Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs / General

This is the incredible story of David Charles "Mad Dog" Dolby and fierce firefight in Vietnam in 1966 that would see him awarded the Medal of Honor. As exceptional a feat as that was, Dolby would...

The events of Sunday, 18 June, stand as the defining moment of the year 1815, if not of an entire era.

Petilius Cerealis is one of the few Imperial Roman officers, below the level of Emperor, whose career it is possible to follow in sufficient detail to write a coherent biography. Fortunately his career...

Born in the year of the Constitutional Convention, James Alexander Hamilton was uniquely positioned to observe the early republic era and the formation of the experimental United States government....

Florence Nightingale is synonymous with nursing in the Crimean War of 1854 -1856. There were, however, many other women who contributed to nursing at this time. Martha Clough, who dismissed the rule...

Chronicles the remarkable life of Sean Moylan, a key figure in Ireland's War of Independence.This book details the extraordinary life of Sean Moylan. Moylan became a major and very influential character...

Captain James Stirling’s journals offer a firsthand account of the 42nd Regiment’s actions during the Peninsular War.For such a famous regiment as the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch), the...

Sir Simonds D’Ewes, a seventeenth-century gentleman bred in Dorset, but ultimately shaped by a deep and lasting love for Suffolk, was not destined for greatness. Nor did he have greatness thrust upon...