Mark Urban

A gripping, widely-praised, authorised history of the Parachute Regiment in World War Two. In this gripping, authorised account, bestselling historian Mark Urban tells the story of the wartime creation and development of Britain's elite airborne infantry—who ranged from circus performers to solicitors, policemen to gravediggers, Christians and Jews to communists. Through the fates of six men—including recently widowed Geoffrey Pine-Coffin,...

An authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in them, from a former soldier and best-selling historian. Tanks are the ultimate embodiment of industrial age warfare. In the popular imagination, they represent both a terrifying beast of destruction and a potent symbol of liberation. The technology behind these war machines has evolved relentlessly,...

From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one regiment marched thousands of miles and fought a dozen battles to uphold British rule in America: the Royal Welch Fusiliers. With a wealth of previously unused primary accounts, Mark Urban reveals the inner life of the regiment—and, through it, of the British army as a whole—as it fought one of...

An authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in them, from a former soldier and best-selling historian. Punchy. Trenchant. Heavyweight. Mark Urban's Tank blows the doors off, just as you'd expect from such an accomplished author. Take cover! – Damien Lewis, author of SAS Great Escapes Tanks are the ultimate embodiment of industrial...

From the evacuation of France in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945, the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were on the front line throughout the Second World War. Theirs was a war that saw them serve in Africa as part of the Desert Rats, before returning to Europe for the Normandy landings. Wherever they went, the notoriety of...