Spellmount Publishers Ltd imprint: 32 books
by James Beardon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
During the lead up to and over the course of World War II, London was a city transformed as it simultaneously became the front line and the command center of Allied operations. The scale and speed of the city’s transformation has been unparalleled in London’s history as the government requisitioned...
Warriors of the Queen
Fighting Generals of the Victorian Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Who were the men who commanded the British Army in the numerous small wars of the Victorian Empire? Today, many are all but forgotten, save the likes of Cardigan, Kitchener, Baden-Powell, and Gordon of Khartoum. Yet they were a disparate and fascinating assemblage, made up of men of true military...
Butcher of Poland
Hitler's Lawyer Hans Frank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The only biography of a key member of Hitler's inner circle, described by his own son as "a slime-hole of a Hitler fanatic"The life of the Bavarian Hans Frank, one of the 10 war criminals hanged at Nuremburg in 1946, who converted to Catholicism before he died, has not received the full...
Other First World War
The Blood-Soaked Eastern Front
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
A challenge to the conventional Western Front bias of World War I history, a must-have for any war historianUnlike the stalemate of the trenches in Flanders, the little-known eastern front of World War I was a war of movement that caused 12 million casualties, including female combatants. It spanned...
by Chris McNab
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The tale of one of the bloodiest engagements of World War IThe Battle of Verdun resulted in 698,000 deaths, 70,000 for each of the 10 months of battle. The French Army in the area were decimated and it is often most tragically remembered as the battle in which the French were "bled white."...
Beyond the Legend
Bill Speakman VC
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Beyond the Legend is the authorized biography of William (Bill) Speakman VC. It covers the whole of his sometimes controversial life, from his childhood in Altrincham, Cheshire to his later life in South Africa—a period about which little has been known previously—and his recent return to Altrincham....
After the Final Whistle
The First Rugby World Cup and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
The first book to tell the story of how the Great War inspired the greatest rugby tournament in the worldAs Britain's Empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the first to volunteer. They led from the front and paid a disproportionate price. In 1919, a grateful Mother Country hosted...
The Pocket A–Z of the Knights Templar
A Guide to Their History and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
From Aaron to Zion, an invaluable reference of the people, places, and themes of the Crusades, the Knights Templar, and their legacyThe Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, popularly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple, were among the most famous of Christian...
by James Falkner
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The story of one of the turning points of the War of the Spanish Succession—and some would say in the history of conflict in EuropeThe overwhelming Allied victory at Blenheim ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, thus preventing the collapse of the Grand Alliance. Bavaria...
Easy Day Was Yesterday
The Extreme Life of An SAS Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian jail, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge and curses the miscalculation that robbed him of his freedom. His childhood, marred by the loss of his father and brother, makes him hell bent on being the best of the best—an ambition he achieves...
by Dr. Chris Brown
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
One of the greatest battles to have taken place on Scottish soilBannockburn 1314 is the most celebrated battle between Scotland and England, in which a mere 7,000 followers of Robert the Bruce defeated more than 15,000 of Edward II's troops. The Battle of Bannockburn, fought over two days on June...
In the Highest Traditions of the Royal Navy
The Life of Captain John Leach MVO DSO
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The biography of a lauded war hero who went down with his ship John Leach embodied the best of the service, and truly was in "the highest traditions of the Royal Navy"—this biography analyzes the influences which shaped him and led him ultimately to his heroic end. On December 10, 1941,...
by Nik Cornish
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
This book is a clear introduction to the Russian Army of 1914–18 and the events on the Eastern Front during that period. It covers not only the three dominant events of Western literature (the battle of Tannenberg and the March and November revolutions) but expands on the facts and bitter realities...
Lifeline
A British Casualty Clearing Station on the Western Front, 1918
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
On March 21, 1918, the 29th and 3rd Casualty Clearing Stations RAMC were encamped at Grévillers, just behind the front line, when Germany launched its final, massive offensive. These Field Hospitals were the lifeline to the rear for the unabated deluge of wounded which soon overwhelmed both units....