On 26th May 1940, the British Admiralty launched Operation Dynamo. Of the 850 ships that sailed to Dunkirk, 235 were sunk by Germanaircraft or mines, but over 338,000 troops were rescued. This...

This is the extraordinary true story of Rosemary Say and of her dramatic escape from a German-run internment camp in Occupied France. Written in Rosemary’s own words and completed by her...

When Germany invaded in 1940, the British community in Ypres was threatened. Some children managed to escape. But those who didn'twere armed with their linguistic skills and local knowledge;...

This work takes us from the mid-1770s when the country was intoxicated by a great surge of political energy through to the massive advances of technology and industrialisation during the Victoria...