Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles. He is the author of One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History, and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.
Publications
O'Mara Books
A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies
Jacob F. Field
Explore the conspiracies, clandestine operations and coups that have shaped the course of history. This is history … but not as you know it.
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The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks
Jacob F. Field
An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas
O'Mara Books
A Short History of the World in 50 Animals
Jacob F. Field
A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet’s making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned
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A Short History of the World in 50 Places
Jacob F. Field
Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, through fifty of the most surprising and often less well-known place
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The Eccentric Mr Churchill
Jacob F. Field
This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill, the ‘man of the century’ who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest B
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One Bloody Thing After Another
Jacob F. Field
Ever wondered why Tsar Ivan was the dubbed 'the Terrible' or how King Henri II of France perished in a jousting incident?
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D-Day in Numbers
Jacob F. Field
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the day on which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy with the intention of reclaiming mainland Europe from German occupation.
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We Shall Fight on the Beaches
Jacob F. Field
Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of
