Hood’s troop positions on the Fox’s Gap battlefield by approximately half a mile. The actual location of Hood’s attack reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle. For the first time, this book retells the battle based on the actual geography and topography of the battlefield.

• The battle of South Mountain – part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War – has been much written about, but this offers a transformative new take on events.

• Argues that Hood’s troop positions on the Fox’s Gap battlefield was nearly half a mile away from reported accounts, which has significant ramifications for the position of competing forces and more.

• The author has spent years speaking to historians and archaeologists, and walking the battle ground – his understanding of the topography of the battlefield sets this book apart.

9781636242736 • £29.95

240 pages • Hardback

229x152 • B&w images

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

9781636241364 • £15.99

160 pages • Hardback

198x128 • Diagrams and illustrations

July 2023

Casemate Publishers

• Uses contemporary manuals and documents to explore the role of US Army engineers during World War II.

• Covers all aspect of military engineering from construction through camouflage and booby traps to demolition.

THE FLYING GRUNT

THE STORY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD E. CAREY, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (RET)

Alan E. Mesches

There are many good leaders and military strategists, but some stand above based on their actions and integrity. Based upon hours of interviews with the general, this biography captures the exceptional and inspiring life of one such figure: Marine Lieutenant General Richard Edward Carey (b. 1928). Coming from a broken Depression-era home, he enlisted in 1945 and eventually became the recipient of the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals, as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals.

• Richard Carey fought at Chosin Reservoir, then flew 204 combat sorties in Vietnam – this is the inspirational story of a Marine Corps legend.

• During his 38-year military career, he witnessed and participated in major historical events, though a high school wrestling injury would eliminate him from the Mercury-7 space program.

9781636242583 • £32.95

240 pages • Hardback

228x152 • B&w and colour

March 2023

Casemate Publishers

9781636241388 • £15.99

160 pages • Hardback

198x128 • Diagrams and illustrations

July 2023

Casemate Publishers

• Covers intelligence-gathering, observation, interrogation, and briefings.

• Explores how military intelligence supported success in operations during the war.

• Uses contemporary manuals to explain how intelligence officers collated and made sense of information to create briefings.

9781636242262 • £15.99

160 pages • Hardback

198x127

July 2023

Casemate Publishers

• Compiles many of the documents that the US Army Air Forces bomber crews would have read during intensive months of training and combat.

• Offers insights into how bomber crews – pilots, co-pilots, engineers, navigators, wireless operators, gunners, and bombardiers – operated individually and collectively.

125 years on from the first publications of Flinders Petrie’s discoveries - and 50 years on from the reissue of Aris & Phillips’ typological catalogues of his finds - Oxbow Books announces an ambitious publishing project to bring these seminal publications on Egyptian artefacts back into print.

9798888570005 • £24.95

144 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated February 2023

Oxbow Books

9798888570029 • £24.95

130 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated

February 2023

Oxbow Books

OBJECTS OF DAILY USE

W.M. Flinders Petrie

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s description and catalogue of a wide range of everyday Egyptian and Roman objects in his collections.

9798888570128 • £24.95

110 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated

February 2023

Oxbow Books

GLASS STAMPS AND WEIGHTS

W.M. Flinders Petrie

Reissue of fully illustrated catalogue of Roman to Abbasid period glass stamps and ancient weights, collected and described by Finders Petrie.

9798888570081 • £24.95

58 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated

February 2023

Oxbow Books

9798888570043 • £24.95

68 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated

February 2023

Oxbow Books

SHABTIS

W.M. Flinders Petrie

Reissue of the first comprehensive study of shabtis (inscribed funeral statuettes) from Egypt, with illustrated inscriptions, transliterations and over 650 photographed statuettes.

9798888570067 • £24.95

68 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated February 2023

Oxbow Books

ANCIENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

W.M. Flinders Petrie

Reissue of fully illustrated catalogue of Roman to Abbasid period weights, measures, and balances collected and described by Finders Petrie.

9798888570104 • £24.95

110 pages • Paperback

296x210 • Fully illustrated February 2023

Oxbow Books

THE NORSE SORCERESS

MIND AND MATERIALITY IN THE VIKING WORLD

Edited by Leszek Gardeła, Sophie Bønding and Peter Pentz

This volume provides new insights into the reality of Viking Age magic. Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of various kinds to manipulate the world around them. The most iconic of these magic practitioners is the völva – a figure that commands both respect and fear. This multidisciplinary book explores new trajectories for the study of the beliefs and mentalities behind the performance of magic, the ritual tools employed in these practices, and the sorcerers who wielded them. It provides new answers to highly topical issues of Viking Age research, and offers a nuanced image of the völva and related magic workers in their cultural context; one which will appeal to an extremely broad audience.

• Many of the contributors are leading experts in their respective fields.

• Richly illustrated with never-beforeseen photographs and reconstructions of burials.

• This work is part of a project conducted at the National Museum of Denmark and the project will conclude in 2024 with a major exhibition, centred around the völva.

9781789259537 • £60.00

488 pages • Hardback

280x216 • B&w and colour

May 2023

Oxbow Books

BROKEN POTS, MENDING LIVES THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF OPERATION NIGHTINGALE

Richard Osgood

Operation Nightingale was established in 2011 within the UK MOD to help facilitate the recovery of armed forces personnel recently engaged in armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, using the archaeology of the British Training Areas. Over the following decade, the project has expanded to include veterans of older conflicts and of other nations. This book, with foreword by Professor Alice Roberts, is the story of those veterans, their incredible discoveries, and their own journeys of recovery. Archaeological digs have ranged from the crash sites of Spitfires and trenches of the Western Front in WWI through to burial grounds of Convicts and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Lavishly illustrated, this work shows how the discovery of our shared past can be restorative and help people mend otherwise damaged lives.

• First publication to cover the UK’s innovative Operation Nightingale project, which helps wounded soldiers through involvement in archaeology.

• Provides insights into unique archaeological digs ranging from Bronze Age sites to 20th-century battlefield sites, including a First World War tank, a Spitfire, and practice trenchworks.

• Features superb photography by Harvey Mills.

9781789259384 • £25.00

256 pages • Hardback

254x198 • Colour and B&W

June 2023

Oxbow Books

THE MARRIAGE BED OF HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK

A MASTERPIECE OF TUDOR CRAFTSMANSHIP

Edited by Peter N. Lindfield

With no known surviving equivalent of secular domestic furniture from this period, the Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marriage bed – rediscovered in 2010 after being bought in a dilapidated condition at an auction in Chester – is an exceptional piece of late medieval English royal furniture. Initially thought to be a 19thcentury fake, this book presents historical, archival and scientific evidence to show, beyond doubt, the bed’s late medieval age.

The marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth in 1486 symbolised the end of the War of the Roses by joining the House of Lancaster to the House of York – imagery which is reflected in the carved oak four-poster bed’s design. Structured thematically, this fascinating book explores the bed’s form and structure, context, iconography, wood, paint, physical history, provenance –including its curious reproduction by George Shaw in Victorian England – and relationship with known surviving Tudor furniture, as well as Georgian and Victorian Gothic Revival beds. It is also testament to the benefits of sustained multidisciplinary research, showing how numerous disciplines across the arts and conservation sciences can come together to assess and interpret such rare historic survivals.

9781789257922 • £35.00

184 pages • Hardback

246x189 • B&w and colour

March 2023

Oxbow Books

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WILD BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Dale Serjeantson

This publication tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last Ice Age to around AD 1650. It is based on archaeological bird remains integrated with ethnography and the history of birds and avian biology. It identifies changing patterns of wetland, water bird and game species through time, and in addition to their food value, examines our changing interactions with them. This includes considering evidence for use of bird body parts in religious rituals; taboos, totemism and superstitions surrounding eating certain species; their capture and role in falconry and as companion animals; and their importance in the economy from the Viking period onwards. It is an essential guide for archaeologists, zooarchaeologists, and historians concerned with the history of birds.

• Identifies changing patterns through time in the exploitation, including flock management, of wetland, water bird and game species.

• Examines the evidence for ritual and religious use of bird body parts and plumage, taboos, totemism and superstitions surrounding the eating or non-eating of certain species, and the significance of the presence of archaeological remains of raptors not used in falconry.

9781789259568 • £55.00

256 pages • Hardback

280x216 • B&W illustrations

May 2023

Oxbow Books

COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY ON HADRIAN’S WALL 2019–2022

Rob Collins, Jane Harrison, Ian Kille, Kathryn Murphy and Kerry Shaw

The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) has been funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote the value of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site to local communities and provide opportunities for volunteers to engage with the archaeology and conservation of the Wall. Complete with colour photographs, this book documents the evolution of the project, communicating the range of activities undertaken by volunteers, and the new discoveries and insights into Hadrian’s Wall revealed by archaeological fieldwork. It also discusses exciting new work to explore the stones of Hadrian’s Wall, its source geology and how stones were reused from the monument. Arranged thematically, the book features contributions from project volunteers themselves, bringing the project into vibrant focus.

• Documents a highly successful example of direct public engagement in archaeology and heritage conservation.

• Features colour photographs.

• Includes personal experiences of volunteers.

9781789259599 • £12.95

144 pages • Paperback

248x184 • Colour images

May 2023

Oxbow Books

FROM HUNTER-GATHERERS TO EARLY CHRISTIANS

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT SOCIETIES IN THE LLŶN PENINSULA

Julian Maxwell Heath

The Llŷn Peninsula, in north-west Wales, is home to a remarkable and abundant collection of archaeological sites and monuments, which bear witness to the ancient societies who once inhabited this narrow finger of land. This abundantly illustrated book examines this rich corpus of archaeological evidence. Beginning with faint but fascinating traces of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and ending in the early medieval period, about 9,000 years of human habitation are thus covered in its pages. This volume throws considerable light on the ancient peoples of the Llŷn Peninsula, and the rich archaeological heritage of this special part of the United Kingdom, which has much to offer those who are interested in the distant lives of our ancestors.

• Explores the rich and varied archaeological record of a small but distinctive region of north-west Wales, incorporating the results of several major recent research projects.

• Discusses the distinctive early history of the peninsula in early Christian times and sets it into its wider regional context.

9781914427220 • £39.95

272 pages • Paperback

246x185 • B&w and colour

January 2023

Windgather Press

THE BATTLE OF PINKIE, 1547 THE LAST BATTLE BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS OF SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND

David H. Caldwell, Victoria Oleksy and Bess Rhodes

The Battle of Pinkie (1547) was the last great clash between the English and the Scots as independent nations. It is a well-documented battle, with eyewitness accounts, contemporary illustrations, and archaeological evidence of military activities. Despite its significance, the battle has not been well understood. Using contemporary records and archaeological evidence, this volume reconsiders the events of September 1547, exploring the location of the fighting, the varied forces involved, the aims of the commanders, and the close-run nature of the battle. After Pinkie it briefly seemed as if the future of Britain had been redefined, but the reality proved rather different. This book provides a reminder of the uncertainty and high stakes both Scots and English faced in the autumn of 1547.

• Presents the first detailed description and analysis of a key battle of the 16th century between the Scots and English.

• Analyses the significance of the battle in relation to the historical background of Henry VIII’s attempt to demand a marriage between his son Edward and Mary Queen of Scots.

9781789259735 • £35.00

224 pages • Hardback

241x171 • B&W and colour

June 2023

Oxbow Books

HAGIA SOPHIA IN CONTEXT

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CATHEDRAL

OF BYZANTINE

CONSTANTINOPLE

Ken Dark and Jan Kostenec

The Cathedral of Hagia Sophia is often seen as encapsulating Byzantine history and culture. In order to understand the cathedral complex as a whole, this volume is the first to focus on the archaeology of the largely neglected ecclesiastical buildings in the immediate environs of the church, rather than the cathedral itself. Previously unrecorded material includes parts of the Patriarchal complex, what may be the ‘Great Baptistery’, and what are perhaps the first identified fragments of the fourthcentury phase of the cathedral.

• Fresh evidence about the appearance and function of the complex, enabling us to reconsider what Hagia Sophia can tell us about the wider Byzantine world.

• Presents previously unrecorded material, including what are perhaps the first fragments of the fourthcentury phase of the cathedral to be identified.

• The first research project to focus on the archaeology of the immediate environs of the church in order to understand the complex as a whole.

9781789259872 • £35.00

160 pages • Paperback

298x210

March 2023

Oxbow

HOGARTH’S BRITONS

Jacqueline Riding

Hogarth’s Britons explores how the English painter and graphic satirist William Hogarth (1697–1764) set out to define British nationhood and identity at a time of division at home and conflict abroad. With notions of community cohesion, good citizenship, and patriotism wrapped up in a unifying idea of British national character and spirit in all its variety, and set alongside the ongoing national debate on Britain’s past, present, and future within European and World affairs, Hogarth and his art has never been more relevant. Hogarth created some of the most iconic images in British and European art, including Marriage A-La-Mode, O the Roast Beef of Old England (The Gate of Calais), and The March of the Guards to Finchley.

9781913645458 • £17.50 • 120 pages • Paperback • 210x210 • March 2023

Paul Holberton Publishing

FIGURES FROM THE FIRE

J. PIERPONT MORGAN’S ANCIENT BRONZES AT THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART

Lisa Brody with contributions by James Higginbotham

This beautiful publication presents a collection of exquisite ancient bronzes from the Wadsworth Atheneum that were collected by John Pierpont Morgan. It accompanies a special exhibition of the bronzes at Bowdoin College. New highresolution photography of each work of art allows readers to appreciate their intricate details of craftsmanship, including copper and silver inlay, and the inclusion of current research on these exceptional objects helps readers better understand how they were made and what they represented in an ancient context.

9781913645403 • £20.00 • 92 pages • Paperback • 260x216 • March 2023

Paul Holberton Publishing

SHAKESPEARE, HOGARTH AND GARRICK PLAYS, PAINTING AND PERFORMANCE

Robin Simon

This book offers a fresh examination of theatrical portraits through close analysis of the pictures and of the texts used in performance. It also examines the central role of the theatre in British culture, while highlighting the significance of Shakespeare, Hogarth and Garrick in the European Enlightenment and the rise of Romanticism. In this context, another trio of genius features prominently: Lichtenberg, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Denis Diderot. Familiar paintings and performances are seen in an entirely new light.

9781913645441 • £55.00 • 256 pages • Hardback • 290x245 • 210 illustrations • April 2023

Paul Holberton Publishing

CONNECTING WORLDS ARTISTS AND TRAVEL

Edited by Anita Viola Sganzerla and Stephanie Buck

Artists and travel have for centuries been intertwined where the desire to explore beyond the confines of one’s home has provoked a truly astonishing outpouring of creativity. Comprising over 100 such works, Connecting Worlds: Artists & Travel will be the first exhibition to approach the subject through the lens of artists’ experiences of travel from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century, before the establishment of the railroad and use of photography as a means of recording changed these experiences deeply.

9781913645489 • £45.00 • 274 pages • Hardback • 300x230 • 200 illustrations • July 2023

Paul Holberton Publishing

ITALIAN MAIOLICA AND OTHER EARLY MODERN CERAMICS IN THE COURTAULD GALLERY

Elisa Sani

The first catalogue of the collection of early modern ceramics in the Courtauld. The pieces in the collection showcase brilliantly the skill of potters and pottery painters working at the time of Raphael and Titian. An introductory essay on the Victorian collector Thomas Gambier Parry sheds new light on the development of this fascinating collection and each detailed entry uncovers a wealth of new information on the provenance of the pieces.

9781913645168 • £50.00 • 304 pages • Hardback • 285x245 • 180 illustrations • March 2023

Courtauld

THE MCCARTHY COLLECTION

Charles T. Little and Miguel Ayres De Campos

The McCarthy collection comprises more than 150 specimens of medieval European sculpture, produced over a period of nearly 600 years. It follows the publication of three volumes dedicated to Robert McCarthy’s vast collection of Western miniatures and manuscript leaves (2018-2021), and is part of an ambitious project to document the entirety of his holdings — which also include notable selections of medieval ivories, stained glass and East Christian Art. Richly detailed with plentiful illustrations and original research, it is a notable contribution to medieval scholarship.

9781915401052 • £85.00 • 304 pages • Hardback • 300x240 • May 2023

Ad Ilissum

VENETIAN DISEGNO NEW FRONTIERS

Edited by Maria Aresin and Thomas Dalla Costa

Offering a fresh perspective on the art of Venice and the Veneto, this volume brings together the contributions of scholars and curators specialist on a wide variety of artists and art forms including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and architecture. Sumptuously illustrated with over 100 images with a comprehensive bibliography, it represents a significant contribution to scholarship on the art of Venice, Renaissance workshops and drawing studies.

9781915401007 • £40.00 • 304 pages • Hardback • 280x245 • April 2023

Ad Ilissum

BRITTLE BEAUTY REFLECTIONS ON 18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PORCELAIN

Andreina D’Agliano, Claudia Lehner-Jobst, Errol Manners, Rosalind Savill and Selma Schwartz

Presents a superlative private collection of European porcelain – radical, rare and in many cases unique pieces assembled over thirty years. Lavishly illustrated and insightfully researched, the book showcases eighty vessels and sculptures, and includes accounts of their patrons and former owners, many as eccentric as the works themselves. It also features essays from several eminent scholars and showcases a wealth of stunning imagery.

9781912168293 • £75.00 • 240 pages • Hardback • 280x245 • September 2023

Ad Ilissum

THE ART OF THE RING

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRIFFIN

COLLECTION

Diana Scarisbrick

The distinguished private collection, known as the Griffin Collection, comprises in its entirety examples of every category of ring – signet, devotional, memorial, decorative – dating from antiquity to modern times. An unusually high proportion of the rings have distinguished later provenance, coming from celebrated collectors. This catalogue focuses on about one hundred special rings, chosen as highlights of this extensive collection.

9781915401069 • £35.00 • 224 pages • Hardback • 220x220 • 250 illustrations • June 2023

Ad Ilissum

COSMOLOGIES AND BIOLOGIES

ILLUMINATED SIAMESE MANUSCRIPTS OF DEATH, TIME AND THE BODY

Justin McDaniel

This book consists both of an explanation and a detailed catalogue of some exemplary manuscripts and of a fascinating introductory essay discussing the belief systems and activities they represent. This ground-breaking publication examines closely and contextualizes fourteen of the most striking and visually unique manuscripts of this kind known, in or outside Thailand.

9781912168286 • £40.00 • 176 pages • Hardback • 280x245 • 100 illustrations • March 2023

Ad Ilissum

MATTHEW KRISHANU

Matthew Krishanu, Mark Rappolt, Ben Luke and Dorothy Price

Matthew Krishanu’s paintings explore topics including childhood, race, religion, art history, family, grief and love. His subjects - frequently Brown people, especially children - are realised with a shallow pictorial depth, delicate washes of colour, and with a sense of interior life. Through this, Krishanu questions the positions of his painterly subjects and depictions of landscapes in relation to the legacy of European colonialism and the art historical canon. This, his first trade monograph, presents a number of series of Krishanu’s works over the past sixteen years.

• Features texts by Mark Rappolt and Dorothy Price, and an interview with the artist by Ben Luke.

• The paintings included have been made in oil and/or acrylic on canvas, linen or board, with the earliest produced in 2007 and most recent completed in 2022.

9781910221334 • £30.00

192 pages • Hardback

295x245 • 125 illustrations

March 2023

Anomie Publishing

9780861592258 • £40.00

350 pages • Paperback

297x210

June 2023

British Museum Press

• First complete publication of one of the most important Iron Age sites in Europe.

• Essential reading for anyone with an interest in Iron Age culture.

LATE HOKUSAI THOUGHT, TECHNIQUE, SOCIETY, LEGACY

Edited by Timothy Clark

Building on the themes of the exhibition Late Hokusai: thought, technique, society, held at the British Museum in May 2017, this publication engages with the life and work of Late Hokusai. Essays have been grouped within the broad categories of ‘thought’ – Hokusai’s intellectual concerns and the ways his art brought these to life; ‘technique’ – how the artist pursued excellence in a wide range of media, within a commercialised art market; and ‘society’ – dimensions of cultural interaction and patronage. A fourth section on ‘legacy’ looks at how stories of Hokusai have been generated by 130 years of scholarship.

Challengingly, faked paintings and printed works have both contaminated and supported those stories. This innovative approach provides new insights into the work of one of the world’s most celebrated artists and suggests many new avenues for Hokusai research.

9780861592319 • £40.00

250 pages • Paperback

297x210 • 170 illustrations

June 2023

British Museum Press

9781913645380 • £40.00

224 pages • Hardback

280x240 • 170 illustrations

March 2023

Morgan Library

• Most important study of Piranesi’s drawings in a generation.

• Offers a new account of Piranesi’s life and work, based on the evidence of his drawings.

9782956702474 • £30.00

232 pages • Hardback

228x160 • 120 illustrations

April 2023

Les Enluminures

• With thorough essays and beautiful illustrations, Voekle tells the story of nearly seventy fakes and forgeries.

• An engaging introduction by Christopher de Hamel.

THE THRESHOLD TRIALS AT THE CROSSROADS OF ETERNITY

Ignatius (Brianchaninov) and Translated by Nicholas Kotar

In this third volume of St Ignatius’s collected works, published here in English for the first time, the saint examines the mystical boundaries that govern the life of a Christian: the one, between life and death; and the other, between the physical and spiritual realms. Included in this volume is St Ignatius’s Homily on Death, one of his most popular works, which is often published separately. The text is complemented by a comprehensive scripture index and a short biography of the author.

• Pocket-sized hieratikon containing all the texts necessary for a deacon or priest in serving the daily hours of the Orthodox Church.

• Church Slavonic and English texts are provided in parallel.

• Includes instructions and additional prayers for the All-Night-Vigil.

9780884654933 • £22.99

296 pages • Paperback 229x153

March 2023

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev

A MANUAL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH’S DIVINE SERVICES

Dmitry Sokolof

This detailed manual provides a thorough but accessible survey of everything related to the Orthodox Church’s divine services. The services of Great Vespers, Matins, and the Divine Liturgy are reviewed in detail, as are festal services, and different services of need: Baptism and Chrismation, Confession, Ordination, Matrimony, Burial, and many more. The manual is helpfully illustrated throughout and is suitable both as an introduction to Orthodox worship for the inquirer and as a convenient handbook for those already familiar with the intricacies of Orthodox services.

• Thorough and accessible work containing a survey of everything related to the Orthodox Church’s divine services.

• Includes a rare discussion of the rite of the Coronation and Anointing of the Tsar

• Complete with helpful illustrations

9780884654926 • £16.99

176 pages • Paperback

229x153 • 11 Illustrations, b&w

June 2023

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

A THEOLOGICAL APPROACH

Pavlos M. Kyprianou

This volume furthers the development of a structured and integrated Christian Orthodox political thought. The author proposes ways in which the Church could view questions of both domestic politics and international relations with a view to bringing the world into the Kingdom of God. He also suggests specific steps that could be taken to heal and strengthen interOrthodox relations. Though these specific proposals will by no means enjoy universal acceptance, they will serve as a springboard for further dialogue.

• This work furthers the development of a structured and integrated Christian Orthodox thought.

• The author suggests specific steps to heal and strengthen inter-Orthodox relations.

• Extracts from The Bases of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church are also included as an appendix to aid in further reflection on the questions raised by this book.

9781942699491 • £18.99

128 pages • Paperback 216x140

March 2023

Holy Trinity Seminary Press

ALL-NIGHT VIGIL

CLERGY SERVICE BOOK

Holy Trinity Monastery

This pocket-size hieratikon contains all the texts necessary for a deacon or priest in serving the daily hours of the Orthodox Church – Vespers, Compline, Midnight Office, Matins and the hours. Church Slavonic and English texts are provided in parallel, on facing pages. Also included are instructions and additional prayers for the All-Night Vigil and the services of Great Lent, the festal and Sunday prokeimena, and festal megolynaria. The cloth binding is sewn for durability and supplemented with a marking ribbon.

• Pocket-sized hieratikon containing all the texts necessary for a deacon or priest in serving the daily hours of the Orthodox Church.

• Church Slavonic and English texts are provided in parallel.

• Includes instructions and additional prayers for the All-Night-Vigil.

9780884654896 • £32.00

350 pages • Hardback 153x102

March 2023

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev

THE UYGHURS

KASHGAR BEFORE THE CATASTROPHE

Kevin Bubriski

In 1998, Kevin Bubriski was fortunate to spend time with the Uyghurs in Kashgar, their ancient city on the Silk Road in Xinjiang, China. While there, he made unforgettable photographic portraits and street scenes that reveal a haunting beauty and sense of the past in old Kashgar. Bubriski was drawn to the faces of ordinary people and their daily lives, with the intent that through photographs mutual understanding between people might be fostered. Although 1998 was an uncomfortable time of rapid transformation for the Uyghurs, their oasis city in the high desert was still vibrant, even as the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown was about to commence. In the last few years, up to a million Uyghurs have been detained in “re-education camps” while others have been subjected to forced sterilizations and wider persecution. The vibrancy, beauty, and grit that Bubriski witnessed and photographed more than two decades ago has irrevocably changed.

This book is bilingual (English and Uyghur) and features a historical essay by the late Dru Gladney, a renowned scholar, and extensive text by Tahir Hamut Izgil, a prominent Uyghur poet, filmmaker, and activist.

9781938086991 • £50.00

248 pages • Hardback

305x48 • 128 illustrations

May 2023

George F. Thompson

9788869774270 • £24.99

280 pages • Paperback 210x140

July 2023

Mimesis International

• This book highlights aspects of the spiritual culture within Islam that flourished along the ‘Silk Roads’ – the term coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen in 1877 to describe the web of caravan routes that connected China, South and Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

SILVER BEATLES 1956–1963

THE MAKING OF A FABULOUS DESTINY FROM THE UNKNOWN ‘50S… TO THE ‘60S WORLD HIT “LOVE ME DO”

Marco Crescenzi

60 years on from the Beatles’ first explosive hit ‘Love Me Do’, written by Lennon and McCartney and released in 1962, this is the extraordinary story of the Beatles before they became the global phenomenon still revered today. From the early struggles of the unknown band, the people, places, strokes of luck and strokes of genius, to their incredible encounter with Brian Epstein; from Decca’s historic rejection and gigs in Liverpool’s Cavern Club to Hamburg’s red-light district; and from the band’s first break with EMI and their first famous single at Abbey Road studios. This absorbing conversational account of the makings of a fabulous destiny is packed with precious photos of the young Beatles, legendary anecdotes, concerts, line-ups and a treasure of facts of about the most famous musicians in the history of music.

9788869774287 • £13.99

148 pages • Paperback 208x140

January 2023

Mimesis International

• Providing a basis for the field of Ethics of AI, the volume helps us understand the new questions raised by AI systems, with particular attention to the challenge that machine-learning algorithms represents for moral freedom.

9788873017936 • £24.00

196 pages • Paperback 240x170 • 170 illustrations

March 2023

Gremese International

9788869774348 • £14.99

180 pages • Paperback 210x140

January 2023

Mimesis International

• A study of ancient rhetoric within a philosophical reflection that aims to reconstruct its history. Moving through the various definitions of rhetoric and all its practical, ethical, social and political implications, the author leads us to the rhetorical languages of today.

9780822967149 • £24.50

272 pages • Paperback

229x152

July 2023

University of Pittsburgh Press

9780813197722 • £25.00

256 pages • Paperback

229x152 • 16 b&w

August 2023

University Press of Kentucky

9780813196329 • £32.00

326 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 51 b&w illustrations

April 2023

University Press of Kentucky

RHET OPS RHETORIC AND INFORMATION WARFARE

Edited by Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson

In this volume, Authors seek to document and analyse how state and non-state actors leverage digital rhetoric as a twenty-first-century weapon of war. Rhet Ops offer readers a chance to focus on the human dimension of rhetorical practice within mobile technologies and social networks: to reflect not only on the durable question of what it means to conduct oneself ethically as a speaker or writer, but also what it means to learn the art of rhetoric as a means to engage adversaries in war and conflict.

HARRY DEAN STANTON

HOLLYWOOD’S ZEN REBEL

Joseph B. Atkins

Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) got his start in Hollywood in TV productions; after a series of minor parts in forgettable westerns, he gradually began to get film roles that showcased his laid-back acting style, appearing in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and Alien (1979) eventually becoming a headliner in the eighties. This impassioned biography illuminates the entirety of his incredible sixty-year career. Drawing on interviews with the actor’s friends, family, and colleagues, this muchneeded book offers an unprecedented look at a beloved figure.

JEAN GABIN THE ACTOR WHO WAS FRANCE

Joseph Harriss

When one thinks of the quintessential Frenchman, one likely pictures Jean Gabin (1904-1976). The son of music hall performers, the Paris-born actor grew up in the entertainment business. His onscreen debut in the 1930s marked the beginning of many memorable roles in films such as La Grande Illusion (1937) and Émile Zola’s La Bête Humaine (1938). His performances would earn him international recognition and establish his reputation as one of the greatest stars of film noir.

9780813198019 • £32.00

360 pages • Hardback

229x152 • 64 b&w

September 2023

University Press of Kentucky

9780813197135 • £36.00 692 pages • Paperback 235x156

April 2023

University Press of Kentucky

9780813198408 • £23.00

448 pages • New in paperback

229x152 • 74 b&w halftones

September 2023

University Press of Kentucky

THE WARNER BROTHERS

Chris Yogerst and Michael Uslan

As one of the oldest and most recognizable studios in Hollywood, Warner Bros. is considered a juggernaut of the entertainment industry. Chris Yogerst follows the siblings from their family’s humble origins in Poland, through their young adulthood in the American Midwest, to the height of fame and fortune in Hollywood. Equal parts family history and cinematic journey, The Warner Brothers is an empowering story of the American dream and the legacy four brothers left behind for generations of filmmakers and film lovers to come.

CITIZEN WELLES A BIOGRAPHY OF ORSON WELLES

Frank Brady

Frank Brady presents a comprehensive and complete picture of the artist and auteur Orson Welles (1915-1985). Painstakingly researched, Brady delves into Welles’s creative achievements, from his critically acclaimed film Citizen Kane and his controversial radio broadcast The War of the Worlds (1938) to his pioneering stage productions of the classics of Shakespeare, Shaw, and Ionesco. This all-encompassing work also details the personal side of Welles’s life, including his romances with Rita Hayworth and Dolores Del Rio and the confounding tragedy of his final years.

CLARENCE BROWN

HOLLYWOOD’S FORGOTTEN MASTER

Gwenda Young and Kevin Brownlow

Academy–Award–nominated director Clarence Brown (1890–1987) worked with some of Hollywood’s greatest stars, such as Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Mickey Rooney, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy. Known as the “star maker”, he helped guide the acting career of child sensation Elizabeth Taylor. Although Brown was admired by peers like Jean Renoir, Frank Capra, and John Ford, his illuminating work and contributions to classic cinema are rarely mentioned in the same breath as those of Hollywood’s great directors.

IDA LUPINO A BIOGRAPHY

William Donati

British-born actress, singer, director, and producer Ida Lupino (1918-1995) cut one of the most alluring profiles of any Hollywood persona during the forties and fifties as the star of classic films such as They Drive by Night (1940). In a decision relatively unprecedented for women in her era, she founded her own independent production company where she became widely regarded as one of the most prolific filmmakers working at the height of the Hollywood studio system.

9780813196480 • £23.00 • 360 pages • Paperback • 229x152 • 50 illustrations • April 2023

University Press of Kentucky

JESSICA LANGE AN ADVENTURER’S HEART

Anthony Uzarowski

This volume is the first full-length biography of Jessica Lange; it presents a comprehensive study of the life and work of an exceptional actress. This meticulously researched and wide-ranging biography also gives a glimpse into Lange’s carefully guarded private life: her years as a free-spirited artist in the 1960s, her dedication to motherhood, and her legendary partnership with Sam Shepard, which was one of the most passionate, tumultuous, and secretive long-term relationships in Hollywood.

9780813197258 • £32.00 • 240 pages • Hardback • 229x152 • 27 b&w • June 2023

University Press of Kentucky

DRINKING FROM GRAVEYARD WELLS STORIES

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

A collection of poignantly reflective stories that ventilate the voices of African women charting a Black history across oceans between southern Africa and America. Ndlovu boldly offers up alternative interpretations of a past and a present that speculates into the everyday lives of a people disregarded. Immersed in worlds both fantastical and familiar, readers find themselves walking alongside these women, grieving their pain, and celebrating their joy, all against the textured backdrop of African histories, languages, and cultures.

9780813196978 • £20.00 • 160 pages • Hardback • 216x140 • April 2023

University Press of Kentucky

ATHENS ON THE FRONTIER

GRECIAN-STYLE ARCHITECTURE IN THE SPLENDID VALLEY OF THE WEST, 1820-1860

Patrick Lee Lucas

Patrick Lee Lucas examines the material culture of Grecian-style buildings in antebellum America to help recover nineteenthcentury regional identities as several cities and towns in the trans-Appalachian region adopted the moniker of ‘Athens,’ styling themselves as centers of culture, education, and sophistication.

9780813197128 • £18.00 • 250 pages • Paperback • 229x152 • 73 b&w illustrations, 4 tables • April 2023

University Press of Kentucky

BOURBON 101

Albert W. A. Schmid

This volume offers a distinctive and introductory approach to learning about the world of bourbon. Award-winning author Albert W. A. Schmid takes students through a crash-course in all-things bourbon including its history, production, and enduring cultural identity. Told through the lens of Schmid’s own experiences and interactions with experts in the bourbon world, the book is as much a handbook as it is a love letter to a beverage that has left an indelible impression on those who’ve dared to take the first sip.

9780813197166 • £25.00 • 280 pages • Hardback • 229x152 • 86 colour illustrations • May 2023

University Press of Kentucky

THE GRAND TOUR COOKBOOK 2.0

Hannah Grant

This is the ultimate Tour de France performance cookbook, a modern classic, and a must-have for all cycling aficionados serious about nutritional intake. Author Hannah Grant has a background in modern sports nutrition and with 350-pages of easy-to-prepare recipes containing allergy friendly, natural, unprocessed foods, The Grand Tour Cookbook is the ultimate companion in the kitchen for athletes. Maximize your performance by changing the way you eat - lose weight, get more energy, conquer those goals and become a successful rider.

• Anniversary edition.

• The new edition of the ultimate Tour de France performance cookbook, a modern classic, a must-have for all cycling aficionados serious about nutritional intake.

9798887570617 • £27.99

350 pages • Hardback

270x210

April 2023

Musette Publishing

THE WILD HUNT DIVINATIONS A GRIMOIRE

Trevor Ketner

This is a stunning second collection from National Poetry Series winner, Trevor Ketner. Comprised of 154 sonnets, each anagrammed line-by-line from Shakespeare’s sonnets, the book refracts these lines through the thematic lens of transness, queer desire, kink, and British paganism. The sonnets come together to form a grimoire that casts a trancelike and intense spell on the reader. Relentless, excessive, wild, and tender, The Wild Hunt Divinations: A Grimoire sets itself to chanting from beginning to end.

9780819500380 • £33.50

96 pages • Hardback

9780819500397 • £12.50

96 pages • Paperback

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April 2023

Wesleyan University Press

THE CAKE COOKBOOK

HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT YOUR VEGGIES TOO

Hannah Grant

Amazon’s Eat. Race. Win. presents The Cake Cookbook. Now you can have your cake and eat your veggies too! This is the sacred text for learning how to bake irresistible cakes with vegetables that are made and polished off by athletes and families alike. Designed for endurance training, social events, and fussy eaters, The Cake Cookbook includes delicious treats that are gluten free, dairy free, without added sugars, and crafted with ingredients such as carrot, sweet potato, beetroot, and even celeriac.

9798887570648 • £27.99

140 pages • Hardback

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April 2023

Musette Publishing

THE RUINS OF NOSTALGIA

Donna Stonecipher

New work from one of the most compelling and transformative writers of the contemporary prose. In a series of 64 gorgeous, ramifying, unsettling prose poems addressing late-twentieth- and twenty-first century experience and its discontents, The Ruins of Nostalgia offers a strikingly original exploration of the misunderstood phenomenon of nostalgia as both feeling-state and historical phenomenon. Written often in the fictional persona of the firstperson plural, The Ruins of Nostalgia explores the rich territory where individual response meets a collective phenomenon.

9780819500830 • £20.50

80 pages • Hardback

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October 2023

Wesleyan University Press

A PAINTER AND A POET CONVERSATIONS IN COLOUR

Illustrated by Alice Mumford, Poetry by Sue Leigh

This beautiful book, of paintings by Alice Mumford and poems by Sue Leigh, brings together exciting new work from the two makers. Collaboration is perhaps not the right word for a project in which paintings and poems sit side by side, each illuminating the other. Onlooker and reader are offered another glimpse, another view which may change the experience of looking and reading. The book includes conversations between painter and poet in which they discuss their experience of working in their different media and consider the limitations and possibilities of each. They talk about their sources of inspiration, how they might choose a subject (or does it choose them?), and the process that surrounds the making of their work.

• Published to accompany an exhibition at Belgrave Gallery, St Ives: 9-24 September 2023.

9781915670069 • £20.00

96 pages • Paperback

225x210 • Full colour images

September 2023

Sansom & Company

PARALLEL LIVES NINE WOMEN ARTISTS

Gill Clarke and Steve Marshall

Parallel Lives looks at the careers and experiences of nine women artists, all born within 20 years of each other: Sybil Andrews, Wilhelmina BarnsGraham, Prunella Clough, Ithell Colquhoun, Evelyn Dunbar, Gertrude Hermes, Barbara Jones, Enid Marx and Monica Poole. Their work covers a range of media: sculpture, painting, printmaking, textile design and book illustration Each was an original and innovative creative force whose work has an enduring appeal. The book takes each artist as an individual, following their triumphs and challenges, but also highlighting moments when their careers and experiences overlapped and corresponded.

9781915670076 • £20.00

128 pages • Hardback

270x210 • Full colour images

September 2023

Sansom & Company

PETER HOWSON A RETROSPECTIVE

Susan Mansfield, Matthew Flowers and David Patterson

Peter Howson, a contemporary Scottish Artist has established a formidable reputation as one of his generation’s leading figurative painters. Many of his paintings were inspired by the street characters he encountered around his Glasgow studio. He is renowned for his penetrating insight into the human condition, and his heroic portrayals of the mighty and the lowly. This publication is the first major statement about Howson’s work for almost twenty years and accompanies a major retrospective at Edinburgh City Art Centre.

• Celebrates work spanning five decades, including paintings, drawings, etchings, monoprints, all of which demonstrate his consummate skill across many media.

• Accompanies the first major exhibition of his work in Scotland for 20 years: City Art Centre, 27 May–1 October 2023.

9781915670052 • £20.00

112 pages • Paperback

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October 2023

Sansom & Company

INTO THE LIGHT THE ART OF EGON ALTDORF

Translated by Judith Le Grove. By Graham Ward, Deborah Lewer, Dorothea Schöne, Julia Kelly, Elaine Morley, Nicolette David, David Jasper, Ulrich Knufinke, and Arie Hartog

From sculpture to woodcuts, glass design to poetry, the work of German artist Egon Altdorf crossed boundaries. ‘Making culture behind the barbed wire’ was how Altdorf endured wartime captivity, inspiring a life dedicated to art that was innovative, spiritual and redemptive. Exhibiting in London alongside sculptors Barbara Hepworth, Lynn Chadwick and Reg Butler at the Unknown Political Prisoner exhibition (1953), he adopted an increasingly abstract approach, rooted in Biblical symbolism yet embracing different faiths, notably in designs for the outstanding interior of Wiesbaden’s new synagogue. Exploring Altdorf’s work in ten interdisciplinary chapters,this book illuminates the still-overlooked contribution of artists who reshaped postwar existence: the lost generation.

• First English language study of the German artist, Egon Altdorf (1922–2008), whose encounter with British sculptors at the Unknown Political Prisoner competition in 1953 informed a unique body of sculpture, woodcuts, stained glass, poetry, and designs for Wiesbaden’s new synagogue (1966).

9781915670083 • £35.00

192 pages • Hardback

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June 2023

Sansom & Company