General Military

The political upheaval of the mid-17th century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the conflict of 1640-60 was more dramatic: the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced by a republic and military rule. In this thoroughly enjoyable account, Blair Worden explores the events of this period and their origins.

Bloomsbury presents The Splintered Empires by Prit Buttar, read by Leighton Pugh. The last volume of Prit Buttar's best-selling series on the Eastern Front in World War I At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was...

Bloomsbury presents On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943 by Prit Buttar, read by Leighton Pugh From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is the engrossing story of the often-overlooked German counteroffensive post-Stalingrad, and how it prevented the...