Bringing HISTORY to life

This and the subsequent six website pages are grouped by topic and navigated from the top bar. They include mostly backlist titles for client reference, and many will be out of print. They are not linked to online retail sites, though some may still be available.

MESOPOTAMIA
2007

Eyewitness: Ancient Iraq (In USA, Mesopotamia)
Dorling Kindersley
ANCIENT EGYPT
1994

Hidden Worlds: The Egyptians and the Valley of the Kings
Zoë Books
1995/
2011
I Wonder Why the Pyramids Were Built?
Kingfisher 
1997

Step into Ancient Egypt
Lorenz Books
1998

My Best Book of Mummies
Kingfisher
2000

Moving Model Books: Mummies 
Hodder Children’s Books
2008

Spotlight: Ancient Egypt Explorer
Quarto Children’s Books/Silver Dolphin (USA)
2010

Lost Journal: Mysteries of the Nile
Carlton Books
2012


2017
Kingfisher Readers Level 5: Ancient Egyptians
Kingfisher (Macmillan Children’s Books)/p>

Trailblazers: Tomb Raiders 
Tall Tree / Silver Dolphin (USA)


ANCIENT GREECE
1993

Great Battles and Sieges: Thermopylai
Zoë Books
1996/
2008
The Greek News (with Anton Powell)
Walker Books
1997

Clothes and Crafts in Ancient Greece
Zoë Books
2011/
2013
Navigators: Ancient Greece
Kingfisher (Macmillan Children's Books)
ANCIENT ROME
1994

Step into the Roman Empire
Lorenz Books
1994

Hidden Worlds: The Romans and Pompeii
Zoë Books
1994

Food and Feasts in Ancient Rome
Wayland
1996

Clothes and Crafts in Ancient Rome
Zoë Books
2002

History in Stone: Ancient Rome
Silver Dolphin USA
2004

100 Things You Need to Know about Ancient Rome
Miles Kelly Publishing
2009

Navigators: Ancient Rome
Kingfisher (Macmillan)
2010

Hail! Ancient Romans
Brown for Crabtree Publishing
2012

Kingfisher Readers Level 3: Romans
Kingfisher (Macmillan Children’s Books)
ANCIENT CELTS
2008

The History Detective Investigates: The Celts
Wayland
2012

Treasure from the Iron Age: Llyn Cerrig Bach
Oriel Ynys Môn * Adult title: English-language
2012

Trysor o’r Oes Haearn : Llyn Cerrig Bach
Oriel Ynys Môn  * Oedolion: iaith Gymraeg


MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
1994

I Wonder Why Castles had Moats?
Kingfisher
1995

Best-Ever Book of Castles
Kingfisher
1998

Step into the Viking World
Lorenz Books
1998

Best-Ever Book of Knights
Kingfisher
2003

A Tudor Journey
Discovery/Wayland
2005

Exploring the Middle Ages (30 encyclopedia entries)
Marshall Cavendish USA
2005

A History of Fashion and Costume in the Medieval World
Bailey Publishing
2008/
2011
Navigators: Knights and Castles
Kingfisher (Macmillan Children's Books)
2008

A Knight’s City
Quarto for Little Simon USA
2010

Hail! Tudors
Brown for Crabtree Publishing
2013

Kingfisher Readers Level 3: Vikings
Macmillan Children's Books
2014

Greatest Warriors: Vikings
Discovery Books for Arcturus
2014

Fling, Sling, and Batter your Way to Victory
Quarto Children's Books/Design Eye
2017



2018 


2019
Vikings in 30 Seconds
Ivy Press (Quarto Children's Books) 
reissued 2019 as My First Fact File The Vikings

DK Find out!  Vikings
Dorling Kindersley

DK Find out! Castles
EMPIRES OF THE WORLD
1993

Hidden Worlds: the Incas and Machu Picchu
Zoë Books
1994

Fold Out – Find Out: The Samurai Warriors
Kingfisher
1997
2008
The Aztec News
Walker Books
1999

Step into the Chinese Empire
Lorenz Books
2000

Step into the Inca World
Lorenz Books
2015

Epic Empires
Tall Tree for Wayland
2015

The Kingdom of Benin (Big Cat Series)
HarperCollins
NINETEENTH CENTURY
1992

Great Battles and Sieges: Little Bighorn
Zoë Books
1997

Clothes and Crafts in Victorian Times
Zoë Books
2005

A History of Fashion and Costume in the C19th
Bailey Publishing Associates
2015

Did Anything Good Come out of the American Civil War?
Wayland
TWENTIETH CENTURY
1993

History Detectives: 50 Years Ago in Europe in World War II
Zoë Books
1994

Food and Feasts between the World Wars
Zoë Books
1999

Twentieth Century Time Capsule
Miles Kelly Publishing/Wayland
2003

My War: Home Guard
Discovery/Wayland
2003

My War: Land Girl
Discovery/Wayland
2009

Documenting History: World War I
Wayland
2010

Men, Women and Children during World War I
Wayland
2015

Did Anything Good Come out of World War I?
Wayland
2015

Did Anything Good Come out of the Vietnam War?
Wayland
2016

The Holocaust:
Origins, Events and Remarkable Tales of Survival
Carlton Kids 
HISTORY TOPICS
1993

Through the Ages: 1 City 2 Road 3 Farm 4 House 5 River 6 Factory
Eagle Books
1997

Best-Ever Book of Pirates
Kingfisher
1999

Discovery: Pirates
Lorenz Books
1999

Everyday History: Toys and Games
Franklin Watts
2000

Everyday History: Going to School
Franklin Watts
2004

A City Through Time
Dorling Kindersley (illus. Steve Noon)
2004

The World of Pirates
Kingfisher
2007

Inside Access: Pirates
Kingfisher
2007
2011
Kingfisher Knowledge: Wonders of the World
Kingfisher
2007

Vital Science: History of Science
Gareth Stevens Publishing USA
2009

Documenting History: Slavery and Civil Rights
Wayland
2009

A Mariner’s Tale
Quarto Children’s Books/Barron’s USA
2009

Versus: Warriors (co-authors Hannah Wilson & Catherine Brereton)
Kingfisher (Macmillan Children's Books)
2010

Legendary Journeys: Trains
Quarto Children's Books for Kingfisher (Macmillan)
2010

Eyewitness: Treasure
Dorling Kindersley
2011

Eyewitness: City
Dorling Kindersley
2012

Kingfisher Readers Level 4: Pirates
Kingfisher (Macmillan Children’s Books)
2013

Know it All: Pirates
Discovery Books for Franklin Watts
2014

Wow! Pirates
Macmillan Children’s Books
2015


2017


2020
Epic Explorers
Tall Tree for Wayland 
 
Trailblazers: Pirates
Tall Tree/ Silver Dolphin (USA)   

Cities in Layers
Big Picture Press, illustrations by Andrés Lozano



HISTORY REFERENCE
2001
/
2017
Encyclopedia of British History
Miles Kelly Publishing
Revised and reissued under new titles many times

2003

100 Things You need to Know about British History
Miles Kelly Publishing
2003

The E-Encyclopedia: History section (Renaissance to Modern)
Dorling Kindersley/Google
2004

First Fun: History
Miles Kelly Publishing
2015

The History Book – co-author with Simon Adams, Richard Platt & Stewart Ross
Miles Kelly Publishing