Murder & robbery committed on the railways have long held a special place in British criminal his...

The murder of Emily Beilby Kaye in 1924 was a crime of shocking brutality. Her body, having been ...

For much of its history Ealing was a rural village in Middlesex, outside London. Improved communi...

The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in th...

The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in th...

Whilst much has been written about the Jacobites, most works have tended to look at the Rebellion...

In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in Britain to the thrones of George I ...

In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in Britain to the thrones of George I ...

Agatha Christie's association with Ealing is little known. Yet it played a pivotal part in her up...

In 1919 Mrs. Greenwood died in her home in Kidwelly. It was sudden, but the doctor put it down to...

The trail that an ancestor leaves through the Victorian period and the twentieth century is relat...

* Fascinating reinvestigation of the Haigh serial murders of 1944-9 * Based on fresh primary rese...

Sixty years ago, the discovery of bodies at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London, led to o...

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the ...

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Ealing has change...

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the ...

A provocative, unprecedented anthology featuring original short stories on what it means to be an...

London is a key site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry bac...

Overshadowed by the better known Spanish Armada of 1588, three centuries ago, the final Spanish A...

Practical, accessible guide to researching East End history with full details of records research...

A history of Southall

Explores the rich and fascinating history of the London Borough of Ealing through an examination ...

Sixty years ago, the discovery of bodies at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London, led to o...

Graphic account of the life and crimes of 1950s thief and double-murderer Donald Hume.

There were more sieges than there were battles during the Jacobite campaign in Scotland and Engla...

This book is his third biography of a major post war British murderer.

'Hangman Hawley' is one of the villains of the '45 and holds a prominent place in Jacobite demono...

There has not been an account of the first attempt made in Scotland to restore the exiled Stuarts...

Secret Ealing explores the lesser-known history of the West London borough of Ealing through a fa...

An essential introduction to one of the most rewarding sources for family historians.

Just over three centuries ago, there was a major battle in Scotland that was to decide the fate o...

Preston was the first battle of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and the last to be fought on Engli...

Jonathan Oates's gripping accounts of this wide range of serial killings gives us a powerful insi...

Why does the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin have such an extraordinary reputation today? How co...

Just over three centuries ago, there was a major battle in Scotland that was to decide the fate o...

In the quaint seaside town of Bude, Cornwall, a seemingly innocent afternoon tea in 1930 unravels...

'Hangman Hawley' is one of the villains of the '45 and holds a prominent place in Jacobite demono...

Did you know that many of Agatha Christie's best-selling detective stories have their basis in re...

Reviled by his contemporaries and historians alike, 'the monstrous Titus Oates' masterminded the ...

Familiendrama über drei Generationen: Sarah Thompson lebt in zweiter Ehe mit dem reichen Herzog W...