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The Wills of Our Ancestors – A Guide for Family & Local Historians 8 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
What are wills, and how can they be used for family and local history research? This practical handbook is the essential guide to understanding them. [[ This is a content summary. Please visit http:/...
Straight and True – A Select History of the Arrow 8 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
The arrow, essentially a specialized spear, is among the most ancient human inventions and can be found in cultures throughout the world. [[ This is a content summary. Please visit http://www.heritag...
Blackbeard – The Hunt for the World’s Most Notorious Pirate 7 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
Edward Teach – ‘Blackbeard’-is one of the legends of the so-called ‘golden age of piracy’. This new study looks for the man behind the legend, and it gives a vivid insight into the nature of piracy......
Bligh: Master Mariner 6 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
The Eighteenth Century was an era when brave mariners took their ships beyond the horizon in search of an unknown world. From ship’s boy to vice-admiral, discover how much more there was to Captain......
The Reichsbank Robbery 5 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
In February 1945 the US Air Force launched the largest day time bombing offensive against Berlin, dropping over 2,250 tons of bombs on the German capital. The German authorities made the decision to.....
Unearthing Churchill’s Secret Army – The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories 3 Apr 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Special Operations Executive was one of the most secretive organizations of the Second World War, its activities cloaked in mystery and intrigue. [[ This is a content summary. Please visit http:/...
John Barry – An American Hero in the Age of Sail 31 Mar 2013 | 04:00 pm
John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail is the first comprehensive biography of this legendary officer in over seventy years. [[ This is a content summary. Please visit http://www.heritageand...
Bomber Command: Reflections of War – Volume 2 – Live to Die Another Day (June 1942 – Summer 1943) 29 Mar 2013 | 05:00 pm
This is the second volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. [[ This is a content summary. Please visit http://www.heri...
X.1: The Royal Navy’s Mystery Submarine 29 Mar 2013 | 05:00 pm
The ‘X’ stood for experimental, but it might equally have meant extraordinary, exotic or extravagant, as this giant submarine attracted superlatives – the world’s largest, most heavily armed, and... ...
Stratofortress – The Story of the B-52 28 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
Boeing's mighty B-52 Stratofortress has seen continuous operational service with the United States Air Force since the type was introduced in 1957. Over 700 were built and around 80 remain in service....
