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

The Victorian era was a time of dramatic change. An age of industry, democracy, mass literacy, ex...

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 ...

Many books have been written about the Jacobite rebellions - the armed attempts made by the Stuar...

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

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

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

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

Originally a county town in Middlesex, Ealing became known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs' when joi...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The trial of the year in 1950 was of Donald Hume, a North London petty thief accused of stabbing ...

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

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

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

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

The infamous Second Crumbles murder reveals a shocking case whose brutal dismemberment and trial ...

A history of Southall

Titus Oates, architect of the false Popish Plot, embodies deceit, ambition, and turmoil in Restor...

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

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

Agatha Christie's detective fiction is deeply inspired by real-life crimes, criminals, and histor...

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

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...

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

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