A history of the First World War, and the events that led up to it.
World War I: a very peculiar history
World War One: a very peculiar history
World War Two: a very peculiar history
World War Two: a very peculiar history
Explores the most destructive event of the twentieth century, a war that defined and shaped the world we live in today. Jim Pipe introduces the nations, as well as individuals, that participated and the politics that drove them, alongside the Peculiar History-style fascinating t…
This title tells the story of the Tudor monarchs, their castles, their lives and their subjects in a time when it was fashionable to slash up your clothes for that 'fresh from battle' look.
Packed with information and written with humour and illustrated with drawings, some detailed, this book gives the reader a great insight into the Tudors and their times. Includes a fold-out leaflet, in colour, with detailed drawings of Shakespeare's Globe theatre and the ship ca…
The Tudors were an odd bunch, even weirder than their subjects, perhaps. When they weren't beheading wives and enemies they were threatening to, or going around earning themselves nicknames like 'Bloody Mary' and 'The 9 Day Queen'. 'The Tudors: A Very Peculiar History; tells the…