What was life like for women in Tudor and Stuart England? An account of their daily experiences using first-hand sources such as diaries, letters and household accounts. The book focuses on ordinary women, poor and wealthy, and looks at female friendships, gender stereotypes and the roles of women in political and religious movements of the time.

Explores the expectations and experiences of women in the crucial period between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution.

A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century

Meet some of the women whose bravery saved Britain in the Second World War

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many women began to write historical analysis, taking a big role in defining the new American Republicanism. The work collected here ranges from reportage to poetic historical narratives and historical drama to depictions of women.

An awe-inspiring deep-dive into the treasures found on the sea floor and what they reveal about our past.

The Imperial War Museum open its world-famous archives to celebrate the letters, diaries and spoken words of those who witnessed the key events of the Second World War.

Drawn together from hundreds of hours of first-hand interviews, this book is a collection of oral testimonies from workers whose stories might not otherwise have been told: mill girls who risked life and limb in dusty, noisy weaving sheds; and, steel workers who wrestled sheets of white-hot metal in the blistering heat of the foundries.

When John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, emigrated from Stuart England to America, he and the colonists who accompanied him carried much of their culture with them. This title includes the essays that assert a unity to the transatlantic and Puritan, Anglo-American sphere, integrating the English and colonial stories.

This book uses Portland, Oregon to bring to life the transformation of U.S. cities during the first truly national war mobilization effort. World War I had an enormous impact on urban life and the relationship between cities and the federal government that has been almost entirely unexplored until now.

This pocket manual opens up the world of the Great War aviator, with extracts and images from WWI training manuals for pilots, with modern introductions.

A dramatic new illustrated account of the most destructive war the world has ever seen.

Craig L. Symonds' World War II at Sea offers a definitive naval history of the Second World War presenting the chronology of the naval war, from The London Conference of 1930 to the surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945, on a global scale for the first time.

In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. This title provides a terse, opinionated and wry short history of the First World War.

This book provides readers with an insight into the complexities of parish-worship during the momentous conflicts of the mid-seventeenth century. Using local source material, the study assesses the flexible and varied responses of parishes across Scotland and the degree of local negotiation of official Church policy.

Tells the story of a journey: from injury on the battlefield to recovery in Britain. This title presents the story of the soldiers themselves, from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station in the rear, from the base hospital to the ambulance train returning them to Blighty.

In a powerful evocation of the spirit and drama of the American West, the harrowing story of the feud that ignited the Apache Wars.

Just after half past nine on the morning of Sunday 1 November 1755, the end of the world came to the city of Lisbon. Portugal's proud capital was struck by a massive earthquake. Drawing on primary sources, Edward Paice paints a vivid picture of a city and society changed for ever by a day of terror.