Genealogist and historian Keith Gregson takes the reader on a whistle-stop tour of First World War family stories, from the heart-warming to the tear-jerking. The entries tell the story behind each discovery and then offer an insight into how the researcher found and followed up their leads. They reveal a range of chance encounters and detective qualities required of a family historian. Full of unexpected twists and turns, 'A Tommy in the Family'...

From battlefield to barrack-block, this book tells the story of a man as ancient as a redcoat in Charles II's Tangier garrison and as modern as gate-guard on Camp Bastion: the British soldier.

Theo Knell went through hell in the SAS - but his biggest battle began when he left. This is his life story and the story of his time in the SAS.

Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary, and above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times, notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe.

'Soldier From the Wars Returning' is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly 50 years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value.

'The Soldier's War' traces the Great War chronologically, taking stories from each year of the fighting and following the British Tommy through devastating battles and trench warfare to the armistice in 1918.

This work traces the Great War chronologically, taking stories from each year of the fighting and following the British Tommy through devastating battles and trench warfare to the armistice in 1918.

'Walking with the Wounded' tells the story of an awe-inspiring expedition to the North Pole by a group of four soldiers, each a veteran of recent conflicts who'd suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty.

The most highly decorated British Private of the First World War, Henry Tandey was also the man Hitler claimed spared his life during a firefight in 1918. Johnson's biography explores how this claim affected Tandey as he watched Hitler develop into a dictator, and traces the events surrounding their legendary meeting.

The story of two girls who, on the surface, seem to have a lot in common... Both motherless. Both sent to the same boarding school for 'army brats'. Both, later, commissioned into the army themselves. Both desperate for their fathers' love and approval. Samantha Lewis puts everything into being the soldier her father wants her to be. But her heart will lead her in an unexpected direction and threaten her authority over the men under her command. Michelle...