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Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable.

The first of its kind, Three Weeks in July provides the definitive narrative on the harrowing events of 7th July 2005 and the aftermath, where chaos, confusion and terror reigned on the streets of London. A true-crime investigation woven together with high-politics and seminal history, the book will intricately explore the untold accounts of the Met’s and Government’s response to 7/7, and their desperate attempts to prevent a possible second wave.

A deadly game of intrigue--passion, murder, betrayal and a deceit unveiled. Scotland, 1565: A turbulent era, a rugged land, and a heartfelt passion that withstood the test of time….. Married against her will to a brutal highlander, beautiful lady-in-waiting Kylynn Gowrie felt her heart come alive when she encountered dashing Roarke MacKinnon. He swept into the court of Mary, Queen of Scots, to reclaim his family’s land, but Roarke’s tenderness claimed Kylynn’s heart. She yearned to be possessed by her forbidden English suitor. But Elizabeth I of England schemed against Kylynn’s ...

Scotland and England 1585: A cunning plot, a web of intrigue, a dangerous mission to free the captive Queen of Scots that will place two lovers at odds. Beautiful, emerald-eyed Moira was sworn to another—but she knew once she laid eyes on the handsome Captain Ryan Paxton, that no other man could possess her. But he was English, and she was in the service of his enemy…. Before their forbidden love could flourish, Moira was entrapped by the sinister and ruthless “spymaster” Sir Francis Walsingham—who had his own wicked designs on her. Only the English captain could save her…and ...

On November 29, 1943, as the Allies’ primary leaders met in Tehran, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt described to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin his idea for the organization that would become the United Nations. The American president suggested that the active arm of the organization be “the Four Policemen”: the U.S., USSR, UK, and China. Stalin agreed with much of the framework in principle, but asserted that China likely would not possess the strength after the war to assist.

John Sliz has previously written on Operation Berlin, the evacuation of the British 1st Airborne Division from Arnhem, from the engineer's perspective and this time he concentrates on the Glider Pilots who lost their lives during the evacuation. This article first appeared in the December 2014 issue of The Eagle.

Ambitious and talented people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Successful courtiers needed level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses.

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, What Matters in Jane Austen? solves the mysteries of Austen’s fictional world. Jane Austen’s novels have been a staple of the English canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As Austen herself said, she wrote for readers who have "a great deal of ingenuity themselves."

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until his death in 2012.

There is untold history of Tudor England - the history of the several million subjects of their famous kings and queens. What did ordinary people do all day, in their homes, their work, their leisure and travel? An Accidental History of Tudor England explores the history of everyday life, and everyday death.

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, What Matters in Jane Austen? solves the mysteries of Austen’s fictional world. Jane Austen’s novels have been a staple of the English canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As Austen herself said, she wrote for readers who have "a great deal of ingenuity themselves."

Step right up for the most uproariously irreverent chapter of Gilbert Abbott A’Beckett’s Comic History of England—where crowns are comedy props and history’s biggest egos trip over their own dogma!