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Stunning photographs of Cambridge in the late 1960s, combined with personal recollections, anecdotes from other alumni, and extracts from college archives. The book considers heavyweight issues linked to the widespread student unrest in the 1960s, but suggests that most students were more interested in eating, drinking and making merry.

This book gives a complete history of one of the best medium bombers of the Second World War, but one that has been sadly neglected in Western histories of that war. The Tu-2, an aircraft that first appeared in 1942, had its production stopped, then restarted, and really came into its own in the last year of the Second World War.

How a friendship forged in war between a Welsh captain and an Irish chaplain with the Eighth Army in Italy led to their adoption of a hilltop village destroyed during a massacre by a German army in retreat. The small Tuscan village still remembers the acts of kindness by the British officers, dedicating a street to their Good Samaritans.

Women have had a significant presence in the circus since Patty Jones first performed in 1768 with her husband Philip Astley on the banks of the Thames. Drawing upon historical news reports and contemporary interviews, Sawdust Sisterhood explores and celebrates the intriguing lives of female performers across two centuries of circus history.

Volume 1 of the history of the Galician Waffen-SS Division covers the historical background which led to its formation in April 1943 until its commitment to battle after one year in training. The Division fought on the eastern front against the biggest Soviet offensive ever undertaken and suffered its virtual destruction at the battle of Brody.

A compelling, fresh account of the battle of Rorke's Drift, featuring an array of previously unpublished material including defender accounts and artwork. The author questions what is widely believed to be historical fact and instead offers up his own interpretation of one of the most established actions of the hospital fight.

This is an account of Queen Victoria's relationships with the Emperors, Empresses of France, Germany, Austria and Russia. Victoria had close connections with the royal houses of Germany long before the King of Prussia became the German Emperor in 1871 and with the exiled former Emperor of the French after the fall of the French Empire in 1870.

James VI & I had a series of notorious male favourites. These affairs were almost certainly sexual. They diminished the majesty of the monarchy and raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and effeminized nation. It is a story of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability as backdrop to the English Civil War.

The heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France in June 1940 Britain 'stood alone'. This ignores the millions of men and women from around the world who, largely voluntarily, rallied to the British cause. As in 1914-18 Britain in 1939-45 could call on the human and material resources of the world's greatest empire.

The book covers seventy defunct British airlines that have disappeared from our skies since 1946. They ceased trading for various reasons, from financial difficulties to industrial takeovers. It looks at both international and domestic airlines, and has a whole host of famous names, who are gone, but not forgotten.

The first ever in-depth look at the Soviet T-35 as it served in the Second World War, using actual battlefield photographs. Cross-referenced with combat reports and maps, 'Fallen Giants' gives a never-before-seen look at the grim reality that was the combat debut of the Soviet T-35A heavy tank.

10 July 1940-the official first day of the Battle of Britain-witnessed the main assaults by ever-increasing formations of Luftwaffe bombers, escorted by Bf109s and Bf110s. The Thin Blue Line tells the story. RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes endeavoured to repel the Heinkels, Dorniers and Ju88s, frequently with ill-afforded loss in pilots and aircraft.

'The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was ground-breaking in the UK and this book marks the fiftieth anniversary of its successful path to the statute book.

In the late 1930s the RAF constructed a new airfield, near the village of Acklington, Northumberland, to train aircrews. With the outbreak of hostilities, it was hastily converted to a fighter station, deploying Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons against German bombers, and continued to host night fighters long after the Battle of Britain was won.

Nick Ardley, an eccentric anachronism from a simpler age, sails his clinker sloop between Rochester and Richmond to look at a century of change. The acrid-belching chimneys have evaporated, refineries closed, but the banks remain alive. He dips and dabbles along the way, exploring salt marshes, graves, industrial ruins, and renewal.

Unique and previously unpublished photographs of Cuba's classic American and European automobiles, trucks and station-wagons, from Cadillacs and Buicks to Chevys and Fargos. It is a colourful insight into Cuban culture that features people, places, and cigars.

The remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in World War II Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Americans, Russians and Yugoslavs. Most were escaped prisoners of war. The book is a celebration of brave men and great events.

The story of Blind Veterans UK, an organization that was founded 100 years ago by Sir Arthur Pearson, who was himself blind, during the First World War, in order to bring hope and practical help to Allied servicemen blinded in their country's service. It also tells how light from the torch which Pearson lit has spread to all corners of the earth.

In 1793 the Witts family arrived in Edinburgh for a stay of five years. A well-to-do family they were brought to near penury brought the failure of Edward Witts business. Within a few months Edward and Agnes had built a wide circle of friends and acquaintance in the upper echelons of society where Agnes's magnetic personality worked its magic.

In the mid-1950s the US, worried by advances in Soviet missile technology, sought to develop an IRBM, acting as a stop-gap until their ICBMs became operational. The UK agreed to accept 60 Thor missiles, operated by RAF crews. What followed was an outstandingly successful co-operation between the two Nations.

The truth about how the British treated its prisoners and internees during the First World War

A warts and all profile of this thriving modern railway franchise, serving seven of the UK's major cities based from Birmingham

The definitive history of this famous Kent air fair

The author provides a broad view of the Southern Region and the steam engines employed in the last years before the diesel takeover. Bill Reed's superb colour photographs have made this possible.

Henry VI was weak and feeble, but his wife Margaret of Anjou, 'a great and strong laboured woman', became a formidable political force in her own right. The dynastic struggle that became known as the Wars of the Roses brought the usurpation of Edward IV, the humiliation and exile of Margaret, and the murder of Henry in the Tower of London.

This ever-popular diary sheds new light on the social history of early19th Century Cotswold life

A Pictorial review of the revolutionary Apache attack helicopter. The Apache is the primary attack helicopter in Europe and is mainly used by the British Army Air Corps. Darren Willmin, a keen aviation photographer captures the Apache through the lens at many prime locations including air shows and the British Army Air Corp training ground.

A comprehensive history of RAF Drem, a Fighter Command airfield during the Second World War. Located east of Edinburgh it was responsible for protecting the naval base at Rosyth. Its Spitfires participated in some of the first air battles fought over Britain and along with Hurricanes they continued to patrol the skies until the end of the war.

Operation Big Ben was a Top Secret plan to dive-bomb V rocket installations with Mark IX and Mark XVI Spitfires. For the first time the whole story can be told, showing the work of the Crossbow Committee, intelligence Commandos under Commander Ian Fleming, the brave RAF pilots and the essential contribution of the French and Dutch Resistance.