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“It is a far, far better thing that I do now, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” Dicken's ending to "A Tale of Two Cities" resonates for all readers of this master author and in this journal, you can follow in the footsteps of his life and works. Visit the locations that inspired his great classics and appreciate the contribution that Dickens not only made to literary history, but social matter as well.

If I asked you how many Robin Hoods you could name, what would the list be like? I’m sure you’d reel off a whole host of famous actors, like Errol Flynn, Douglas Fairbanks, Kevin Costner, Michael Praed, Sean Connery, and John Cleese, to name but six. All of these men have played the role of Robin Hood in various television and movie adaptations of the famous story. But that’s not what I meant. I’m talking about Robin Hood himself; the ever popular and ever noble outlaw hero who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, with his trusty bow and arrow as his weapon of choice. The ...

Because powerful things, always come in threes. You can never settle on an argument when there are two - there’s something magical about the Power of Three! We three amigos started debating at uni together and when we left we took the debate with us. Now we’re inviting you to have a listen and join in! Every episode, one of us take on a topic that we feel is a important part of our lives.

Do you want to learn more about Charlie Chaplin, but don’t have time to listen to huge, long biographies? Then let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour of his life. Charlie Chaplin’s legacy lives on forever in the films that have been left behind, bringing the gift of laughter to viewers of every generation, past, present, and future.

When it comes to ancient history, there are some names that will never be forgotten, and Alexander the Great is, without doubt, a perfect example of this timeless phenomenon. But beyond his rather illustrious title, few people could tell you very much more about Alexander, except, perhaps, that he was rather partial to conquering, had an amazing horse, and died very young.

Theatre of War: The Pacific Campaign is devoted to the history of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Starting with the tensions in the Pacific that led to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor through the epic battle of Midway and the atomic bombing of Japan.

Step back in time to the days that forged our modern age, when every man, woman and child in the free world were prepared to sacrifice all for the cause, and discover for yourself Why Hitler Lost the War.

When Adolf Hitler stormed to power in Germany during the 1930's, he experienced little opposition for his plans to rebuild his adopted homeland. The Hitler Conspiracies follows the remarkable plot that very nearly ended Hitler's reign of terror, proving beyond doubt that within his own ranks there were those prepared to risk their lives for that sake of humanity.

The Tide Begins to Turn October – December 1942 After so many years of German supremacy, as 1942 drew to a close, the Allies were really beginning to make headway. The British made a crucial breakthrough in North Africa, and the Americans pushed the Japanese out of Burma and New Guinea, while in Russia the Germans found themselves surrounded, as the winter snow set in over Stalingrad.

Russian Roulette July – September 1941 If Hitler had expected a decisive victory in Russia, at speed, he was thwarted at every turn and while the Luftwaffe bombed Moscow and the Siege of Leningrad began, the Soviet Red Army refused to capitulate as they watched and waited for the winter snows. Trouble was also brewing in the Pacific as America took diplomatic action against the Japanese.

Fighting Further Afield October – December 1940 Worldwide, the conflict continued to escalate as Japan made their presence felt as signatories of the Tripartite Pact, giving Hitler’s Axis of Evil more power than ever. Britain stood alone as the nightly bombing raids of the Blitz devastated major cities, while overseas British troops joined the Allied campaign for supremacy in North Africa.

El Alamein to Stalingrad July – September 1942 Hitler’s “Desert Fox”, Rommel pushed forward at El Alamein, but with the arrival of the maverick British General, Bernard Montgomery, to take charge of the Eighth Army in North Africa, the wind of change was about to blow. Meanwhile on the Russian Front Hitler’s troops advanced their Stalingrad campaign, with the Fuhrer boasting that this key city would soon be his.

Susan Clark has become a Bride for Allah, trapped as an Islamic sex slave in a Middle Eastern hell hole. Back in England, her genius school professor has progressed a little too far in his quest for Artificial intelligence and created a Super-Computer with powers as yet unimaginable. An equally brilliant Islamic scholar has been radicalized and has cloned the professor’s computer. Two individual computers of infinite power in the wrong hands pose a threat to all humanity. A superb blend of reality and probability, that conflicts the rigidly held beliefs of the Medieval Islamic world with ...

The Gods were angry. All attempts to control the dominant species of the planet had failed. Disease, Famine, Pestilence and Warfare had all been unsuccessful. THEY NEEDED TO BE CULLED. Allah proclaimed The Lost Scriptures to his Prophet Mohammad. This Jihada returned to implement them. The Christian God returned HIS Prophet to prevent the coming Islamic dominance. ISLAM and CHRISTIANITY were set on a collision course. The cull of the dominant species began. ONLY ONE RELIGION WOULD SURVIVE.

D-Day at Last April – June 1944 One of the main reasons for the success of the D-Day landings was the element of surprise, as incredibly the huge invasion force, congregating along the south coast of England went undetected by German Intelligence. Hitler’s Generals believed the stormy weather meant it would be mission impossible, and it almost was.

Spotty - is a 14-year-old boy genius, gifted with the power of total recall. Spotty forgets nothing and remembers every word of every book that he has read. He is also a daydreamer and likes nothing better than to imagine himself as the hero of those books - a superhero. One day, while sitting in the classroom listening to the endless drone of Mrs Malchite the schoolteacher, his daydream takes him to the Serengeti Plain in Africa where he is attacked by a lion. He returns to classroom reality to find that underneath his school uniform , his arm bares the deep scratch marks inflicted. This ...

It all began with the shooting of a drug dealer – a kid – a Mafia kid – the son of the Los Angeles godfather. The contract was placed, and America’s top assassin was employed to kill the cop responsible. Strange events were happening in the one-horse Tennessee township where he was now an anonymous deputy sheriff. A government sanctioned experiment to create the perfect bioweapon had gone terribly wrong, releasing a genetically engineered hornet onto an unsuspecting public. Millions of years of evolution had been compressed into laboratory test tube months. The aerial carnivore ...

THE SMILING PILL The trail of dead bodies begins in Hong Kong and moves to London. Guy Ashton is a dead man walking; no one kills a Chinese Triad Master and lives. His lifeline becomes the CIA, where he is trained to kill by the beautiful but deadly Jinlin. All action moves to Thailand in the quest for the Smiling Pill, a drug so deadly that whole nations will fall under the control of whoever acquires it. THE MISSION-: Find the drug formula and eliminate the creator. There is a traitor among them who wants the drug for themselves. As the body count continues to mount, Guy is forced into a ...

Islamic terrorism had largely been confined to the “Lone Wolf” style of individual attacks. The Western world realized that if manipulated, it could be programmed to self-implode. The British counter terrorism unit was in the way of the grand plan and would have to be eliminated. A CIA trained female assassin was employed. Things didn’t work out. The consequences were serious and far reaching.

Onwards, ever Onwards October – December 1944 Despite the fact that Hitler’s position was worsening by the day, the Nazis were still capable of inflicting terrible damage, and when the Germans attempted a breakthrough in the Ardennes region of France, the ensuing Battle of the Bulge resulted in terrible US casualties. Even so, the Germans failed to achieve their objectives, and as the year came to an end, so did Hitler’s last hopes of victory.