Since the 1930s, Walt Disney and the Disney corporation have brought us some of the most magical and spell binding cinema ...

The Witches and Wisefolk of Wales and the Borders talks about the history behind these unknown magical figures.

Author Dermot Turing answers questions about the forgotten Second World War codebreaking women of Bletchley Park.

Lady Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Mills was a petite figure with a big personality, born in 1889 into the political and literary Walpole family. When she married a clever but poor army captain, her father ...

TRACEY NORMAN is an historian and author with a particular interest in witchcraft cases. She is the author of the acclaimed play WITCH, using actual witch trial documents to tell the story of a ...

‘The discoveries in this book shed new light on events surrounding the Princes in the Tower. Rather than favour Tudor propaganda or Victorian revisionism, this asks us to go back to the time and ...

Walk down any British high street and you are sure to see a pub. The local. Nearly every British city, town or village has one. You can also be sure that, no matter the age of the building, the name ...

Writing for us Please read our submissions guidelines below before sending us your proposal. The History Press welcomes submissions from both new and established authors. If you have a work of ...

Slavery has existed for millennia in varying forms in all parts of the world. Here is a brief history of the major slave trades.

Fiona Rule FIONA RULE is a writer, researcher and historian. A regular contributor to television and radio programmes, Fiona also has her own company, House Histories, which specialises in researching ...

We all know of of the various wars, the Famine and the pivotal events which have made the Ireland what it is today, but few know the stranger aspects of the nation’s past. From body snatchers, to ...

Death is a topic we often avoid talking about, but in The Death Ship Victoria Brown faces it head on, taking a deep dive into the fate of Titanic’s victims: how did they die? How did their bodies ...