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 |