Time period: 20th century

It is the winter of 1946, and, after years of war, ex-Special Operations Executive agent Duncan Forrester is back at his Oxford college as a junior ancient history fellow. But his peace is shattered when another, much-disliked, fellow is found dead in the quad, stabbed and pushed from an upper wi...

In Dubai, a luxury apartment block is built in the shape of a giant iPod. In China, President Xi Jinping denounces the trend of constructing 'bizarre' new buildings in wacky shapes and colours. In Cincinnati, celebrity architect Zaha Hadid is paid millions to design a single 'iconic' structure - ...

As the horrors of fascism ran riot through Europe in the 1930s, tens of thousands of central Europeans, most of them Jewish and many of them artists, fled their countries seeking sanctuary in an imperial island at the edge of the continent. The world they found when they reached these shores - da...

Has everything been said about Muhammad Ali, once the most famous man in the world? No. There is one special bout that has, over time, been largely overlooked, where both the fight and shenanigans surrounding it have never been fully recorded. In early 1970, a fight involving Ali was avoided by e...

Thomas provides a magnificent epic biography of one of the great writers of the twentieth century and his influence upon it. He received great co-operation from Solzhenitsyn's first wife, Natalya, who provided photographs from her own collection.

Calder's life and work, including his lesser known pieces are examined and analysed in detail in this book. It is published to coincide with the centenary of the birth of this influential artist who brought movement into the world of sculpture.

When the mystic, occult magician, poet, and founder of the religious philosophy of Thelema, Aleister Crowley died in an obscure boarding house in Hastings, England, on December 5th 1947, at the age of 72, few knew he was to become one of the most enduring pop culture figures of the next hundred y...

As well as an introductory essay, this text is a comprehensive survey of Alan Moore's career. It examines recurring themes in his work and how it has evolved over the years.

At the outbreak of the World War I there was no formal organisation for the transport of spies across enemy lines by aircraft & no communications network between the air forces and their agents. Here the exploits of British & Commonwealth, American, Free European, Soviet, German, Italian and Japa...

November, 1941. Christmas is coming and despite the blackout, shortages and a constant threat of air raids, the inhabitants of Kelthorpe on the Yorkshire coast are determined that war won't stop them celebrating. The run-up to Christmas sees sisters Connie and Lizzie, and their good friend Pamela...

A thrilling and heartwarming Christmas story of friendship, love and duty in wartime by the author of 'The Air Raid Girls'.

A thrilling and heartwarming Christmas story of friendship, love and duty in wartime by the author of 'The Air Raid Girls'.

This text recounts the author's life in Liverpool from 1945 to 1962, when he was growing up with his sister, parents and grandparents in a small terraced house in Aintree. It is accompanied by an atmospheric selection of photographs reflecting the England then.

This is the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the WW2 female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo. Agent Zo was the only woman to reach London from Warsaw during the Second World War as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command, and then in Britain she became the only woman to join the Poli...

In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1944, a thin, and unusually elegant, housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted mother-of-three, attentive wife and friendly neighbour, Sonya Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity. However, rather ...

In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1942, a thin, and unusually elegant, housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted mother-of-three, attentive wife and friendly neighbour, Sonya Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity. However, rather ...

In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1942, a thin, and unusually elegant, housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted mother-of-three, attentive wife and friendly neighbour, Sonya Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity. However, rather ...

Throughout the Second World War, Britain's defence against the enemy within was Eric Roberts, a former bank clerk from Epsom. He was recruited into the shadowy world of espionage by the great spymaster Maxwell Knight. Roberts penetrated first the Communist Party and then the British Union of Fasc...

Throughout the Second World War, Britain's defence against the enemy within was Eric Roberts, a former bank clerk from Epsom. He was recruited into the shadowy world of espionage by the great spymaster Maxwell Knight. Roberts penetrated first the Communist Party and then the British Union of Fasc...

This title presents the story of the most successful German spy of World War II, the Albanian Elyesa Bazna - an untrained opportunist. Working as a valet to the British ambassador to Turkey in Ankara he photographed 'Top Secret' material on critically important policy and military issues, which h...