• Online bookshop home
  • Air Force Records
  • Bargain books
  • Coming soon
  • eBooks and eReaders
  • Family history special offers
  • New books
  • Signed Copies
  • Special Promotion : Garden History
  • Vouchers for Findmypast and BMD
  • Writer of the Month
  • Bestsellers
  • Featured Items
  • Archives and records
  • Battle of Waterloo
  • Births, marriages & deaths data
  • British Empire
  • Census data
  • Charles Dickens' Life and Works
  • Crime and policing
  • Domesday Book
  • Facsimile editions
  • Falklands War
  • Family history
  • Festival of Britain
  • Fiction & Literature
  • First World War
  • First World War trench maps & battle guides
  • Genealogical storage
  • Gifts & humour
  • Great Britons
  • History of Britain
  • Home Guard
  • Intelligence & espionage
  • Irish ancestors
  • Jewish ancestry
  • Kings & Queens of England
  • Local history
  • Maps and atlases
  • Medals & cap badges
  • Military ancestors
  • Military history
  • Naval history
  • Peninsular Wars
  • Reading aids
  • Second World War
  • Second World War battle maps & guides
  • Shire books
  • Social history
  • Software
  • Spanish Civil War
  • Sporting history
  • The National Archives books
  • Titanic
  • Tracing Your Ancestors
  • Transport history
  • Will, probate & legal records
  • Women's history

First World War

The Battle of Loos by Philip Warner Loos is a small mining town between Lens and La Bassee in northern France. But on 25th September 1915, and for a few days after, it was the centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War. more Only £17.99 Was £19.99 You save £2.00

The Christmas Truce by Carol Ann Duffy A new tale celebrating the magic of Christmas from the Poet Laureate, illustrated by David Roberts. Charming, beautiful and evoking the true spirit of Christmas. more Only £4.99 Was £5.99 You save £1.00

The Final Whistle by Stephen Cooper The Final Whistle plays tribute to the role rugby played during the First World War by following the poignant stories of fifteen men who played for Rosslyn Park, based just outside of Richmond Park, London more Only £12.99 Was £14.99 You save £2.00

The First Naval Air War by Terry C Treadwell The First Naval Air War is the story of the development of naval aviation from those fledgling squadrons of 1914 to the major weapon in the armoury of naval warfare in only five years. more £12.99

The Great Silence by Juliet Nicolson The Great Silence is the story of the pause between 1918 and 1920. more £8.99

The Great War by Peter Hart In this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts from kings and generals, and ordin more Only £20.00 Was £25.00 You save £5.00

The Hell They Called High Wood by Terry Norman The Somme was surely one of the bloodiest rendezvous for battle of all time. High Wood, dominating the Bazentin Ridge, was the fiercely contested focal point of the battle. more £14.99

The Last of the Last by Claude Choules Before his death at the age of 110 in May 2011, Claude Choules was the last man alive who had served in both world wars. The Last of the Last is a riveting account of his lifetime that vividly mirrors how the last century unfolded. more Only £7.99 Was £8.99 You save £1.00

The Last Veteran by Peter Parker A moving homage to Harry Patch, the last surviving veteran of the First World War and a thoughtful reflection on the echo of war down through the generations. more Only £8.09 Was £8.99 You save £0.90

The Making of the First World War by Ian F W Beckett In this provocative book, historian Ian Beckett turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. more Only £16.98 Was £18.99 You save £2.01