Aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo's claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, this book places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically.
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This work conveys the spirit of the British Tommy, weaving a concise analysis of the British Army in the First World War with first-hand accounts taken from uncensored letters and diaries. Originally published: London: Dent, 1978.
A controversial history of the heroic year-long siege where British and Australian 'Desert Rats' held out against Rommel's Afrika Korps. The siege of Tobruk was the longest in British military history. This is the comprehensive history of the epic battle.
There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious and worst. This work tells the story of Newgate's origins, the criminals it held, the punishments meted out and its rebuilding and reform.