Books published by The History Press Ltd

The Curse of Sherlock Holmes is the first definitive account of one of Britain's most loved actors, Basil Rathbone

The story of the real Jacinda Ardern

A unique insight into life with Sir Roger Moore - written by his PA, his co-author, his onstage co-star, and his confidant

The story of the leading Nazi wives and their experience of the rise and fall of Nazism, from its beginnings to its post-war twilight of denial and delusion.

Oscar-winning special effects master John Richardson lifts the lid on his amazing career, through unpublished images and behind-the-scenes stories

In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY. While the article withheld the names of the subjects, the newspaper reported that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police had ordered an investigation into an alleged homosexual relationship between 'a household name' from the House of Lords and a leading figure in the London underworld. Lord Boothby was the Conservative lord in question, and Ronnie Kray the infamous gangster. The report threatened a scandal even more explosive than that of the Profumo affair the previous year. Yet within a couple of weeks the story had been killed off, vanishing as suddenly as it had appeared. Lord Boothby and the Krays carried on with business as usual. Now, for the first time the full saga of the cover-up and its far-reaching consequences can be revealed. Drawing upon recently released MI5 files, government papers, extensive interviews, and a wide array of contemporary reports and secondary sources, Daniel Smith pieces together how eminent figures from the political firmament, the Security Service, the Metropolitan Police, the legal profession and the media saw to it that the Sunday Mirror's story was crushed almost as soon as it emerged.

The first book to chart the hedonistic history of London's Piccadilly

New in paperback, a little book full of information that you probably don't know about Oxfordshire!

First-hand accounts of what D-Day was really like for those who took part in Operation Overlord

The original best-selling 1950s Childhood, over 200,000 copies sold

An informative, illustrated history of a unique area of Hastings

The 2019 Cricket World Cup is commemorated in this unique collection of match reports and articles from the pages of The Times

The first book to chart the extraordinary story of St James's in London, the home to the city's iconic clubland and a host of famous institutions

A vital examination of Northern Ireland fifty years since the start of the Troubles, focusing on the events of 1969

The gripping story of the North Sea ferry MV Norland, 'secret weapon' of the Falklands War

Musings on Birmingham's contemporary music culture

Showcasing this stunning collection of photographs taken on visits to Scotland nearly every year between 1948 and 1966

Fifty stories showcasing the impact made by inspiring individuals and inventions on the development of the sailing world as we know it

A comprehensive socio-economic history of Tyneside, told through the lives of three generations of the same family

Spymasters. Spycraft. Imprisonment. Escapes. Betrayal. The untold story of Enigma and the men who broke it...

The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead come from 10,000 BC and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether ornamental patches surrounding wild cottages, container gardens blooming over unforgiving concrete or those turned over for growing produce, gardens exist in all shapes and sizes, in all manner of styles. Today we benefit from centuries of development, be it in the cultivation of desirable blossom or larger fruits, in the technology to keep weeds and lawn at bay or even in the visionaries who tore up rulebooks and cultivated pure creativity in their green spaces. George Drower takes fifty objects that have helped create the gardening scene we know today and explores the history outside spaces in a truly unique fashion. With stunning botanical and archive images, this lavish volume is essential for garden lovers.

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement

The remarkable story of the Kuczynskis, a family of Soviet spies under cover in Britain

Stories told in and about gardens, from the smallest back yard to the largest country estate

The first book about the republican internees and prisoners held on Spike Island by the British Army during 1921

Uncovering the hidden history of the greatest prize in the English game

This beautifully produced, coffee table book is the first to reveal the secrets of the Jermyn Street shirtmakers

The adventures (and misadventures!) of a 1970s and '80s car mechanic

A complete record of every grand prix winning car since the championship began in 1950

Traditional folk tales from all over Britain in which song or dance shapes the action