The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Dilip Sarkar, you’ve written 6 books about Douglas Bader, and he’s such an inspirational figure – what were the circumstances surrounding his crash and what were his injuries? Bader was a gifted aerobatic pilot and sportsman, driven to be the best at everything he...
I suppose you could say that I was a survivor of the Cold War. All my military service, from a rude awakening as an 18-year-old recruit for the Irish Guards at Caterham, until I finally stepped off in 2004, was spent in its constantly threatening and frequently...
‘No ship that ever sailed brought England such disaster.’ So said William of Malmesbury writing in the 12th century about the events of a freezing cold November night in 1120 which ultimately led to the destruction of Henry I’s carefully engineered legacy. It was true...
In 1931, a young RAF fighter pilot, Douglas Bader, crashed whilst performing unauthorised, low-level, aerobatics. Within his mangled biplane, the pilot lay dreadfully injured, his life only saved by the subsequent amputation of both legs. A lesser man would have died,...
Out of the nearly 500 Medals of Honor awarded during World War Two, only seven black Americans received this award. Immortal Valor tells their stories. Charles L. Thomas, Vernon J. Baker, Willy James Jr., Edward Allen Carter Jr., George Watson, Rueben Rivers, and John...
Winston & Randolph Winston Churchill loved and depended on his wife, Clementine, he adored his three daughters Diana, Sarah and Mary, but he was obsessed with his only son Randolph. Nevertheless, Randolph occupies a curious place in the Churchill legend. He buzzes...
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Books Click on any of the books covers below to either buy or get more information on Amazon From the Publisher Pen and Sword Books Ltd was set up in 1990 to publish non-fiction history books, covering all areas of history from the ancient past to recent history. We...
In the English-speaking world and even beyond, David Hume is widely considered to be the greatest philosopher who has ever lived. The 18th century Scot applied his finely calibrated scepticism to religion, morality, causation and the nature of the self, shaking both...
David Starkey is the latest historian to get in on the action of YouTube. Viewers will be familiar with him, of course, from his media presence (on television, radio, and in print); now, he has begun a YouTube series, the scope of which includes English political and...
