Product Description: The so-called "Assassins"—men who had no fear of death and were trained to kill—are one of the most spectacular legends of medieval history. Since the tales of Marco Polo and others, the myths surrounding them have been fantastically embellished and the truth has become ever more obscure...read more

For nearly 200 years the Middle East was the battleground on which Islam, Byzantium and western Christendom fought themselves to a standstill. This history presents this epic struggle as a narrative that not only relates to the crucial events, but also brings to life the remarkable characters involved in this clash of imperial ambitions.

Product Description: • Publication timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary 16-17 May 2013.• The human story of the raid both of the aircrew and the victims along the Ruhr valley.• The most detailed narrative ever of the bombing raid on the Möhne and Eder dams on the night of 16-17 May 1943...read more

The dramatic history of the movement which throughout much of the Middle Ages sought to establish Christianity in the place of its birth. A tale of wordy ambition and spiritual sacrifice, pride and humility, extraordinary valor and despicable cowardice. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The Crusades continue to exert a fascination in the West as a story of perceived gallantry and battles against impossible odds. Yet what is less often considered is their effect on the Holy Land, and in particular the response of the Muslim world to the invasions of European Crusaders...read more

Product Description: The Seventh Crusade and the Final Battle for the Holy Land

The first new history of the Mongol Empire for over twenty years. In the space of 200 hundred years, the Mongols built the greatest empire that the world had ever known and then lost it again. At its greatest extent, the lands they held dwarfed those under the control of Rome at its prime whilst the conquests of its founder, Genghis Khan, outshone those of even Alexander the Great. There were few parts of the known world that were not touched by the Mongols in one way or another: China, India, the Middle East, Europe, Egypt. This was truly a world empire. This is a tale of fiercely fought battles and political intrigue, of unrivaled ferocity and burning ambition. It is a tale not just of military campaigns, though these are of course a vital part of the building of the empire, but also of the many other ways that it grew. The Mongols truly believed that it was their destiny to conquer the world and they came mightily close to doing it.W.B. Bartlett has a long-standing relationship with Mongolia and has used his knowledge of the country and its history to tell this fascinating tale of how a tribe of little known nomads became the most feared warriors that the world has ever seen.

Product Description: British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Dive right into the heart of the action of the bouncing bomb attack on German dams in the Second World War...read more

Product Description: British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Dive right into the heart of the action with the Great Tales series. 'Titanic steamed through the darkness of the night, her sharp prow cutting through the chill water like a knife through butter...read more

The Third Crusade of Richard the Lionheart is well known but the build-up to it less so. The years that led up to the Battle of Hattin in 1187 is resonant with intrigue, plot and counter-plot, and the abuse of power. This book presents the story of those events, involving the greatest of the military orders, the Templars and their key ally.

Product Description: It was twenty minutes to midnight on Sunday 14 April, when Jack Thayer felt the Titanic lurch to port, a motion followed by the slightest of shocks. Seven-year old Eva Hart barely noticed anything was wrong. For Stoker Fred Barrett, shoveling coal down below, it was somewhat different; the side of the ship where he was working caved in...read more

Product Description: The Fourth Crusade was perhaps the darkest hour of the Catholic Church and of religion in the West. In 1204 thousands of men, dispatched by Pope Innocent IV to recover the Holy Places in Palestine, were diverted by the Venetians to the territory of the Christian Byzantine empire...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: • By the author of Titanic: 9 Hours to Hell, the Survivors' Story: 'Enthralling' THE DAILY MAIL, 'Quite the best and most level-headed telling of the whole story I have ever read' THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY.• A critical appraisal of the chain reaction that led to the disaster, and an investigation of the seven factors that caused it, and made the loss of life greater than it should have been (1...read more