The image of the pirate is one that has never failed to capture the imagination, but behind the melodramatic portrayals of such villains as Long John Silver, with wooden leg and eye-patch, lies a much harsher reality. This book charts the history of piracy.
The Imperial War Museum holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day.
ISBN-13: 9781912423538
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The Women Behind Modern Art in Britain tells the stories of determined women like Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner,
Myfanwy Piper and others, who helped to change the course of British art in the middle of the last century. Whether as friends,
supporters, collectors, curators or galleristes, they played a central role in determining the ......
Tyrell and Julia booked to travel on the Titanic with their two sons to introduce them to their American grandfather, but the children were too ill to travel. Julia persisted in going without them. The fatal and tragic decision not only led to the unnecessary loss of her husband, it was to haunt her for the next fifty years. Why was she so ......
By summer of 1940, the Nazi Blitzkrieg had swept through much of western Europe, seizing control of territory right up to the Channel coast. A German invasion of Britain was expected to begin at any moment.
ISBN-13: 9781912423514
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
With an introduction from IWM which puts the novel in historical context, this timely reprint of a 1945 classic is published for the VE Day anniversary in 2025.
ISBN-13: 9781912423934
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
From the human truths, brutalist architecture and packed tube trains of 1970s London to the vineyards, Renaissance chateaux and riotous festivals of Gascon France, Michael Fell (1939 - 2023) chronicled the world he saw. His exuberant paintings and prints explore the sadnesses, humour and joys of ordinary people in work combining technical freedom ......
Often overshadowed by its more famous counterpart, the Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane proved to be the unsung hero of the Second World War. Over half of every enemy aeroplane destroyed in the Battle of Britain was by a Hurricane, not a Spitfire. While the Hurricane is known for being the reliable workhorse of the Battle of Britain, it also went on ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423828
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
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On 27 January 1945 Otto Frank was liberated from Auschwitz by Russian soldiers. At that point not only his journey home started, but also his long quest to find out what had happened to his wife Edith, his daughters Margot and Anne and the four other people with whom he had been in hiding in the Annex at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam: Herman and ......
