(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

The only history of Ascension Island, one of the strangest places on earth. 800 miles from its nearest neighbour, uninhabited until the British claimed it in 1815, and now of key military and space-watch importance, it is also a marine reserve and a land of giant turtles, tropical forests, bleak mountains of lava and huge seabird colonies.

(Paperback)

'A lot of people know me,' wrote Alan Hillgarth in a letter, 'but I'm very much an enigma to most of them and regarded with suspicion because I don't fit into any category .

(Paperback)

A rich account of the impact of the Second World War on the lives of people living in the farms and villages of Britain.

(Paperback)

For the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s.