This engaging book provides a gateway to larger themes in modern British history through a set of fascinating portraits of individuals that explore important ev

This is the first full-length study of the behavior of British civilians and their reactions to air raids during the Second World War. It unravels the day-to-da

In the whole course of the war,’ conceded Britain’s chief press censor, ‘there was no story which gave me so much trouble as that of the attempted German

Rob Ross is driving home when he hears that his childhood friend Jim Matthewson has fallen to his death in a climbing accident. Rob's decision to turn his car a