Auteur: Frank McLynn

This “thoroughly researched and sharply opinionated” biography presents a nuanced portrait of the renowned 18th century navigator (The Wall Street Journal).   The age of discovery wa …

This history reveals the failures and fortunes of leadership during the WWII campaign into Japanese-occupied Burma: “a thoroughly satisfying experience” (Kirkus).   Acclaimed histori …

Mc Lynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a c …

Mc Lynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a c …

In the history of warfare, an elite group of men have attained almost legendary status through their courage, ambition and unrivalled military genius. But many of these same men possessed deep person …

Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the typecasting of Good King Rich …

Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066. In 1759 – the fourth year of th …

Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how di …

A vivid, brutal and enthralling account of the Burma Campaign one of the most punishing and hard-fought military adventures of World War Two.The Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protr …

Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2, 000 years after his death. A philosopher as well as an emperor, his was an extraordinary reign. He proved …

Britain has not been successfully invaded since 1066; nor, in nearly 1, 000 years has it known a true revolution one that brings radical, systemic and enduring change. The contrast with Britain s Eur …

Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years is has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given the alleged superi …

Napoleon Bonaparte’s character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling new biography Frank Mc Lynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brillian …

An acclaimed historian’s “compellingly told” year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century (The Guardian).   In all …