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AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The history of the Battle of Britain in the THE FEW

words of the pilots from a unique archive of DILIP SARKAR
first-hand accounts Foreword by Lady Bader
• ‘Dilip knows more about me and the pilots with whom I �ew
during the Battle of Britain than we do’
GEORGE UNWIN, Battle of Britain �ghter ace
• ‘A well-researched, detailed chronicle of the Battle of Britain’

HUGH SEBAG-MONTEFIORE
Dilip Sarkar has been fascinated by the Battle of Britain since childhood
and began seriously researching the subject in the 1970s. He wrote
thousands of letters and travelled extensively over the UK interviewing
the fabled ‘Few’. Over the last 30 years he has interviewed more Battle
of Britain survivors than any other author. In this new book Dilip
Sarkar chronicles the Battle of Britain from start to �nish, drawing
extensively from his interviews with pilots.
Dilip Sarkar is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and in 2003 was
made an MBE for services to aviation history. He has also written the
only biographical works formally endorsed by the families of Douglas
Bader and Johnnie Johnson.
September 2009
Price: £20
ISBN: 978-1-84868-215-3
Binding: HB
Extent: 320 pages, 100 photographs
The beginnings and development of MONASTERIES IN THE LANDSCAPE

Monasteries in the Landscape MICK ASTON
In the Middle Ages monasteries were among the greatest owners of

land in Britain; today their in�uence on the landscape can be seen
not only in the magni�cent monastic ruins, but also in earthworks,
patterns of landholding and even industrial remains.
Mick Aston examines the place of monasteries in the landscape – how

they a�ected and were a�ected by the countryside in which they were
built. He explains how monasticism arrived in Britain – growing from
austere beginnings to rich and powerful estates. He looks at why
abbeys and priories were sited where they were and at all aspects of
their activities – estate management, farming policy, industrial and
commercial operations in the countryside and in towns. The story
does not end with the Dissolution: the book also discusses how many
of their estates and buildings were bought by private owners and
adapted for secular use.
This magni�cently illustrated book will direct you to the signs in the
landscape that reveal the past glory of Britain’s monasteries.
September 2009
Price: £18.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-686-1
Binding: PB
Extent: 240 pages, 112 illustrations, 30 colour
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As Titanic sank, a ‘mystery’ ship was spotted TITANIC SCANDAL

some distance away. Rockets were fired but SENAN MOLONY
the ship ignored them. The Californian was
blamed but was the mystery ship really the From the day she sank in April 1912 to the present, one of the enduring
Temple?
Mount Temple mysteries of the Titanic disaster was the single-funneled, four-masted
‘mystery ship’, sighted as the White Star liner, outward bound on her
maiden voyage, began to slip beneath the calm waters of the iceberg-
strewn North Atlantic.
The Leyland liner SS Californian has been blamed, but was she the real
mystery ship – the one that ignored the distress rockets sent up by
Titanic’s o�cers? The ship that was so close that she could have saved
the lives of almost all on board the doomed Titanic? Was there another
ship in the vicinity?
Journalist Senan Molony, Titanic enthusiast and author of many books

and articles on Titanic, gives us the evidence for and against Mount
Temple, including cryptic clues given by passengers on that fateful
voyage as well as the evidence that many of her o�cers left the ship at
her �rst port of call after the sinking. Molony has written many books
and articles on the Titanic and is considered one of the world’s experts
on the disaster that changed maritime history.
September 2009
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-699-1
Binding: PB
Extent: 256 pages, 161 illustrations
This is the story of the Dam Busters THE DAM BUSTERS

MARTIN BOWMAN
Guy Gibson’s 617 Squadron was founded for one reason only – Operation
Chastise – the raid on the Ruhr dams. Using Barnes Wallis’ revolutionary
bouncing bomb, the hand-picked crews trained day and night over
British reservoirs, perfecting the techniques required to deliver the new
weapon to its targets. On the night of 16/17 May 1943, three waves of
modi�ed Lancasters took o� and headed for the industrial heartland of
Germany. The destruction of the dams would paralyse German industry
in the area and also destroy much infrastructure. Of the dams targeted,
three were attacked, being the Mohne, Sorpe and Eder dams. The raid
was a huge success with two of the three dams destroyed, with the
Mohne dam succumbing after �ve Upkeep bouncing bombs had hit it. It
took three bombs to destroy the Eder dam but the Sorpe dam remained
almost intact. This is the story of the Dam Busters.
Martin Bowman is an acknowledged expert on the Lancaster bomber

and has �own aboard Britain’s only �ying version. He has written many
books on military subjects. He lives in Norwich.
September 2009
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-581-9
Binding: PB
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AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A comprehensive history of the greatest ANCIENT ROME

empire the world has ever known from its PATRICIA SOUTHERN
earliest origins to its disintegration in AD 476
The story of Ancient Rome often polarises opinion: for accusers,
the Romans were mean and grasping imperialists with murderous
megalomaniac tendencies and the world was well rid of them, but
for passionate advocates the Romans were keen administrators and
construction engineers who provided the greatest and most long-
lasting civilizing force in history. Patricia Southern’s masterly new
book narrates the history of Rome from a settlement of primitive huts
to a sophisticated city ruling and then losing an Empire, the lives of
such towering �gures as Julius Caesar, Augustus, Caligula and Nero,
the successes and set-backs and what the Romans learned on their
way to Imperial rule and �nal disintegration.
Patricia Southern has written and researched on Roman history for

over thirty years her other books include The Roman Army, Cleopatra
(‘Scholarly and readable... looks carefully behind the rhetoric of a
hostile ancient press’ DR PETER JONES) and Augustus (‘A reliable up-
to-date guide through the snakepits of Roman politics’ THE SUNDAY
TIMES).
October 2009
Price: £20
ISBN: 978-1-84868-100-2
Binding: HB
Extent: 412 pages, 80 illustrations and maps, 69 colour
A radical new narrative history of the Norman 1066

Conquest from 1066 to the crushing of the last PETER REX
flickers of English resistance in June 1076
The Norman Conquest is the single most important event in English
history. On this invasion and ‘regime change’ pivoted the second
millennium of English history. This is well recognised, what is not
is how long and hard the English people fought to deny William
‘the Bastard’, Duke of Normandy his prize. Rather than being the
smooth transition peddled by pro-Norman historians, the Norman
conquest was a brutal and violent takeover by an army of occupation.
Unknown thousands of rebellious thegns resisted the Norman regime,
the most famous being Hereward, but there were plenty of willing
collaborators among England’s clergy, who pushed for William to be
crowned king.
Peter Rex was Head of History at Princethorpe College for twenty

years. He is the author of critically acclaimed biographies of Harold
II, Edward the Confessor, King Egdar and Hereward. His next book,
William the Conqueror: The Bastard of Normandy will also be published by
Amberley.
October 2009
Price: £20
ISBN: 978-1-84868-106-4
Binding: HB
Extent: 320 pages, 40 colour illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
An accessible biography of Henry VIII by HENRY VIII

one of the country’s leading Tudor experts RICHARD REX
• ‘Rex writes with verve and colour’ THES
• Gloriously illustrated with over 80 illustrations
The future Henry VIII was born on 29 June 1491, the second son of Henry
VII and Elizabeth of York. This talented, athletic and temperamental
man might have proved something of a handful to his elder brother,
Prince Arthur, the �rstborn, had he survived to wear the crown. But
Henry’s life was changed forever when Arthur died in 1502 and the
course of English history took a very unexpected turn...
Richard Rex is Director of Studies in History at Queens’ College,

Cambridge and Reader in Reformation History at the University of
Cambridge. He has written and researched extensively on Tudor England
and his other books include The Tudors, Elizabeth I: Fortune’s Bastard?
(both published by Amberley), Henry VIII & the English Reformation and
The Lollards. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and whichever of his
six sons happen to be at home.
October 2009
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-098-2
Binding: PB
An illustrated guide to Britain’s Cold THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON

War remains BOB CLARKE
From the late 1940s to the fall of Communist Russia, Britain was at war.
To the general public much of it was imaginary but the Cold War was
real nonetheless. Flaring up in 1962, with the Cuban missile crisis and
in the 1980s with the stando�s between Reagan and Thatcher on one
side, with the Soviet leaders on the other.
There are many remains today from ‘secret’ nuclear bunkers to missile
sites, early-warning radar sites, huge research establishments and, of
course, spy sites such as GCHQ.
Bob Clarke tells the story of the myriad Cold War remains, illustrated
with 150 images, most never published before. He explains the need for
our defences and the consequences of nuclear war
Bob Clarke has worked around aviation since 1981. He is also a well
known archaeologist and speaker, presenting to a number of national
groups annually.
October 2009
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-496-6
Binding: PB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
TV presenter and writer Tony Russell reveals his personal guide to the 50
finest gardens in the Cotswolds, covering their history, plants, architecture
and personalities along the way.
TV presenter and writer Tony Russell presents his personal

guide to the 50 �nest Gardens in the Cotwolds.
The gardens are all open to the general public and are here
given evocative and practical descriptions taking in each
one’s history and the huge array of plants, �owers and trees
available to view regardless of the season. He accompanies
each entry with magni�cent colour pictures showing o�
each garden in all its glory.
This stunning book – which is written by the man that also

compiles the annual publication Gardens to Visit – will be
a must for anyone interested in the glorious Cotswolds,
wherever they live.
Publication: October 2009

Price: £18.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-702-8
Binding: HB
Extent: 160 pages,
150 colour illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
ALSO BY AMBERLEY AND TONY RUSSELL Tony Russell was Head Forester at Westonbirt
GARDENS TO VISIT 2010 Arboretum for thirteen years until 2002 before
available November 2009 leaving to become a BBC garden writer and
broadcaster. He has presented several TV series
including Roots and Shoots, Garden Trail and Britain’s
Great Trees. He is a regular on BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s
Question Time and has written eight books. He lives
in the Cotswolds.
December 2009
Price: £9.95
ISBN: 978-1-84868-703-5
Binding: PB
Extent: 204 pages
full colour throughout

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The story of Anne Boleyn’s early life, told in THE EARLY LOVES OF ANNE BOLEYN
detail for the first time JOSEPHINE WILKINSON
Anne Boleyn is perhaps the most engaging of Henry VIII’s Queens. For
her he would divorce his wife of twenty years, he would take on the
might of the Roman Church; he would even alienate his own people
in order to win her favour and, eventually, her hand. But before Henry
came into her life Anne Boleyn had already wandered down love’s
winding path. The �rst was James Butler, with whom an arranged
marriage was designed to settle a family dispute. Anne then captured
the heart of Henry Percy, whose genuine love for her was reciprocated
and would have lead to Anne becoming countess of Northumberland.
October 2009 Lastly, Thomas Wyatt, the dreamy young poet and ambassador who
Price: £20 was captivated by Anne but who stepped aside when he saw that he
ISBN: 978-1-84868-430-0 had a rival: none other than Henry VIII himself.
Binding: HB
Extent: 224 pages Josephine Wilkinson’s other books include Mary Boleyn and Richard III,
34 illustrations, 18 colour The Young King To Be both published by Amberley.
The first-ever biography of Henry VIII’s least ANNE OF CLEVES

favourite wife – but the one who outlived ELIZABETH NORTON
them all...
‘I like her not!’ was the verdict of Henry VIII on meeting his fourth wife,
Anne of Cleves, for the �rst time. Anne could have said something
similar on meeting Henry and, having been promised the most
handsome prince in Europe. Forced to proceed with their wedding
for diplomatic reasons, Henry and Anne tried to make the best of the
situation, but attempts to consummate the match were farcical. Anne
was eager to end her marriage and, with her clever handling of Henry
obtained one of the biggest divorce settlements in English history.
October 2009 Anne of Cleves is often portrayed as a stupid and comical �gure. The
Price: £20 real Anne was both intelligent and practical, ensuring that, whilst
ISBN: 978-1-84868-329-7 she was queen for the shortest period, she was the last of all Henry
Binding: HB VIII’s wives to survive. Henry’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell lost
Extent: 224 pages his head for his role in the Cleves marriage, but Anne’s shrewdness
54 illustrations, 35 colour ensured she kept hers.
A new and uniquely accessible history of WALES: A HISTORICAL COMPANION

Wales TERRY BREVERTON
This comprehensive and authoritative companion to Wales, its people

and its millennia of history can be enjoyed by armchair travellers and
tourists alike. The respected historian Terry Breverton presents the
characters, events, buildings and institutions that have shaped Wales
over the ages, from its earliest origins to the present day.
Terry Breverton is the author of twenty books of Welsh interest

including 100 Great Welsh Women (‘A fascinating read’ the DAILY MAIL)
October 2009 and The Welsh Almanac (‘A must for anyone with a drop of Welsh blood
Price: £17.99 in them’ the WESTERN MAIL).
ISBN: 978-1-84868-326-6
Binding: PB
Extent: 384 pages

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
‘The best introduction to England’s most THE TUDORS

important dynasty’ DAVID STARKEY RICHARD REX
• Gloriously illustrated with over 140 illustrations, 66 in colour.
• ‘A model of popular history’ THES
• ‘Vivid, entertaining and carrying its learning lightly’

EAMON DUFFY
• ‘Magni�cent’ PAUL LAY, HISTORY TODAY
• ‘A lively overview... Rex is a wry commentator on the game

of monarchy’ THE GUARDIAN
The Tudor period is regarded by many as England’s golden age,

and still casts a spell over the public imagination. Whether
it’s the glittering rule of Elizabeth, the ruthless power of her
father Henry VIII, or the bloody and radical reign of Mary, the
Tudors remain the most fascinating English dynasty. Richard
Rex looks at how the public and private lives of the Tudors
were inextricably linked, and how each Tudor monarch exuded
charisma and danger in equal measure.
Richard Rex is Director of Studies in History at Queens’ College,

Cambridge and Reader in Reformation History at the University
of Cambridge. He has written and researched extensively on
Tudor England and his other books include Henry VIII: The
Tudor Tyrant, Elizabeth I: Fortune’s Bastard? (both published by
Amberley), Henry VIII & the English Reformation and The Lollards.
He lives in Cambridge with his wife and whichever of his six sons
happen to be at home.
November 2009
Price: £20
ISBN: 978-1-84868-049-4
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Everyday life in the teeming metropolis SHAKESPEARE’S LONDON

during William Shakespeare’s time in STEPHEN PORTER
the city
• ‘A meticulous recreation of a vibrant world... echoes
with the living voices of Londoners’ GILLIAN TINDALL
• Porter is a leading expert on London’s history.
• Extensively illustrated with over 120 contemporary

illustrations.
• Includes ‘voices’ of Londoners and visitors to London from

the period, many reproduced here for the �rst time.
Shakespeare’s London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that

was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated,
and ine�ectual, steps to curb its expansion. From contemporary
letters, journals and diaries, a vivid picture emerges of this
fascinating city, with its many opportunities and also its
persistent problems. By far the largest city in the country,
it was the centre of government, the law and the church,
the focus of politics and culture. It had a vigorous economy,
with a range of industries and a lucrative trade in luxury
goods for the courtiers and wealthy citizens. Growth produced
overcrowding and high mortality, with shockingly high death
tolls during the periodic plague epidemics, yet London
attracted an endless stream of people, who were absorbed
into its diverse communities and economic structures. Here the
�rst playhouses were built, patronised by large audiences, who
were treated to a rich and varied diet of plays to keep them,
and the court, entertained. The London that Shakespeare knew
was an expanding, changing and exciting city.
Stephen Porter worked for over 17 years for the Survey of

London, is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and has
held research posts at the University of Oxford. His other
books include The Great Plague (‘An excellent introduction
for the general reader’ THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH), The London
Charterhouse, The Great Fire of London and The Plagues of London
(‘Breathes new life into the story of the plague in London’
STEPHEN INWOOD).
November 2009
Price: £20
ISBN: 978-1-84868-333-4
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A profusely illustrated history of the modern CUNARD’S THREE QUEENS: A CELEBRATION

Cunard Queens WILLIAM H. MILLER
Cunard’s Three Queens: A Celebration is the story in words and pictures of

the current Cunard �eet. 2008 was a magical year for Cunard. For the
�rst time, the line had three Queens in service; Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen
Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth 2 retired during the year, and
sailed for Dubai on 11 November, while Queen Mary 2 had reached her
�fth anniversary as the largest ocean liner a�oat and Queen Victoria
entered service. On 13 January 2008, all three liners were together for
the �rst and last time in New York. After a successful world cruise for
Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth 2’s twenty-sixth and �nal world cruise,
all three ships rendezvoused in Southampton on 22 April for the last
meeting of the three Queens.
William H. Miller brings together a fantastic selection of images, with

informative text, telling the story of Cunard’s three legendary modern
Queens. William H. Miller is one of the most famous of ocean liner
authors – having written over 70 books, appeared on countless TV and
DVD programmes about liners and having an unrivalled collection of
images of ocean liners.
November 2009
Price: £25
ISBN: 978-1-84868-364-8
Binding: PB
A collection of Lady Ashcombe’s writings BEHIND CASTLE WALLS

which looks at aspects of castle life with … AT SUDELEY PAST AND PRESENT
warmth and humour ELIZABETH ASHCOMBE
For a while now, Lady Ashcombe has written a monthly column for
Cotswold Life. It records her observations about many things, and her
viewpoint is unique as she is an American lady living in Sudeley Castle.
Re�ections on castle life include the relentless season of events, such as
Rose Week and the new Henry VIII exhibition, and her lifelong dream
of bringing Sudeley Castle back to life. When she and her late husband
�rst tackled the castle it was a ruin, and Lady Ashcombe is responsible
for turning it into the successful business it is today.
Mark Dent-Brocklehurst (born Geo�rey Mark Dent-Brocklehurst) was

a stockbroker and the heir to Sudeley Castle. He died suddenly from
a heart attack in 1972. The castle passed to his wife Elizabeth Lady
Ashcombe and his two children Henry and Molly. He met Lady Ashcombe
in America, and brought her home to his crumbling castle, which has
been her home now for many years.
November 2009
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-801-8
Binding: PB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The first major study of Ranulf de Blondeville, RANULF DE BLONDEVILLE

a name once recounted in the same breath as IAIN SODEN
Robin Hood
A full, lavishly illustrated study of a nobleman whose exploits became
the stu� of medieval romance, once recounted in the same breath as
Robin Hood. Ranulf de Blondeville was fabulously rich and powerful.
He served six kings, endured di�cult regime-change, fought his way
across half of France and back and more than once turned wrested
victory from defeat. He never forgot that his roots were Norman
although his e�orts were for England, where he made his home.
An archaeologist for 25 years, Iain Soden was born and educated

December 2009 in Coventry and Durham. He is currently Senior Project O�cer at
Price: £16.99 Northamptonshire Archaeology. He has been a contributor to BBC
ISBN: 978-1-84868-693-9 Radio, Channel 4’s Time Team and BBC’s Meet the Ancestors. He has
Binding: PB directed excavations on a number of the sites described in this book,
Extent: 160 pages castles, monasteries and manor houses.
100 illustrations, 28 colour
Insight into an intriguing aspect of Britain’s PREHISTORIC ROCK ART IN BRITAIN

prehistoric past STAN BECKENSALL
Prehistoric Rock Art In Britain o�ers the reader an intriguing insight

into a fascinating subject. This book aims to awaken an interest in
rock art, allowing people to discover a whole new way of looking at
the landscape and countryside; such discoveries can bring joy and
companionship in the search for rock art, something that has always
been a vital part of archaeology. Prehistoric Rock Art In Britain is a
lavishly illustrated book and one which suggests new ways of studying
December 2009 Britain’s rock art.
Price: £18.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-626-7 Dr Stan Beckensall has long researched the prehistoric archaeology.
Binding: PB He has published many books and has been awarded many honours
Extent: 176 pages including the Channel 4 ICT Television British Archaeology Award for
125 illustrations, 24 colour 2006.
A forgotten figure of Egypt’s past, crucial to HOREMHEB

shaping history as we know it CHARLOTTE BOOTH
Horemheb ruled Egypt after Tutankhamun, and was fundamental in

bringing Egypt back to the rich and powerful nation it was before
Akhenaten took the throne. Rather than simply clearing up the mess
left behind after the Amarna period, he lay the foundations for the
kings who were to come, and his choice of heir to the throne, led
eventually to the rule of Ramses II, one of the most famous kings in
Egyptian history.
December 2009 Charlotte Booth lectures at Birkbeck (University of London). Her

Price: £17.99 focus of study is the Hyksos period of Egypt; she has given talks and
ISBN: 978-1-84868-326-6 prepared articles on this little studied area. She has given talks at
Binding: PB nationwide Egyptology Societies since 2000. She lives in London.
Extent: 320 pages

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The eighth edition of the best-selling guide GARDENS TO VISIT 2010

to Gardens that you can visit TONY RUSSELL
Gardens to Visit 2010 is the eight edition of the full colour guide to gardens
that are open to visit in the British Isles. The 2010 edition features more
than 200 of the very �nest British gardens. Divided into counties, each
garden featured in the book is given a full page description with a
brief history of the garden and details of the plants that are grown.
Each garden has a fact �le detailing the opening times, the admission
charges, the facilties including disabled access. The location and the
contact details of each garden including the web address and email are
also included.
Tony is now widely recognised as one of Britain’s leading authorities

on trees and shrubs. Over the last few years he has become a familiar
face and voice on both TV and radio, His six-part TV series The Cotswold
Garden Trail was nominated for the ‘TV broadcast of the year’ at the
National Garden Writers Guild.
December 2009
Price: £9.95
ISBN: 978-1-84868-703-5
Binding: PB
Extent: 204 pages, full colour
An intriguing illustrated history of OXENHOLME HOUNDS

The Oxenholme Hounds TREVOR HUGHES
The Oxenholme Hounds is a fascinating narrative of The Oxenholme Stag

Hounds. It introduces the reader to the participants of the hunt and
their adventures and misadventures as they hunted during a six-month
period during 1934-5 over large areas of Cumbria and Lancashire.
The hunt was comprised of members of some of the most in�uential
families who lived in Kendal and the surrounding area at that time
and this book o�ers insights into some colourful characters and lively
accounts of the meets they attended.
The Oxenholme Hounds, which is illustrated with photographs and charming

paintings, perfectly captures the atmosphere and the camaraderie of a
past generation as they indulged in what is now a forbidden pastime,
(although, contrary to popular belief, the hunt rarely resulted in a kill).
After a long history the hunt was eventually dispersed at the start of
World War II and was never restarted. The Oxenhome Hounds, however,
remains as an absorbing and enchanting social record of a bygone era.
December 2009
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-608-3
Binding: HB
Extent: 112 pages, full colour

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Widow, wife, mother, survivor, the story of the CATHERINE PARR

last queen of Henry VIII ELIZABETH NORTON
• The Tudors have never been so popular – Catherine Parr

(played by Annabelle Wallace) is set to be the key character
in the fourth series of BBC2’s lavish drama The Tudors and
is due to be broadcast in the Summer of 2010 introducing a
whole new audience to the amazing story.
• First biography to show the real Catherine Parr, matronly

and dutiful she might have been, but she fought tooth and
nail for what she wanted.
• Huge interest in the wives of Henry VIII, most of which are

the subject of at least two books, Catherine has only one
very academic treatment.
Catherine Parr was enjoying her freedom after her �rst two
arranged marriages when she caught the attention of the
elderly Henry VIII. The most reluctant of all Henry’s wives, she
o�ered to become his mistress rather than submit herself to
the dangers of becoming Henry’s queen. This only increased
Henry’s enthusiasm for the vibrant, intelligent young widow
and Catherine was forced to abandon her handsome lover,
Thomas Seymour, for the decrepit king. She quickly made her
role as queen a success, providing Henry VIII with a domestic
tranquillity that he had not known since the early days of his
�rst marriage. For Henry, Catherine was a satisfactory choice
but he never stopped considering a new marriage, much
to Catherine’s terror. Traditionally portrayed as a matronly
and dutiful �gure, Elizabeth Norton’s new biography shows
another side to Catherine. Her life was indeed one of duty
but, throughout, she attempted to escape her destiny and �nd
happiness for herself.
Elizabeth Norton was educated at University of Cambridge and

Oxford University. Her other books include Anne Boleyn: Henry
VIII’s Obsession, Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s True Love, Anne of Cleves:
Henry VIII’s Discarded Bride. She is currently writing England’s
Queens: The Biography, also for Amberley.
January 2010
Price: £18.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-582-6
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The story of Churchill’s personal weapons WINSON CHURCHILL’S TOYSHOP

development department, staffed by COLONEL STUART MACRAE
ingenious boffins, who developed numerous
innovative weapons that helped win the war The inside story of one of the most famous of all the ‘back rooms’ of
the Second World War – and of the men and women who worked for it.
Conceived by Winston Churchill to circumvent the delays, frustrations
and ine�ciencies of the service ministries, Department M.D.1. earned
from its detractors the soubriquet ‘Winston Churchill’s Toyshop’, yet
from a tiny underground workshop housed in the cellars of the
London o�ces of Radio Normandie in Portland Place, and subsequently
from the ‘stockbroker Tudor’ of a millionaire’s country mansion in
Buckinghamshire, came an astonishing array of secret weapons ranging
from the ‘sticky bomb’ and ‘limpet mine’ to giant bridge-carrying
assault tanks, as well as the PIAT, a tank-destroying, hand-held mortar.
Written by Colonel Stuart Macrae, who helped found M.D.1. and was
its second-in-command throughout its life, the story is told of this
relatively unknown establishment and the weapons it developed which
helped destroy innumerable enemy tanks, aircraft and ships.
February 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-794-3
Binding: HB
A detailed and exciting history of the only RED CROWN AND DRAGON
Welsh division to take part in Operation PATRICK DELAFORCE
Overlord
One of Monty’s ‘Green’ Divisions that took part at Operation Overlord,
the 53rd Welsh Division served with great distinction throughout the
rest of the War. After playing a major part in the �ghting in Belgium,
they were moved South to �ght the Panzers in the Ardennes, breaking
the Siegfried Line and on into the Rhineland where they captured
Weeze.
They were brilliantly led by Major General ‘Bobby’ Ross, but su�ered
10,000 casualties during the campaign. This remarkable book features
the tales of over 60 men, NCOs and O�cers who took part in this
campaign story.
Patrick Delaforce fought as a troop leader in Normandy and also

served in Germany and Holland during the Second World War. He was
awarded the Bronze Cross of Orange-Nassau and was twice mentioned
in despatches.
January 2010
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-817-9
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A major new historical work, reinterpreting, BLOODLINE

reassessing and reevaluating the Roman MILES RUSSELL
invasion of Britain, from the perspective of
one British family’s relationship with the Bloodline: The Celtic Kings of Roman Britain is Miles Russell’s latest
Julio-Claudian dynasty publication. This detailed and comprehensive book o�ers fresh
research and analysis of the British provincial kings during the Roman
occupation. The author’s extensive knowledge and expertise in this
�eld provides a high level of academic authority.
Building on the discoveries made in Roman Sussex, this book develops

the theme that southern Britain was not so much conquered by Rome,
as liberated. Looking at new archaeological evidence, new readings of
the primary historical sources and a new examination of the writings
of ‘British’ sources (such as Geo�rey of Monmouth), Bloodline: Celtic
Kings in Roman Britain provides a wholly alternative theory as to the
creation of Roman Britain, its treaties, invasion and assimilation into
empire, and the role of friendly client kings from the time of Julius
Caesar (55-54 BC) to the reign of the emperor Hadrian (AD 117) and
the building of Hadrian’s wall.
Miles Russell is a senior lecturer in archaeology at Bournemouth

University with over 20 years experience of archaeological �eldwork.
February 2010
Price: £18.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-238-2
Binding: PB
Spitfire and Hurricane fighter pilots recount LAST OF THE FEW

their experiences of combat during the Battle DILIP SARKER
of Britain
• Separate chapters on each pilot together with historic photographs
from their personal albums.
• 5 of the 18 veterans will be available for interview. Intense media

interest expected as 2010 is the 70th anniversary of the Battle of
Britain.
2,927 aircrew of Fighter Command fought in the Battle of Britain, 544

lost their lives in action. Today perhaps 80 survive with an average
age of 91. The Battle of Britain Fighter Association can muster 20,
soon there will be no living survivor from this exceptional band
of young men. In this book, Dilip Sarkar relates the stories of 18
pilots, researched through personal interviews, correspondence and
contemporary archive material. Many of the pilots featured became
‘aces’ in the Battle of Britain, others achieved such status afterwards
whilst others went into action only to be instantly blasted out of the
sky without even having seen the enemy. Their collective experience,
however, is typical of those who �ew Spit�res and Hurricanes in 1940.
February 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-435-5
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Based on exclusive access to MI5 documents THE MURDER OF THE ROMANOVS

and newly discovered Russian papers, the ANDREW COOK
true fate of the Romonovs
• Now a Channel 4 documentary.
The overthrow and execution of Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Imperial
family is a cause célèbre of 20th century history. Andrew Cook’s re-
investigation of the story �nally solves one of the greatest mysteries of
world history. The author draws upon new forensic evidence and newly
discovered British and Russian Secret Service records revealing the truth
about the family’s murder, the proposed British rescue of the Imperial
family led by Major Stephen Alley, and the Secret Service mission inside
Russia after the family’s reported deaths to discover the truth about
their fate.
Andrew Cook is a critically acclaimed historian, author and TV presenter.

His other books include Ace of Spies (‘A myth-shattering tour de force’
SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE), M: MI5’s First Spymaster (‘A brilliantly
researched biography’ STELLA RIMINGTON) and To Kill Rasputin (‘If you
thought you knew how Rasputin met his end and who was responsible,
think again’ ANDREW ROBERTS).
February 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-103-3
Binding: HB
The scandalous love lives of the British ROYAL SEX

Royal Family ROGER POWELL
• Takes the story of ‘romping royals’ to the present day and includes
Kate Middleton and Prince Harry’s ‘lovelies’.
Royal Sex shows how a certain number of key aristocratic families appear
to have cornered the market in providing our monarchs with mistresses
over successive centuries. The present Duchess of Cornwall is a prime
example, her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel was a mistress of Edward
VII, as the Duchess was of Prince Charles. The reason? to capture and
exploit royal power and royal patronage to place a royal mistress or
favourite at the centre of power.
Roger Powell has been a professional genealogist for over 40 years.

He was until his recent retirement a senior editor at Burke’s Peerage and
Gentry and Director of Debretts Ancestry Research. He is co-author of
Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family (‘Spicy and
enjoyable... an absorbing story’ LITERARY REVIEW; ‘A great read... the
research is excellent’ PROFESSOR RONALD HUTTON).
March 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-212-2
Binding: PB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A biography of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, CATHERINE HOWARD

beheaded for playing Henry at his own LACEY BALDWIN SMITH
game – adultery
• ‘A brilliant, compelling account’ ALISON WEIR
• ‘A faultless book’ THE SPECTATOR
• ‘Lacey Baldwin Smith has so excellently caught the atmosphere of

the Tudor age’ THE OBSERVER
A mere teenager, the vivacious and �irty Catherine Howard was an

unsuitable bride for the elderly and fat Henry VIII. Lacey Baldwin
Smith, one of the �nest historians of the Tudor age, narrates the rise
and fall of the most tragic of Henry’s queens, the woman who dared
to cuckold the king of England.
Lacey Baldwin Smith is Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern

University. He has published nine critically acclaimed books including:
Henry VIII, Elizabeth Tudor, and Treason in Tudor England (‘A stunning
evocation of a brutal age from one of our �nest historians’ ALISON
WEIR). The recipient of MA and PhD degrees from Princeton University,
he has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Senior
Fulbright Fellow at the University of London.
February 2010
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-521-5
Binding: PB
A calendar of how the great and good met ROYAL DATES WITH DESTINY
their maker... ROBERT EASTON
Royal Dates with Destiny is a collection of short vignettes describing

the deaths of the world’s aristocracy. It is presented in calendar form,
with at least one entry for each day of the year. Based on a number of
scholarly sources per entry, these 400 or so ‘summaries of mortality’
give an idiosyncratic and delightfully bizarre historical overview of
the surprising ways in which the world’s most powerful have died.
Each month contains at least a couple of famous royal deaths, yet
more often than not the royal will be less well known, yet no less
fascinating.
Suitably rigorous to grace the shelves of any reference library, yet
entertaining enough to appeal to QI fans, Royal Dates With Destiny will
enthral and appeal in equal measure.
April 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-830-8
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A magni�cently-photographed reconstruction WAINWRIGHT’S LOST TOUR

of Wainwright’s legendary May 1931 tour of ED GELDARD
the Lakes, in full colour
May 1931 marked Wainwright’s second tour to the lakes, following his
life changing visit a year previously. In 1991, shortly after Wainwright’s
death, the one surviving member of the party WE Maudsley provided a
route plan. We know that the poor weather that Witsun Holiday week
made the 6 day trip a test of endurance, in other respects we have
little to go on as Wainwright himself did not leave any detailed notes
on the trip . What makes the tour particularly interesting, however, is
that it covers every lake, mountain and valley in the area, thus making
this a perfect itinerary for modern day followers in the great man’s
footsteps.
Professional photographer Ed Geldard, who formed a strong
friendship with Wainwright towards the end of his life, recreates the
tour in remarkable detail giving a detailed breakdown of the route as
it would have been had the weather been in their favour. The book
is illustrated with over 180 magni�cent full-colour photographs that
will delight both armchair walkers and those looking for a genuinely
informative guide to walking in the Lakes. Wainwright a�cionados will
also delight in this “missing page” from the life story of the man most
associated with the Lakes.
April 2010
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-950-3
Binding: PB
A delightful and comprehensive look LAKELAND POETS

at the lives and works of some of England’s GAVIN D. SMITH
finest poets
Lakeland Poets is an absorbing and charming account of the lives and
works of Hartley Coleridge, Samuel Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey,
Robert Southey, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Wordsworth.
Membership of the ‘school’ of Lake Poets has been extended to include
Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy, Coleridge’s son, Hartley, and Thomas de
Quincey. This is a valuable opportunity for readers to discover more
about writers whose work has been sorely neglected and is often
di�cult to �nd in print.
In this comprehensive and accessible volume each poet’s life is
detailed and then a selection of their work is presented. This delightful
and beautifully illustrated book is sure to enchant both established
lovers of poetry as well as newcomers to the art.
April 2010
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-536-9
Binding: PB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The first ever biography of Jane Seymour, JANE SEYMOUR

Henry VIII’s third wife, who died in childbirth ELIZABETH NORTON
giving the king what he craved most – a son
and heir • First biography to show the real Jane Seymour, she may have been
submissive and obedient in front of Henry, but her true personality
was far more cutthroat.
Jane Seymour is often portrayed as meek and mild and as the most
successful, but one of the least signi�cant, of Henry VIII’s wives. The
real Jane was a very di�erent character, demure and submissive yet
with a ruthless streak – as Anne Boleyn was being tried for treason,
Jane was choosing her wedding dress. From the lowliest origins of
any of Henry’s wives her rise shows an ambition every bit as great as
Anne’s.
Elizabeth Norton tells the thrilling life of a country girl from rural
Wiltshire who rose to the throne of England and became the ideal
Tudor woman.
March 2010
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-527-7
Binding: PB
A major new history of the disaster that TITANIC

weaves into the narrative the first-hand W. B. BARTLETT
accounts of those who survived • The human story of the disaster, rather than a history of the ship
itself.
• The most detailed narrative ever of the sinking of the Titanic.

Most books deal with the collision at 23:40 on 14 April to the
rescue of the survivors 04:01-08:30 on 15 April in a few chapters,
W. B. Bartlett devotes the entire book to the unfolding drama of
these nine hours.
It was twenty minutes to midnight on Sunday 14 April, when Jack Thayer

felt the Titanic lurch to port, a motion followed by the slightest of shocks.
Seven-year old Eva Hart barely noticed anything was wrong. For Stoker
Fred Barrett, shovelling coal down below, it was somewhat di�erent;
the side of the ship where he was working caved in. For the next nine
hours, Jack, Eva and Fred faced death and survived. They lived, along with
just over 700 others picked up by 08.30 the next morning. Over 1,500
people did not. This is the story told through the eyes of Jack, Eva, Fred
and over a hundred others of those who survived and either wrote their
experiences down or appeared before the major inquiries.
March 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-422-5
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
How to fly the legendary fighter plane in SPITFIRE MANUAL 1940

combat using the manuals and instructions
supplied by the RAF during the Second World
War • Original 1940s setting used.
• Nostalgia books hugely popular see the sales of The Home Guard
Manual (Tempus) and Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain,
1942 (Bodleian Library).
An amazing array of lea�ets, books and manuals were issued by the

Air Ministry during the Second World War to aid pilots in �ying the
Supermarine Spit�re, here for the �rst time they are collated into a
single facsimile edition by expert aviation historian Dilip Sarkar. Areas
covered include how to attack enemy aircraft, aircraft recognition, how
to act as an RAF o�cer, and bailing out - the entire gamut of how to be
a Spit�re �ghter pilot.
March 2010
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-436-2
Binding: HB
The second volume in Patrick Delaforce’s THE RHINE ENDEAVOUR

important Second World War trilogy PATRICK DELAFORCE
This is the second volume, but the last to be published of a trilogy — the
other volumes being Smashing the Atlantic Wall and The Battle of the Bulge.
The book starts with the German evacuation of Dunkirk, the liberation
of Antwerp, Operation ‘Market Garden’ and Montgomery’s move into
the Rhineland. The book ends following General Kurt Student’s attempt
to halt the advance of the allied troops at the Rhine with a ferocious
counterattack.
Patrick Delaforce fought as a troop leader in Normandy and also

served in Germany and Holland during the Second World War. He was
awarded the Bronze Cross of Orange-Nassau and was twice mentioned
in despatches. After the war he worked as a Port wine shipper and in
advertising before becoming a professional writer. He is the author of
many Military History books as well as a number of travel books and
biographies.
April 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-825-4
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
‘Impeccably researched and highly original... ROBIN HOOD

David Baldwin is a brilliant historical DAVID BALDWIN
detective’ PHILIPPA GREGORY • The identity of Robin Hood is one of the great historical
mysteries of English history – until now.
• Major new Hollywood �lm Robin Hood directed by RIDLEY

SCOTT and staring RUSSELL CROWE and CATE BLANCHETT
due to be released 14 May 2010 (in UK and USA) will hugely
increase interest in the story of Robin Hood.
• Author is an expert on English medieval history and

speci�cally on the local history of Nottinghamshire and
Leicestershire.
Everyone has heard of Robin Hood, the brilliant archer who

‘robbed the rich to give to the poor’, but his identity is one of
the great mysteries of English history. There were outlaws who
lived in the royal forests preying on unwary travelers, and Robin
Hoods whose names are recorded in historical documents: but
no one has been able to prove that one of these real Robins
was the individual whose exploits were commemorated in
ballad and song. David Baldwin has discovered the real Robin
Hood by painstaking following clues in the earliest ballads and
in o�cial and legal documents of the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries, truth in this case, is stranger than legend.
David Baldwin is a medieval historian and has taught at the

Universities of Leicester and Nottingham. He is the author
of The Lost Prince (‘A fascinating new theory’ DAILY MAIL) and
Elizabeth Woodville (‘Inspirational... brings her alive for the
general reader’ PHILIPPA GREGORY).
March 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-378-5
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The definitive history of Cunard’s LUSITANIA: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

Edwardian superliner, Lusitania J. KENT LAYTON
It is now just over a century since Lusitania made her maiden crossing of
the North Atlantic. For seven and a half years, she crossed that rugged
ocean with punctuality and dependability. She fast became a living legend,
the ship of choice for many of the transatlantic travellers. Since her sinking
on 7 May 1915, however, her wondrous career and technological marvels
have largely been neglected. Instead, the focus has shifted to her political
importance, and on numerous conspiracy theories about her last voyage
and sinking.
This illustrated biography of the Lusitania discusses her entire story,
from her conception and birth on the Clyde to her career and, �nally, to
her tragic demise o� the coast of Ireland; it reveals her as she has never
been seen before.
Prepare to take a journey back in time ... step aboard the decks of one
of the world’s largest, �nest, fastest and most beloved ocean liners, and
relive her history in all its splendour.
J. Kent Layton has been studying the history of Cunard’s Lusitania for the past
decade. He brings together, for the �rst time, many fabulous images, from
numerous collections around the world to complement his outstanding
research on this fabulous vessel. He is an active member of the Titanic
Research & Modelling Association and lives in Central New York state.
April 2010
Price: £50.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-834-6
Binding: PB
Almost a century since the launch of TITANIC AND HER SISTERS: A POSTCARD HISTORY
Titanic, the story of the Olympic class JANETTE AND CAMPBELL McCUTCHEON
ships is told through the medium of
In 1908, the White Star Line announced it was constructing a pair of sister
original postcards. ships at the Harland & Wol� yard in Belfast. The new behemoths would
dwarf even the largest ships of the time, being fully one-third larger than
any ship a�oat. They would also be the most sumptuous vessels a�oat,
carrying their millionaire passengers in unsurpassed luxury. The two ships,
Olympic and Titanic, were to be followed by a third sister, originally to be
called Gigantic, but renamed as Britannic after the sinking of Titanic in
April 1912.
Janette and Campbell McCutcheon tell the story of the White Star trio
using a fabulous collection of original postcards and photos of the three
sisters, only one of which was ever to make a return voyage from New
York.
With the loss of Titanic in 1912, work was suspended on Britannic, but
she was to sink on her sixth voyage as a hospital ship, during the First
World War. Despite sinking a U-boat by ramming it, Olympic survived
the war and was scrapped in Jarrow in 1935 after twenty-four years of
service for White Star.
April 2010
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-110-1
Binding: PB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The story of astrology through the ages ASTROLOGY

P. G. MAXWELL-STUART
• The �rst major new history of astrology ever published.

• Comprehensive coverage from the earliest known records from
Ancient Babylon (over 4000 years ago), to the present day
obsession with horoscopes.
• Horoscopes are hugely popular today with an estimated 200
million people worldwide regularly reading their horoscope.
• Author is a highly respected expert on the occult.
P. G. Maxwell-Stuart is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of

St Andrews. His other books include Witchcraft: A History (‘Combines
scholarly rigour with literary �air’ THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY),
Ghosts: A History (‘Scholarly and well-written... a wide ranging account’
THES), Satan: A Biography (‘A learned and fascinating book... devilish’
TLS), Witch Hunters (‘The lurid tales of orgies and other debauchery told
by these individuals still make for shocking reading today’ the DAILY MAIL;
‘Based on massive erudition... a learned, informative, at times very subtle
book’ JAMES SHARPE), and Wizards: A History (‘An excellent pioneering
work... fascinating and entertaining’ RONALD HUTTON; ‘A fascinating,
well-researched and lucid book’ THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW).
April 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-107-1
Binding: HB
A full-colour guide to Wiltshire’s PREHISTORIC WILTSHIRE

prehistoric remains AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
BOB CLARKE
Wiltshire contains some of the most important archaeological sites

in Britain and its Prehistoric remains range from the splendour of
Stonehenge to the awesome Avebury stone circle, with Silbury Hill and
the Kennet Long Barrow being other noted megalithic monuments in
the county. Among these important sites are also found smaller, perhaps
lesser-known monuments to the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, including
the cursus barrow cemetery at Fargo Plantation and Woodhenge. Bob
Clarke, author of numerous books on military archaeology and history,
takes us on a tour of the prehistoric sites in this archaeologically-
rich county, using aerial photography and outstanding images, which
accompany the informative text and diagrams.
April 2010
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 978-1-84868-877-3
Binding: PB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The amazing story of one of the ‘Few’, GUN BUTTON TO FIRE

fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 TOM NEIL
enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain
• Tom Neil really is one of the last of the ‘Few’, the average
age of surviving veterans is 91. Only 20 veterans out of 2947
o�cial Battle of Britain pilots are �t enough to attend Battle
of Britain Fighter Association events (although around 90 are
still alive in total). He is 89 and lives in Su�olk with his wife
who was a Fighter Command plotter when they met in 1940.
• Published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Battle

of Britain in 2010.
• Tom �ew 141 combat missions (few pilots reached 50) mostly
from North Weald air�eld in Essex, and shot down 13 enemy
aircraft during the Battle of Britain.
• Tom Neil was one of the pilots the War Ministry used in their
propaganda at the time of the Battle of Britain partly because
of his height (6 ft 4) and his good looks.
• ‘The best book on the Battle of Britain’ SIR JOHN GRANDY,

Marshal of the RAF.
• Tom Neil epitomises the spirit of the young, dashing �ghter

pilot, he was only 19 when he �ew his �rst Battle of Britain
combat mission.
• Tom Neil �ew with James Nicolson at the time he won the
only Battle of Britain Victoria Cross.
This is a �ghter pilot’s story of eight memorable months from

May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their
way across France, Pilot O�cer Tom Neil had just received his
�rst posting – to 249 Squadron. Nineteen years old, fresh from
training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes he was soon to
be pitchforked into the maelstrom of air �ghting on which the
survival of Britain was to depend. By the end of the year he had
shot down 13 enemy aircraft, seen many of his friends killed,
injured or burned, and was himself a wary and accomplished
�ghter pilot.
Tom Neil’s other books include Fighter In My Sights, From

the Cockpit: Spit�re, Questions of Guilt: The Stories of Wing
Commander Tom Neil and Onward To Malta: Memoirs of a
Hurricane Pilot in Malta 1941 (which has sold over 10,000
copies). He lives with his wife near Bungay in Su�olk and has
three sons, two of which carry on the tradition of �ying.
April 2010
Price: £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-84868-848-3
Binding: HB

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The classic biography of the most engaging ANNE BOLEYN

of Henry VIII’s wives PAUL FRIEDMANN edited by JOSEPHINE WILKINSON
• ‘Friedmann has an unparalleled mastery of the detail of his subject,

which he weaves into a compelling and lively narrative. A meticulously
researched and supremely readable classic of Tudor biography’
DR RICHARD REX
Paul Friedmann wrote his monumental two-volume biography of

Anne in the 1880s and it is still used as a standard work of reference
by historians today because of the level of detail it provides of Anne’s
daily life. It is incredibly rare (zero copies on Abe.com) and has never
April 2010 been commercially reissued before now. It now appears completely
Price: £20.00 re-set in a single volume together with 47 illustrations.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-827-8
Binding: HB
Extent: 384 pages
The epic battle in Egypt between Britain’s EL ALAMEIN 1942

‘Desert Rats’ and the Axis forces led by JOHN SADLER
Rommel, the ‘Desert
• Includes numerous unpublished veterans accounts, collected by
the author from personal interviews.
El Alamein was the battle that de�ned both the Afrika Corps and the
British 8th Army, the legendary ‘Desert Rats’. Hitler’s fanatic insistence
that his forces should not cede ground, caused the destruction of a
signi�cant part of Rommel’s army. Like Stalingrad, it marks the end of
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The story of the battle of Turnham Green and THE BATTLE FOR LONDON
how ‘the sack of London’ was prevented by STEPHEN PORTER AND SIMON MARSH
Londoners
• ‘One of the decisive confrontations of English history. A gem of a
book’ RICHARD HOLMES
As Charles I’s army marched on the capital in the autumn of 1642,

Nehemiah Wallington, a wood-turner living near London Bridge,
wrote in his journal, ‘those cruel cavilers doe so plonder & pillage &
commit Rapin & use such cruelty that the poore people are caused
to �y from house and home to save their children’. Most Londoners
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34 illustrations, 20 colour ferocious battle in London’s long history began. The outcome would
mark a turning point in the con�ict that had split the nation.

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A dramatic personal account of the riots, PRELUDE TO SUEZ

revolution and exile that led to the ROBERT HORNBY
Suez crisis
In January 1952 Cairo burned in a wave of insurgency. Three months
earlier, the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 had been abrogated, leading to
the withdrawal of all British military personnel from the city to the Canal
Zone base at Suez. Colonel Robert Hornby was already committed as the
press spokesman for the British Army and chose to stay in Cairo.
Without diplomatic immunity and vulnerable to arrest, Hornby
endeavoured to respond to the demands of the international press and
squash the outrageous claims of propagandist Egyptian newspapers. He
set up a secret, and highly illegal, line of communication to the garrison
switchboard at Ismalia to allow journalists to subvert the censorship
imposed on correspondence sent via cable and wireless, their only means
of reporting to their newspapers.
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escaped with his family to Cyprus. He soon returned to Egypt under legal,
diplomatic auspices, and was able to continue in his work as an attaché
working for the embassy. During his years in Egypt he witnessed the
abdication of King Farouk and the rise and fall of General Neguib.
Hornby’s close contact with the press, his friendship with Anwar Sadat,
future prime minister of Egypt, and his links with both army and embassy
combine to give a unique and fascinating account of the period, set
against the inevitable strains of living in a volatile country.
May 2010
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A fully revised new edition of Edward A LIFE OF EMILY BRONTË

Chitham’s best-selling biography EDWARD CHITHAM
Biographical material on Emily Brontë is scarce. In the past,

biographers have taken this as an excuse to portray intuition as fact,
creating a confused and inaccurate image of the author who wrote
Wuthering Heights. In A Life of Emily Brontë, Edward Chitham rejects
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of the events and characters that shaped Emily’s inspiration; a puzzle
that has confounded many and made her, up to this point, an enigmatic
and misrepresented �gure.
Edward Chitham is senior lecturer at The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton.
His doctoral thesis was on Emily Brontë’s poems, and his previously
published works include: The Poems of Ann Brontë; The Brontës’ Irish
Background; jointly with Derek Roper The Poems of Emily Brontë; jointly
with T.J.Winnifrith Brontë Facts and Brontë Problems and Selected Brontë
Poems.
May 2010
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1.
SCOTLAND
East Kilbride Elgin Elgin Rosyth

Through Time From Old Photographs Through Time Through Time
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region of Scotland – one year the in Scottish Ghosts. Hauntings, Illustrated with photographs,
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their ultimate goal, Muckle modes of transport are
Flugga in the Shetlands. illustrated here. An evocative
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are drawn to the wild, lonely those who remember the Royal
landscape and the abundant bird Route and the Kyle ferry.
and animal life found in these
remote parts of Scotland. This
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introducing the industrial collection of glass slides and �rst sixty years of MV Balmoral’s
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2.
WALES
Wales in the Golden Age Around Conwy Pembroke Dock Penarth

of Picture Postcards From Old Photographs Through Time Through Time
David Gwynn Mike Hitches Phil Carradice & David Ings
Roger MacCallum
July 2009 £12.99 PB August 2009 £12.99 PB September 2009 £12.99 PB October 2009 £12.99 PB
Stories from Anglesey about A fascinating collection of ghost

haunted houses and ghostly stories from all over Wales
sightings. Passed down brought together by Peter
through generations they form Underwood, an acknowledged
a wealth of folklore; from expert on ghosts. Told in
the lady of Park Lodge to the chilling detail these stories will
haunted lane. delight paranormal enthusiasts
of all ages.
Colwyn Bay Bridgend Anglesey Ghosts Haunted Wales

Through Time Through Time Bunty Austin Peter Underwood
Graham Roberts David Swidenbank
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The Inshore Fishermen of An in-depth survey, examining A comprehensive and evocative

Wales provides the �rst full the growth of historically description of life and tradition
scale survey of Welsh Coastal orientated sites and institutions in Wales up to the mid
Fishermen and looks at the in Wales. The preservation, twentieth century. The detailed
traditional Welsh �shing conservation and interpretation narrative, accompanied by
methods which, due to of historical sites, buildings more than 126 black and white
technological developments, and artefacts are of great illustrations o�ers a fascinating
are quickly disappearing. This importance, but has the insight into almost every
highly detailed, fully illustrated conservation movement and aspect of rural life in Wales,
book also identi�es the wealth our preoccupation with the past including farming implements,
of �sh found around the Welsh gone too far? Are we attempting the use of local raw materials,
coast. This is a must have to preserve too much without folk custom and belief, food
book not only for historians giving enough thought to the and drink, leather working,
The Inshore Fishermen of and �shing enthusiasts but Getting Yesterday Right: lasting value of the things Life & Tradition in �shing and the production of
Wales for anyone interested in the Interpreting the Identity preserved? These are just some Rural Wales wool. This revised edition of
J. Geraint Jenkins maritime heritage of Wales. of Wales of the questions raised in this J. Geraint Jenkins a classic title is an important
J. Geraint Jenkins new edition of a classic text. record of bygone times.
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‘Accessible and highly An authoritative companion The arrival of the U-boat in

readable’ to Wales, its people and its the First War, and the addition
THE WESTERN MAIL millennia of history, presenting of the bomber in the Second,
the characters, events, buildings brought the Welsh coast and
The �rst full-scale biography and institutions that have shaped sea lanes into range of German
of the last native Prince of Wales from its earliest origins to attack. Air�elds for airships,
Wales who fought to maintain the present day. The book comes seaplanes, �ghters and bombers
were established up and down
an independent Wales. in an accessible, comprehensive,
the Welsh coast to combat the
illustrated dictionary format,
threat. Defending Wales tells
from an author who, as an
the stories of the �ight crews
acknowledged expert on Welsh responsible for safeguarding
culture and history, has written British commerce and industry
more than twenty entertaining against a determined enemy
Owain Glyndŵr Wales: and informative books upon the Defending Wales: The Coast in unreliable aircraft and often
Terry Breverton A Historical Companion Welsh and their achievements. A and Sea Lanes in Wartime perilous weather conditions.
Terry Breverton book to be enjoyed by armchair Alan Phillips
travellers and tourists alike.
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An engaging account of the Re�ections of Guernsey is a
�ght for survival. Teenager wonderfully enjoyable read,
Georgi Kondakov was brought which vividly illustrates the
to Alderney in 1942 where, di�culties and hardships of
su�ering brutal hardships, he war time Occupation and then
helped build part of Hitler’s the problems associated with
Atlantic Wall defences. In 1943 adjusting to a more normal
3. Georgi escaped from a train life, a life which is liberated and
THE taking survivors to Germany and
joined the French Resistance.
free. Drawing from her own
reminiscences and the �rst-hand
CHANNEL When the war ended he accounts of local people Molly
returned to Russia but was sent Bihet o�ers a charming account
ISLANDS to a Siberian labour camp for 4 ½ of how a community changes
Island of Dread in the years. He was allowed home in Re�ections of Guernsey over time and the impact these
Channel 1951, returning to Alderney as an Molly Bihet changes can have on the families
Brian Bonnard honoured guest in 1990. and individuals living in that
community.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-361-7 234 x 156mm, 160pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-206-1 234 x 156mm, 128pp,
May 2009 £12.99 PB 34 b&w illustrations April 2009 £12.99 PB 49 b&w illustrations
A Time for Memories is a Molly Bihet’s touching account

collection of Occupation stories of life in Guernsey during the
from Molly Bihet’s friends German Occupation brings
and family. Each story is an events of the Second World
individual account of the impact War to life through the eyes
of Germany’s Occupation of of a young child. The Channel
Guernsey during the Second Islands were the only British
World War. Interspersed with territory to be occupied
this mixture of memories is a during the Second World
selection of Occupation recipes War. The story begins on the
which were originally published afternoon of 28th June 1940
in the Star Newspaper. This as Molly recalls waving a
engaging book adds a human recently bought cucumber at
Alderney A Time for Memories voice to the history of Guernsey A Child’s War planes �ying over the harbour, A History of Aviation in
From Old Photographs Molly Bihet and in doing so highlights the Molly Bihet only to realise they were Alderney
Brian Bonnard determination and perseverance German planes attacking the Edward Pinnegar
of the local community. previously peaceful scene.
ISBN: 978-1-184868-360-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-207-8 234 x 156mm, 192pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-205-4 234 x 156mm, 96pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-981-7
August 2009 £12.99 PB April 2009 £14.99 PB 107 b&w illustrations December 2009 £12.99 PB 47 b&w illustrations April 2010 £9.99 PB
‘A unique collection of rare

photographs’’
RAF NEWS
The Battle of Britain as

4. experienced by the pilots who
�ew from Duxford air base in
EAST ANGLIA Cambridgeshire.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
ESSEX
NORFOLK
SUFFOLK Peterborough Soham and Wicken Duxford 1940

Through Time Through Time Dilip Sarkar
June & Vernon Bull Michael Rouse &
Anthony Day
ISBN: 978-1-84868-737-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-667-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-213-9 234 x 156mm, 128pp,
November 2009 £12.99 PB December 2009 £12.99 PB March 2009 £14.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations
Essex has been at the centre of A compilation of interlinked

con�ict since the earliest days of stories about a skipper and
recorded history. Michael Foley’s his mate cruising around the
carefully selected images and Lower Thames, Swale and
factual captions take the reader River Medway. The history of
through the turbulent times of an often barren and empty
the Romans, (when the Iceni marshland landscape is
tribe slaughtered the invaders at
entwined with what was seen
Colchester), through to the times
as they went by. Old ports,
of William the Conqueror and to
muddy creeks and dilapidated
the later gathering of troops at
Tilbury to �ght the Spanish Armada
wharves with ghosts of the
and the war with Napoleon. past lingering on are often
Colchester, Warley and Pur�eet all explored by the skipper in a
Braintree and Bocking Essex at War feature, being the locations of both Witham Salt Marsh & Mud: little lugsail dinghy. The stories
Through Time Through Time temporary camps as well as sturdy Through Time A Year’s Sailing in the range from one December
John & Sandra Adlam Michael Foley barracks, which were to last until John Palombi Thames Estuary to the next, seeing out a
modern times. Nick Ardley complete year a�oat.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-311-2 ISBN: 978-1-84868-653-3 235 x 165mm, 96pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-584-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-491-1 248 x 172mm, 224pp,
June 2009 £12.99 PB September 2009 £12.99 PB 92 sepia and 92 colour images November 2009 £12.99 PB July 2009 £14.99 PB 125 b&w illustrations

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How Upminster grew from Paranormal Essex is a
a small village to a thriving fascinating account of
London suburb. Building local ‘sightings’. It looks at
on previous histories it tells traditional historical legends
the story of the people and as well as modern day
details the social and historic experiences, providing fresh
changes and the events that knowledge, together with the
author’s personal accounts, of
helped shape Upminster into
new and traditional stories.
the vibrant place it is today.
David Scanlan’s and Paul
This book covers Upminster’s
Robins’s ghostly tour of the
development from the early area is illustrated with many of
Edwardian period at the start their own photographs.
of the century through to the
Hornchurch Upminster: major changes in the interwar Colchester Paranormal Essex
Through Time The Story of a Garden period. This engaging account Through Time David Scanlan and Paul Robins
Brian Evans Suburb is a new edition of a classic Patrick Denney
Tony Benton text.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-633-5 ISBN: 978-1-84868-382-2 235 x 165mm, 160pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-546-8 ISBN: 978-1-84868-460-7 235 x 165mm, 96pp,
March 2010 £14.99 PB August 2009 £12.99 PB 82 b&w illustrations December 2009 £12.99 PB October 2009 £12.99 PB 36 b&w illustrations
◀ An intriguing collection of
contemporary hauntings and
traditional legends in Norfolk.
235 x 165mm, 128pp,
36 b&w illustrations
Presenting a revised and updated

overview of the history and
▶
development of Norwich from
Yarmouth & Gorleston The Broads Paranormal Norfolk its pre-urban days through the Norwich: Norwich
Through Time Through Time Frank Meers changes brought by the Normans Archaeology of a Fine City Murders & Misdemeanours
Frank Meers David Holmes to the darker days of the Black Brian Ayres Frank Meers
Death and the Reformation.
248 x 172mm, 192pp,
ISBN: 978-1-84868-456-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-642-7 ISBN: 978-1-84868-471-3 ISBN: 978-1-84868-372-3 ISBN: 978-1-84868-457-7
August 2009 £12.99 PB November 2009 £12.99 PB February 2010 £12.99 PB June 2009 £16.99 PB August 2008 £12.99 PB
Containing over one hundred

and �fty photographs matched
to contemporary descriptions
this book brings vividly to life
the period in Su�olk’s history
between 1880 and 1910. We
see people at work, at home
and at play in towns, such as
Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds,
and in scores of small villages.
We also see the beauty of the
landscape, enhanced by the still
famous timber-framed houses
Lowestoft to Southwold Haverhill Bungay Paranormal Su�olk Victorian & Edwardian and by scores of windmills,
Humphrey Phelps Through Time Through Time Christopher Reeve Su�olk surely the most picturesque
Roy Brazier Christopher Reeve Humphrey Phelps item of industrial architecture.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-246-7 ISBN: 978-1-84868-795-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-831-5 ISBN: 978-1-84868-375-4 ISBN: 978-1-84868-029-6 248 x 172mm, 144pp,
November 2008 £12.99 PB August 2009 £12.99 PB November 2009 £12.99 PB July 2009 £12.99 PB November 2008 £14.99 PB 150 sepia illustrations
5.
EAST
MIDLANDS
DERBYSHIRE,
HUNTINGDONSHIRE,
LEICESTERSHIRE,
LINCOLNSHIRE,
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire Villages of the Peak District Chester�eld

Through Time Through Time Denis Eardley Through Time
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Mike Smith Margaret Buxton Brian Davis
and RUTLAND
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The story of the restoration Tracing the development of
of the Cromford Canal, from Scarborough’s local railway lines
the early days in 1968 through and their lives under the NER,
to its acquisition by Derby LNER and BR, until their closure
County Council in 1974 and under Dr Beeching. It also
continued work in 1988. covers the re-establishment of a
Built by William Jessop with preserved line between Pickering
the assistance of Benjamin and Grosmont, along with main
Outram, the canal, with its line steam into Scarborough,
four tunnels and 14 locks, recalling the wonderful days
ran 14.5 miles (23 km) from when Scarborough was visited
Cromford to the Erewash by thousands of holidaymakers.
Canal in Derbyshire, England Timetables and locoshed
There and Back Again: with a branch to Pinxton. Leicester Steam Around Scarborough allocations complete the picture, Corby & Rockingham Forest
Restoring the Cromford The detailed narrative is Through Time Mike Hitches o�ering an idea of locomotive Through Time
Canal accompanied by a wealth of Stephen Butt types and the sort of service Peter Hill
Simon Stoker full colour photographs. passengers could expect.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-153-8 248 x 172mm, 128pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-252-8 ISBN: 978-1-84868-503-1 248 x 172mm, 192pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-644-1
December 2008 £14.99 PB 150 colour illustrations October 2009 £12.99 PB July 2009 £16.99 PB 212 b&w illustrations July 2009 £12.99 PB
6.
LONDON
AND
THE HOME
COUNTIES
GREATER LONDON,
BEDFORDSHIRE,
BERKSHIRE,
Secret Northamptonshire Nottingham Newark Through Time BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, The Jack the Ripper Location
Peter Hill Through Time Newark ALHS Photographs
HERTFORDSHIRE,
Chris Richards Philip Hutchinson
MIDDLESEX AND
ISBN: 978-1-84868-720-2 ISBN: 978-1-84868-068-5 ISBN: 978-1-84868-567-3 OXFORDSHIRE ISBN: 978-1-84868-784-4
August 2009 £12.99 PB November 2008 £12.99 PB November 2009 £12.99 PB October 2009 £12.99 PB
This brand new book o�ers ‘Totally fascinating’

a fresh look at a familiar SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
subject. Published in full
colour, it includes the cities of ‘A triumph of research’
London and Westminster, as ANDREW ROBERTS
well as the inner residential
boroughs of Kensington, ‘Exposes the hidden hand
Stepney, Bloomsbury, Chelsea, behind the Jack the Ripper
Southwark, and many others. It myth’
explores transport, river, docks, KELVIN MACKENZIE
shops, royal events, London life
and characters, streets, local Finally proves who Jack the
residential areas, early cinema Ripper was – an invention of
Peckham & Nunhead East Dulwich London Colour Archive in London, the theatres, markets Jack the Ripper the nineteenth-century gutter
Through Time Through Time Brian Girling and restaurants. It will also o�er Andrew Cook press.
John Beasley John Beasley an unfamiliar look at some of the
famous landmarks of the city.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-290-0 ISBN: 978-1-84868-550-5 ISBN: 978-1-84868-222-1 226 x 248mm, 120 pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-327-3 234 x 156mm, 256pp,
September 2009 £12.99 PB December 2009 £12.99 PB January 2010 £17.99 PB 212 colour illustrations May 2009 £18.99 HB 54 b&w illustrations
‘A lively panorama’ London between c.1580-1616, at the

THE INDEPENDENT height of Elizabeth I’s reign, was a
teeming metropolis that was growing
An intimate social history so rapidly that the government
of Londoners, discussing took repeated, and ine�ectual,
everything from work, steps to curb its expansion. Growth
housing and entertainment to produced overcrowding and high
mortality, with shockingly high death
marriage and sex to religion
tolls during the plague epidemics,
and popular beliefs.
yet London attracted an endless
stream of people. Here the �rst
playhouses were built, patronised
by large audiences, who were
treated to a varied diet of plays
Chaucer’s London: Everyday Shakespeare’s London to keep them entertained. The Twickenham, Whitton, En�eld
Life in London 1342-1400 Stephen Porter London that Shakespeare knew Teddington & The Through Time
A. R. Myers was an expanding, changing and Hamptons Through Time Stephen Sellick
exciting city. M. Cherry, J. Sheaf, K. Hale, E. Harris
ISBN: 978-1-84868-338-9 198 x 124mm, 208pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-333-4 234 x 156mm, 320pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-804-9 ISBN: 978-1-84868-639-7
July 2009 £9.99 PB 33 illustrations, 12 colour October 2009 £20.00 HB 127 illustrations, 29 colour November 2009 £12.99 PB February 2010 £14.99 PB

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Murders & Misdemeanours Paranormal Bedfordshire Winslow Amersham Milton Keynes Around Burnham
in the West End of London Damien O’Dell Through Time Through Time Through Time From Old Photographs
1800-1850 Charles Close Colin Seabright Marion Hill Dorothy Blackman and
Alan Brooke & David Brandon Daphne Chevous
ISBN: 978-1-84868-524-6 ISBN: 978-1-84868-119-4 ISBN: 978-1-84868-712-7 ISBN: 978-1-84868-404-1 ISBN: 978-1-84868-623-6 ISBN: 978-1-84868-555-0
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Buckingham Redbourn A Redbourn Commoner Tring Stevenage Hitchin

Through Time Through Time Geo� Webb Through Time Through Time Through Time
Charles Close Geo� Webb Jill Fowler Hugh Magdin Hugh Magdin
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Hertfordshire Paranormal Hertfordshire Uxbridge Chipping Norton Abingdon Victorian & Edwardian
Secrets & Spies Damien O’Dell From Old Photographs Through Time Through Time Oxfordshire
Pamela Shields Ken Pearce Chipping Norton LHS Pamela Horn Eleanor Chance
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7.
THE
WELSH
MARCHES
HEREFORDSHIRE,
MONMOUTHSHIRE
Oxfordshire Hereford Bridgnorth A History of Bridgnorth
Place Names AND SHROPSHIRE Through Time Through Time Clive Gwilt
Anthony Poulton-Smith Derek Foxton Clive Gwilt

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8.
THE
NORTH
EAST
COUNTY DURHAM
AND
Wellington Ironbridge Gorge Death and Disaster in Jarrow
Through Time Through Time Victorian Telford NORTHUMBERLAND Through Time
Allan Frost John Powell Allan Frost Paul Perry

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The Roman fort of Vindolanda lies

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Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall.
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10.
THE
SOUTH
EAST
HAMPSHIRE, KENT,
SURREY, SUSSEX
The Sands of Time — An The Oxenholme Hounds AND Around Fareham Bitterne & West End
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Kent, the Garden of England,
was home to some well-
known coachbuilders,
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The Diaries of Sarah Hurst
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life of a young woman who
lived in Horsham, Sussex 11.
between 1759 and 1762. This
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people as well as providing
SOUTH
a fascinating insight into the WEST
social history of women. The CORNWALL,
diaries also o�er a touching
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A detailed study of poverty, A Weymouth Childhood in the

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With major new discoveries story of life for a boy growing
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and the characters that the austerity period: food
inhabited the small town rationing, bomb damage, but
of Christchurch in Dorset, also fun, laughs and larks in
Sue Newman explores the this picturesque seaside town.
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and other cottage industries parents took him and his
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The �rst comprehensive
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hundred years. It includes: the
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The story of Bishop’s Cleeve First published in 1937 and

and Woodmancote over a packed full of historical
period of 12,000 years. The information this is a detailed
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these two communities. their ancient mansions.
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The �rst paperback edition of a
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Alan Sutton Alan Sutton
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What life was like for evacuees Talked of as early as the �rst
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detailed recreation of the area century the Thames and
during a time of war, the result Severn Canal was the �rst
of thorough research based trunk waterway ever to be
on personal reminiscences proposed in this country. It was
and contemporary newspaper just under 28¾ miles long, it
accounts. had 44 locks and the branch
to Cirencester added a further
1½ miles. The canal’s summit
is 363 feet above sea level
and includes the 2.1 mile long
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The book throws new light on Originally published in 1984

the construction, operation this is a detailed account of the
and maintenance of the construction, use and passing
canal, highlighting the people of one of the greatest, most
involved, the vessels that used interesting bridges of its day.
it and the facilities provided at It was built as a railway bridge
Gloucester and at Sharpness. to create a shorter through
Information comes from route to avoid having to go
written records and also from through Gloucester and was
the memories of those who more than once linked to its
worked on the waterway, contemporary, the �rst Tay
giving a vivid account of a way bridge. But whereas the Tay
of life that, sadly, no longer failed structurally and quickly,
The Gloucester & Sharpness exists. The book is extensively The Rise and Fall of the the Severn Bridge failed The Last Days of Steam in The Swindon to
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photographs. illustrated throughout.
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The 100-year story of Lister First published in 1973 this is

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company unique within the in the Cotswolds up to the mid
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always been a small industry record of a way of life which
but its impact on the world has no longer exists. Daily life,
been tremendous. It still is! points of architectural interest
and traditions of centuries are
fully explored here with the
text accurately supported by
a wealth of photographs and
line drawings. Topics include:
buildings, farm skills, village
Rednock School A Cut Above the Rest: Life & Tradition on the crafts, industries and village Gloucestershire Place
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A collection of Lady Ashcombe’s Covering day to day life in the The Diary of a Cotswold Parson,
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of castle and Cotswold life ordeals of war, Frederick light on fascinating period
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Her re�ections include the Arabian Front, dating from completely revised edition, with
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such as Rose Week, the new 1920, to his mother in Upper throughout and comprehensive
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lifelong dream of bringing thoughts of a British o�cer Reverend Witts’ life and the
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Witts, written over �ve years, things “Cherry and White”.
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out with the Heythrop hunt. Gloucestershire as THE expert
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empathise with the excitements programme for many years,
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experienced in the hunting companion to the Club.
�eld in the years immediately Providing the sort of essential
before her marriage, just before detail that every fan of the Club
the First World War. Profusely should know, plus plenty of
The Diary of a Cotswold illustrated with line drawings by The Cotswolds’ Murders & Misdemeanours Gloucester Rugby Club: diverting trivia to entertain
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‘An amazing work — worth the money for the illustrations

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Mr Francis Witts have at least moved some steps towards that 1795-1805 1806-1825
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This charming collection of A heart-warming collection
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Discover what life was like In these sketches of her Hudders�eld at War is a
living in a corner shop in the mother and her family, Hazel delightful account, providing
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charming collection of stories lived. The Milliner’s Apprentice the humour, farce and tragedy
recall her memories of those is a charming and delightful of the war, and for others who
times. insight into village life and rural would like an insight into what
Edwardian England. living through such times was
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Hudders�eld during the Second
World War.
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Chronicling the �rst shaky Within the stunning 18th-
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she contends with the daily Studley Royal in Yorkshire,
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a constant struggle to make architecture in Europe.
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from the past 30 years, Glyn
Coppack outlines the history
The Diary of a Young Wife Fountains Abbey: The of this fascinating site from its The Life of Charlotte Brontë Yorkshire
1953 Cistercians in Northern use as an early mission centre Elizabeth Gaskell Murders & Misdemeanours
Hazel Wheeler England in 1132 through its subsequent Stephen Wade
Glyn Coppack growth through the centuries.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-414-0 235 x 165mm, 128pp ISBN: 978-1-84868-418-8 248 x 172mm, 160pp ISBN: 978-1-84868-165-1 ISBN: 978-1-84868-559-8
July 2009 £12.99 PB 81 b&w illustrations May 2009 £17.99 PB 100 b&w illustrations, 14 colour March 2009 £14.99 PB July 2009 £12.99 PB
The Canals Of England �rst The Royal Military canal

appeared in a special edition was built in two sections,
of the ‘Architectural Review’ running for 28 miles between
in August 1949. Now, 60 years Seabrook near Folkestone and
later this book continues to Cli� End near Hastings and
provide an incredible insight is one of only two canals in
into the architecture and Britain to be built by the state.
function of England’s canal Covering not only the canal’s
14. as it explores the functional
tradition of canal side buildings,
construction, which began
in 1804, but also much to
CANALS bridges and bollards. The text interest the military historian
is supported by old prints from this book includes a look at
the author’s collection and the early days of the Royal
The Canals of England photographs revealing how The Royal Military Canal Sta� Corps and the transport
Eric de Maré many architectural and scenic Paul Vine services of the Royal Wagon
treasures our canals possess Train.
and bringing the text to life.
April 2009 £14.99 PB 177 b&w illustrations October 2009 £16.99 PB 106 b&w illustrations
Talked of as early as the �rst The book throws new light on

decade of the seventeenth the construction, operation
century the Thames and and maintenance of the
Severn Canal was the �rst canal, highlighting the people
trunk waterway ever to be involved, the vessels that used
proposed in this country. It was it and the facilities provided at
just under 28¾ miles long, it Gloucester and at Sharpness.
had 44 locks and the branch Information comes from
to Cirencester added a further written records and also from
1½ miles. The canal’s summit the memories of those who
is 363 feet above sea level worked on the waterway,
and includes the 2.1 mile long giving a vivid account of a way
Sapperton tunnel, which at the of life that, sadly, no longer
The Thames & Severn Canal time of its completion was the The Gloucester and exists. The book is extensively Stroudwater and Thames The Kennet & Avon Canal
Humphrey Household longest in England. Sharpness Canal illustrated throughout by & Severn Canal From Old Through Time
Hugh Conway-Jones carefully chosen maps and Photographs Clive Hackford
photographs. Edwin Cuss and Mike Mills
March 2009 £14.99 PB 83 b&w illustrations October 2009 £16.99 PB 150 b&w illustrations, 32 colour March 2010 £12.99 PB November 2009 £12.99 PB
The story of the restoration A photographic record of the

of the Cromford Canal, from railways of Gloucestershire
the early days in 1968 through during the revolutionary period
to its acquisition by Derby between 1959 and 1966. In
County Council in 1974 and 1959 steam power was still
continued work in 1988. pre-eminent, branch lines were
Built by William Jessop with still operating and stations
the assistance of Benjamin and halts were legion. By 1966
Outram, the canal, with its
four tunnels and 14 locks,
15. diesel power had usurped
the steam locomotive, most
ran 14.5 miles (23 km) from RAILWAYS branch lines were closed and
Cromford to the Erewash only a small number of stations
Canal in Derbyshire, England remained in use. Over 200
There and Back Again: with a branch to Pinxton. The Last Days of Steam in photographs capture this era
Restoring the Cromford The detailed narrative is Gloucestershire of change and provide a record
Canal accompanied by a wealth of Ben Ashworth for the railway enthusiast and
Simon Stoker full colour photographs. social historian alike.
December 2008 £14.99 PB 150 colour illustrations November 2009 £16.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
This book provides detailed A comprehensive history of Originally published in 1984
coverage of the Great Western Buckinghamshire‘s branch this is a detailed account of the
Railway’s line from Paddington lines. Each of the main construction, use and passing
to Fishguard in South-west railway routes and the branch of one of the greatest, most
Wales. It includes the lines serving each route are interesting bridges of its day.
locomotives used on the trains, described in detail. Featuring It was built as a railway bridge
coverage of the line and special maps, ephemera and a wealth to create a shorter through
services including ocean liner of fascinating photographs, route to avoid having to go
services on the transatlantic many from the author’s own through Gloucester and was
routes. Also covered are the extensive collection, this more than once linked to its
ferries which crossed the Irish thoroughly well-researched contemporary, the �rst Tay
Sea, along with the ocean liners book from acknowledged bridge. But whereas the Tay
which called at Fishguard. railway expert Colin G. Maggs, failed structurally and quickly,
Rails to Rosslare Completing the story there The Branch Lines of is sure to delight both railway The Rise and Fall of the the Severn Bridge failed
The GWR Mail Route to are the train services which Buckinghamshire enthusiasts and local historians Severn Bridge Railway commercially and protractedly.
Ireland connected with ferries to serve Colin G. Maggs alike. Ron Huxley This book is extensively
Mike Hitches Dublin and the South of Ireland. illustrated throughout.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-701-1 248 x 172mm, 128pp ISBN: 978-1-84868-342-6 248 x 172mm, 128pp ISBN: 978-1-84868-033-3 234 x 156mm, 176pp
March 2010 £16.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations April 2010 £16.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations November 2008 £14.99 PB 75 b&w illustrations
Relating the full story of the A superb collection of evocative The Reverend Alan Newman
Swindon and Gloucester photographs, accompanied is a unique railway enthusiast.
line from planning and by this respected author’s Starting with a love for the
construction through to its informative captions, which GWR, as a young lad he moved
opening in the 1840s and retell the story and recreate the to a house with an ex-MR line
on through the years of its atmosphere of the last days of at the bottom of his garden, so
operation to the present day. steam locomotives to run on changed his allegiance. Unlike
The text is accompanied by Bristol and Somerset’s railways. most lads, he delighted in aged
more than 120 illustrations, locomotives with character,
capturing the atmosphere of rather than the latest express
the formative years of the line. engines. On one of his extensive
Locomotives, engine sheds, trips in England, he saw no
train services, and GWR bus less than 2218 locomotives in
The Swindon to services are all concisely and The Last Days of Steam in The Life of a Steam Railway three days – a feat present
Gloucester Line comprehensively described. Bristol and Somerset Photographer day enthusiasts are unable to
Colin G. Maggs Colin G. Maggs Colin G. Maggs perform.
November 2009 £16.99 PB 132 b&w illustrations October 2009 £16.99 PB 132 b&w illustrations April 2010 £16.99 PB 165 b&w illustrations
Tracing the development of The �rst comprehensive

Scarborough’s local railway lines account of the association
and their lives under the NER, between Weston-super-Mare
LNER and BR, until their closure and the aeroplane over the last
under Dr Beeching. It also hundred years. It includes: the
covers the re-establishment of a pioneering aviators who visited
preserved line between Pickering Weston-super-Mare before
and Grosmont, along with main the Great War, the joy riding
line steam into Scarborough,
recalling the wonderful days
16. out�ts and aerial circuses that
visited in the 1930s, the laying
when Scarborough was visited AVIATION down of Weston Airport for
by thousands of holidaymakers. Norman Edgar Ltd, its take over
Timetables and locoshed by the Straight Corporation,
Steam Around Scarborough allocations complete the picture, Weston-super-Mare the expansion that ensued, the
Mike Hitches o�ering an idea of locomotive and the Aeroplane company’s post-war entry into
types and the sort of service Rodger Dudley & Ted Johnson aircraft manufacturing and the
passengers could expect. post-war �ying clubs.
July 2009 £16.99 PB 212 b&w illustrations February 2010 £30.00 HB 270 illustrations
On 27 June 1910, the �rst ever Bournemouth Airport had November 3, 2009 was the
all-British Flying Meeting began always attracted a wide variety 50th anniversary of the �rst
at Dunstall Park racecourse, of aircraft so the arrival of a �ight of the English Electric
Wolverhampton - thus began red Hawker Hunter in 1981 Lightning, once Britain’s �rst
an unbroken century of �ying did not cause much of a stir. line of defence in the Cold
in the area. Dunstall Park It was, however, the start of War. Many still �y today in
airport, one of the �rst in the Bournemouth’s story as a centre preservation and in South
whole country, was to remain for ex-military jet restoration, Africa there is even a �ight of
the town’s airport until after a story that was to continue Lightnings still performing at
the First World War. As the to the present day. Here is the airshows. Martin Bowman, one
town begins its hundredth year history of the pioneering days of the foremost authorities
of having a designated local of ex-military jet restoration in on the Lightning, presents a
airport join Alec Brew as he Britain, featuring many rare unique archive of images with
100 Years of chronicles the development of Hunter One: The Jet photographs and interviews Lightning Strikes Twice a new and de�nitive history
Wolverhampton Airports Wolverhampton aviation from Heritage Story from the men who made it all The English Electric of this most beautiful and
Alec Brew its earliest beginnings. Mike Phipp and Eric Hayward happen. Lightning Story purposeful of jet �ghters.
Martin Bowman
ISBN: 978-1-84868-486-7 235 x 165mm, 96pp ISBN: 978-1-84868-244-3 248 x 172mm, 160pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-493-5 248 x 172mm, 256pp,
October 2009 £12.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations May 2009 £19.99 PB 144 b&w illustrations, 60 colour August 2009 £19.99 PB 203 b&w illustrations, 58 colour

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
On 26 June 1954 a small How to �y the legendary
aircraft built by Hunting �ghter plane in combat using
Percival Ltd made the �rst the manuals and instructions
of three proving �ights at supplied by the RAF during
Luton. This is the �rst time the Second World War. An
all phases of the Jet Provost’s amazing array of lea�ets,
development have been books and manuals were
discussed and illustrated in issued by the Air Ministry
one publication. Containing
personal accounts, test and
to aid pilots in �ying the
Supermarine Spit�re; here
17.
development results and they are collated for the �rst MARITIME
presented against a backdrop time. The book is introduced
of major political events this by expert aviation historian,
Jet Provost — The Little is the story of the Jet Provost Spit�re Manual 1940 Dilip Sarkar and other sections
Plane with the Big History – The little plane with a big include aircraft recognition,
Bob Clarke history. how to act as an RAF o�cer,
bailing out etc.
ISBN: 978 1 84868 097 5 198 x 124mm, 208pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-436-2 198 x 124mm, 288pp,
November 2008 £19.99 PB 150 b&w illustrations, 30 colour March 2010 £9.99 PB 40 b&w illustrations
A compilation of interlinked For over a hundred years all From the ferries to the
stories about a skipper and around the coast of Britain greatest of ocean liners, from
his mate cruising around the there were located a series of cargo vessels to tugs and
Lower Thames, Swale and nautical training ships. They dredgers, Ships of the Mersey
River Medway. The history of provided a means of educating is the story of the ships, the
an often barren and empty boys and young men while people and the buildings of
marshland landscape is preparing them for a lifetime the Mersey docks system.
entwined with what was seen at sea. Phil Carradice tells the Ian Collard brings together a
as they went by. Old ports, story of these ships, including superb selection of over 200
muddy creeks and dilapidated the Vindicatrix at Sharpness images of shipping on the
wharves with ghosts of the Docks; the Worcester on the river Mersey from the 1860s
past lingering on are often Thames and the Arethusa at to the present day, looking at
explored by the skipper in a Greenhithe, which helped how the ports on either side
Salt Marsh & Mud: little lugsail dinghy. The stories Nautical Training Ships: keep Britain a maritime nation Ships of the Mersey of the river have developed
A Year’s Sailing in the range from one December An Illustrated History until the once-proud merchant Ian Collard and the ships which have
Thames Estuary to the next, seeing out a Phil Carradice marine declined in the late called there.
Nick Ardley complete year a�oat. twentieth century.
July 2009 £16.99 PB 125 b&w illustrations November 2009 £17.99 PB 100 b&w illustrations December 2008 £12.99 PB 252 b&w illustrations
This is the story of the Celebrating its 170th anniversary Illustrated with over 200
famous shipping line which in 2010, Cunard has had its ups images this is the story of
although in existence for and downs, from the sinking Elders & Fy�es, a company set
only 70-odd years managed, of the Lusitania to the debuts up to import bananas into the
from its �rst voyage in 1871 of three of the most famous United Kingdom from the West
to its merger with Cunard in liners in the world: Queen Mary, Indies and distribute them.
1934, to build some of the Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen The �rst ships arrived in 1902
most luxurious ships a�oat, Mary 2 as well as the Queen and the company grew and
including Olympic, Titanic and Victoria in 2007. Presenting a expanded. During both world
Britannic. White Star Line is spectacular selection of over wars, the �eet of Elders & Fy�es
extensively illustrated with 200 illustrations, many of which served as armed merchant
many previously unpublished were unpublished until now, cruisers. The ships themselves
images, presenting a visual Janette McCutcheon tells the were a common sight in the
White Star Line record from the line’s Cunard story of Cunard from its earliest Elders & Fy�es ports of Avonmouth, Bristol,
A Photographic History inception in 1869 to the A Photographic History beginnings in 1839 to the A Photographic History Southampton, Portsmouth,
Janette McCutcheon scrapping of the last ship in Janette McCutcheon present day. Campbell McCutcheon Garston, Manchester, Liverpool,
the �eet in 1960. Glasgow and Cardi�.
October 2008 £19.99 PB 218 b&w illustrations, 16 colour October 2008 £19.99 PB 171 b&w illustrations, 60 colour March 2010 £19.99 PB 200 illustrations
Entering service in 1938, the Queen Elizabeth 2: The Last The story of the RMS Queen
Nieuw Amsterdam, the ‘Darling Great Liner is a story of Mary from her design and
of the Dutch’, was the Holland superlatives. QE2 travelled construction in the midst
America Line �agship until the further than any other ocean of the Depression years. It
construction of the Rotterdam in liner ever built and she could was said that she and her
the late 1950s. Her pre-war life travel backwards faster than sister, RMS Queen Elizabeth,
was short and she was used as any other cruise ship could helped shorten the war by a
a troopship during the Second travel forwards. Designed for year while working as troop
World War, carrying many a combination of the North transports, after which she
thousands of Allied troops to all Atlantic run and cruising, became the most pro�table
corners of the world. Of 36,000 she made an annual world vessel in the Cunard �eet.
tons, she was the largest vessel cruise since the early 1970s. Having made 1,001 voyages
built in Rotterdam and was Sold to the Dubai Investment the mighty Queen was sold
SS Nieuw Amsterdam: The launched by Queen Wilhelmina Queen Elizabeth 2 Corporation, she bowed out RMS Queen Mary for preservation at Long Beach
Darling of the Dutch in April 1937. The Last Great Liner November 2008, after 40 Transatlantic Masterpiece where she resides today, the
William H. Miller Janette McCutcheon years a�oat, and became a Janette McCutcheon last remaining great ocean
�oating hotel and museum. liner.
January 2010 £19.99 PB 140 sepia illustrations, 60 colour October 2008 £19.99 PB 112 b&w illustrations, 115 colour November 2008 £19.99 PB 160 b&w illustrations, 31 colour

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Presenting a fantastic selection In April 1912 the Titanic sank in The sinking of what was the
of images, telling the story of the freezing Atlantic with the world’s largest and most
Cunard’s legendary modern loss of 1500 lives. Archibald luxurious ship, Titanic, just
Queens. In 2008 Cunard had Gracie, was on board the last four days into her maiden
three Queens in service for lifeboat to leave the stricken voyage, was one of the worst
the �rst time; Queen Elizabeth vessel. Telling the story of peacetime shipping disasters
2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen the ship’s �nal days, he was of all time. Published within
Victoria and in January all meticulous in his commentary a month of the sinking by the
three liners were together for of the sinking and his book, opportunistic L. T. Myers and
the �rst and last time in New completed just before he died written by the journalist Logan
York. After a successful world in 1913, is the de�nitive record Marshal this book presents
cruise for Queen Victoria and of the doomed liner’s last the story of the ship, the
Queen Elizabeth 2’s �nal world hours. Profusely illustrated hours before the sinking and
Cunard’s Three Queens: cruise all three ships met for The Illustrated Truth About with over 100 rare images of The Illustrated Sinking of the rescue of 705 of Titanic’s
A Celebration the last time in Southampton the Titanic the ship and of the disaster. the Titanic passengers and crew by the
William H. Miller on 22 April. Archibald Gracie L. T. Myers Cunard liner Carpathia.
October 2009 £25.00 PB 200 b&w illustrations, 180 colour April 2009 £17.99 PB 76 b&w illustrations May 2009 £17.99 PB 79 b&w illustrations
A major new history of the According to witnesses, In 1908 the White Star Line
disaster that weaves into including experienced crew, announced the construction of
the narrative the �rst-hand there was a steamer within a pair of sister ships, Olympic
accounts of those who �ve miles of Titanic as she and Titanic, at the Harland &
survived. The most detailed sank. But it did nothing. Seen Wol� yard in Belfast. A third
narrative ever of the sinking of and pursued by launched larger and more sumptuous
the Titanic on the night of 14- lifeboats the mystery ship had than any ship a�oat at the
15 April 1912. Most books deal disappeared by daybreak This time they would carry their
with the collision at 23:40 on book uncovers the serious millionaire passengers in
the 14 April to the rescue of allegations made against the unsurpassed luxury. A third
the survivors 04:01-08:30 on Canadian Paci�c liner Mount ship, Gigantic, followed but
the 15 April in a few chapters, Temple and her Captain, the was renamed Britannic after
W.B. Bartlett devotes the claimants’ identities and why the sinking of Titanic in April
Titanic entire book to the unfolding Titanic Scandal: The Trial of their claims must be taken Titanic & Her Sisters 1912. The three sisters’ story is
W. B. Bartlett drama of these nine hours. the Mount Temple seriously. A Postcard History told here through a fabulous
Senan Molony Janette & Campbell collection of original postcards
McCutcheon and photos
March 2010 £20.00 HB 50 b&w illustrations, 30 colour September 2009 £19.99 PB 161 b&w illustrations March 2010 £19.99 PB 180 b&w illustrations, 60 colour
The Lusitania was a living This is the illustrated story of Andrew Gladwell brings
legend, the ship of choice for a record breaking ocean liner. together a superb selection
many transatlantic travellers. Built in 1952 for the United of images of the Golden Age
But since her sinking in May States Lines, the SS United of the Thames and Medway
1915 her wondrous career States was the largest ocean pleasure steamers, with many
and technological marvels liner to be built entirely in illustrations of the ships and
have been neglected. Instead, America. The entry of the the piers they served. Golden
the focus has shifted to her SS United States marked the Eagle, Crested Eagle, Royal
political importance and on �rst time a US �agged ship Da�odil and the Medway are
numerous conspiracy theories held the Blue Riband, as this among the ships shown in
about her last voyage and amazing ocean liner surpassed the book. The steamers took
sinking. This is her story from European speed records which Londoners on their holidays
her design and construction to had stood for decades. She and on trips to the resorts of
Lusitania: An Illustrated her career and, �nally, to her SS United States: Speed has recently been sold to the Thames and Medway Southend, Clacton, Ramsgate
Biography demise o� the coast of Ireland; Queen of the Seas Hong Kong based Star Cruises. Pleasure Steamers from 1935 and Margate as well as further
J. Kent Layton revealing her as she has never William H. Miller Andrew Gladwell a�eld to France and along the
been seen before. South Coast.
March 2010 £50.00 PB 400 b&w illustrations, 40 colour September 2009 £19.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations, 70 colour October 2009 £14.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations, 30 colour
Alistair Deayton and Iain The history of MacBraynes, The Inshore Fishermen of
Quinn, in association with Scotland’s premier passenger Wales provides the �rst full
Patrick Murrell, present an and vehicle ferry company, scale survey of Welsh Coastal
a�ectionate celebration of the featuring a unique collection of Fishermen and looks at the
�rst sixty years of MV Balmoral’s glass slides and glass-mounted traditional Welsh �shing
career as a sea-going pleasure negatives, which originally methods which, due to
steamer – a career which is belonged to Captain Alex technological developments,
still thriving today. This book is Rodger. The book covers the are quickly disappearing. This
also a reminder of the heyday four steamers, Columba, Iona, highly detailed, fully illustrated
of coastal cruising, when many Saint Columba and King George book also identi�es the wealth
such ships took holidaymakers V as well as other paddle and of �sh found around the Welsh
on day trips to resorts the screw steamers, the motor coast. This is a must have
length and breadth of the vessels used by MacBrayne book not only for historians
MV Balmoral country. A wealth of full colour A MacBrayne Album from the early 1900s onwards The Inshore Fishermen of and �shing enthusiasts but
The First 60 Years photographs accompany the Alistair Deayton & Iain Quinn and the ‘wee red boats’ which Wales for anyone interested in the
Alistair Deayton & Iain Quinn concise narrative. A must for tendered to the larger vessels at J. Geraint Jenkins maritime heritage of Wales.
Balmoral fans! ports without a pier.
May 2009 £14.99 PB 290 colour illustrations December 2008 £14.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations, 35 colour April 2009 £17.99 PB 56 b&w illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Nick Miller brings his training This the history of the Using a unique collection of
in naval architecture to bear Hampshire port from Roman more than 200 images, none
on this comprehensive and times to the present day. It previously published before,
accessible history of the once- is profusely illustrated by a and all taken by one man on
ubiquitous Lancashire Nobby, fascinating collection of images his frequent visits to the port
a handsome sailing trawler showing everything from during the 1960s and 1970s,
that was once found in every seaman’s strikes to shipwrecks, this book shows many vessels
harbour from West Wales to the Titanic, the Queen Mary long gone, companies who
the West Coast of Scotland. as well as the other famous no longer sail and ways of life
This is a de�nitive exploration ocean liners that have called that have disappeared. From
of the technical development at the port since the 1840s. In liners to tramp steamers, from
and social context of this unique the year that QE2 sails from pleasure boats to ferries, Port
class of workboat which was Southampton for the last time, of Southampton in the 1960s
The Lancashire Nobby built to bring a light, perishable Port of Southampton the book has some lovely Port of Southampton in the and 1970s shows the changing
Nick Miller catch home to the deadlines of Campbell McCutcheon images of this greatest of 60s & 70s face of the South Coast’s largest
a train timetable. Extensively Cunard ocean liners. Campbell McCutcheon port.
illustrated throughout.
September 2009 £16.99 PB 56 b&w illustrations September 2009 £16.99 PB 239 b&w illustrations July 2009 £12.99 PB 239 b&w illustrations
From the end of World War Bristol City Docks Through Time
Two to the present day, the is a unique insight into the
aircraft carrier has been a illustrious history of this part of
potent display of the might of the country. Reproduced in full
the US Navy. Martin Bowman colour, this is an exciting
presents the history of the examination of Bristol’s docks,
modern day carriers from and what they meant to the
World War Two through the people of this area throughout
Korean and Vietnam wars to
the Gulf con�icts of the last
the 19th and into the 20th
Century.
18.
two decades. Using many MOTORING
unpublished images, as well
as interviews with pilots,
Combat Carriers: USN Air crew and o�cers, this is the Bristol City Docks
and Sea Operations de�nitive story of these �oating Through Time
from 1941 behemoths. Brian Lewis
Martin Bowman
February 2010 £19.99 PB 234 b&w illustrations, 30 colour June 2009 £12.99 PB 92 sepia and 92 colour images
Following on from their Wessex Coaches of Bristol was David Harvey presents the
best-selling Riding the Wall of a company with two faces. The story of Walsall’s trolleybus
Death (reprinted �ve times), �rst was that of a very large system, taking us through
Wall of Death rider and owner concern operating day trips to the geography of the area,
Alan Ford and author Nick the seaside, carrying out private social change, development,
Corble tell the story, using hire work and operating local expansion and the e�ects of
many previously unpublished contracts; the other was that of demands on the �eet during
images, of the exciting Wall an anonymous, mostly second- World War II. 1952 saw an
of Death and the famous hand, �eet carrying workers to expansion of the trolleybus
Indian motorcycles used power station and motorway system and further routes
almost exclusively for the once construction sites on behalf of were constructed to serve
popular fairground attraction. blue chip companies. Illustrated the new post-war housing
The Indian Scout was never by many previously unseen, developments. During the
You’ll Never Wear Out an the best motorbike in the The History of Wessex specially obtained, photographs, Walsall Trolleybuses 1960s further expansion plans
Indian Scout world, but it was the bike to Coaches Ltd — A Company this is the history of what was 1931-1970 were abandoned when Walsall
Allan Ford & Nick Corble use for the trick riding on the With Two Faces perhaps Bristol’s biggest coach David Harvey Corporation were taken over by
Wall of Death. John Sealey company. West Midlands P.T.E.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-094-4 226 x 248mm, 96pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868243-6 248 x 172mm, 192pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-464-5 234 x 156mm, 192pp,
October 2009 £19.99 PB 60 b&w illustrations, 70 colour March 2009 £16.99 PB 202 illustrations October 2009 £16.99 PB 300 b&w illustrations
The early years of Kentish This is the story of Belfast’s

motoring, up to and trolleybus system, told through
including the Second World, an eclectic collection of over
are illustrated by a superb 200 photographs, from its
collection of images and factual opening in 1938 to its closure
captions. The �rst issue of The in 1968. During that time it had
Autocar magazine appeared the largest number of operating
in November 1895. It featured trolleybuses in the UK outside
coverage of The Horseless
Carriage Exhibition. Driving
London Transport’s enormous
�eet. 246 trolleybuses ran over
19.
a horseless carriage on the 37½ miles of route and but for MINING
highway was still illegal without World War II, and a subsequent
a man walking in front, so change of policy by a new
Motoring Around Kent: organising such an assembly Belfast Trolleybuses general manager, the size of
The First 50 Years must have been very di�cult. David Harvey the operation would have been
Bryan Goodman & Tim It is here that the story of even greater.
Harding Motoring around Kent begins.
July 2009 £12.99 PB 230 b&w illustrations January 2010 £16.99 PB 315 b&w illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Mining expert, Alan Davies, A vivid account of the world’s
presents an illustrated history strangest pit disaster, written
of Atherton collieries from the by a husband and wife team
�rst deep shafts sunk by John who interviewed the survivors
Fletcher to the closure of the and rescue workers involved at
largest, Howe Bridge, in 1959 the tragedy at Knockshinnoch
after 109 years in operation. Castle Colliery in Ayrshire,
Gib�eld contained the very during the wet September
�rst miners’ pithead baths but of 1950. Here is the story of 20.
it was the disaster at Pretoria the men who all but lived INDUSTRIAL
Colliery that made the small underground and of the
coal�eld infamous. Four days women who feared for them. HISTORY
before Christmas, in 1910, It illustrates human courage,
Atherton Collieries 344 men and boys lost their Black Avalanche: human error and how disaster
Alan Davies lives due to a gas explosion The Knockshinnoch can unite people as they
underground. There were only Pit Disaster struggle to cope with di�cult
three survivors. Arthur & Mary Sellwood situations.
November 2009 £12.99 PB 200 b&w illustrations December 2008 £14.99 PB 15 b&w illustrations
The railways were the most The 100-year story of Lister In the 18th and 19th centuries
revolutionary innovation of Shearing Equipments Ltd, a Warwickshire was one of
Victorian times. They carried company unique within the Britain’s most prominent
Britain into the modern British Isles. Lister Shearing has industrial counties with
age with dramatic speed, always been a small industry the coal�elds of northern
transforming the pace and but its impact on the world has Warwickshire being amongst
style of everyday life. We owe been tremendous. It still is! the most productive in the
them to two men who, father country. This book presents
and son, can lay claim to be the a valuable record and a
most important engineers of fascinating insight into the
their time, George and Robert history of industry this part of
Stephenson. In this excellent England. A stunning collection
biography L.T.C. Rolt, highly of photographs which capture
George & Robert Stephenson: regarded author of Victorian A Cut Above the Rest: Leamington and Warwick memories of a bygone age
The Railway Revolution Engineering and Thomas A History of Lister Shearing Disappearing Industries when Warwickshire’s thriving
L. T. C. Rolt Telford, assesses their lives and 1909-2009 From Old Photographs industries were the area’s
their work. David Evans Jacqueline Cameron lifeblood.
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Here is the story of the part Oliver Thomson’s book The

played in the �nal eleven Other Kaisers is one of the �rst
months of the Second World books to look at the proliferation
War in Europe by the ‘Poor of German dynasties throughout
Bloody Infantry’. This is the Europe. The underlying theme
story of the war the way is the ‘Germanness’ of the
it really was – told by the House of Windsor up until 1935,
men who were there. Vivid which is explored in depth with
21. accounts tell of courage and a chapter on each family, from
MILITARY fear, of how soldiers faced the House of Oldenburg to the
the enemy under �re, shared Tsarinas from Hesse Darmstadt.
HISTORY danger and survived savage Aimed at the general reader
conditions – and of the pride The Other Kaisers will appeal
Thank God and The Infantry in belonging to a famous and The Other Kaisers to anyone with an interest
John Lincoln historic regiment, the Royal Oliver Thomson in biography and history,
Norfolks. particularly royal history.
March 2009 £14.99 PB 66 b&w illustrations March 2009 £14.99 PB 32 b&w illustrations
Joan Mant’s engaging account This collection of images The inside story of one of
of what life was like working portrays Essex - the centre of the most famous of all the
in the Women’s Land Army, con�ict since the earliest days ‘back rooms’ of the Second
recalling what a hard and of recorded history - during World War and of the men
demanding task these women the turbulent times of the and women who worked
had; a task that lacked the Romans, (when the Iceni for it – Department M.D.1. –
apparent glamour of life in the tribe slaughtered invaders at conceived by Winston Churchill
armed services. The accounts Colchester), during the reign to circumvent the delays,
illustrate some harsh realities, of William the Conqueror to frustrations and ine�ciencies of
from eating raw potatoes the later gathering of troops the service ministries. Colonel
and starting work at 4am at Tilbury to �ght the Spanish Stuart Macrae, co-founder
to having to bathe in milk Armada and the war with of M.D.1. and its second-in-
sterilisers. This is an absorbing Napoleon. Colchester, Warley command throughout its life,
All Muck, Now Medals: and �tting tribute to the WLA’s Essex at War and Pur�eet all feature, being Winston Churchill’s Toyshop tells the story of this relatively
Landgirls by Landgirls heroic e�ort to keep food on Through Time the sites of temporary camps as Stuart Macrae unknown establishment and
Joan Mant the nation’s table. Michael Foley well as sturdy barracks, which the weapons it developed.
lasted until modern times.
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This runaway best selling book Asked why he was in Britain, a Recounted from the First
is the highly charged, action US serviceman, �ghting the war O�cer’s diaries this is the
�lled account of warfare against in the skies over Germany with story of Nazi Germany’s most
all odds. Corporal George the US 8th Air Force quipped, successful commerce raider of
Thomson tells the true story of ‘We’re here to win the war World War Two, which sank
22 brave marines left for dead for you’. This is a fascinating over 160,000 tons of Allied
on the shores of the Falkland account in the words of the shipping. Ship 16 sank twenty-
island of South Georgia, they American airmen who �ew two British and Allied ships
are lightly armed and stranded from bases in East Anglia to the during 110,000 miles and 602
by a departing HMS Endurance. heart of Germany, o�ering a days continuously until she
The tiny besieged and unique insight into the combat was sunk by HMS Devonshire.
outnumbered force make ready missions and life back at base. Her exploits in the Atlantic and
for a classic battle to protect the Includes many previously Indian Oceans over almost two
Too Few Too Far island and its scientists, against We’re Here to Win the War unpublished images of the war Ship 16 The Story of a years created huge problems for
Malcolm Angel massive odds, from the air, land for You – The US 8th Air in the air. German Surface Raider the Allies as they tried to �nd
and sea. Force At War Mohr & Sellwood the mystery ship with twenty-six
Martin W. Bowman disguises.
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Submarine Upholder served ‘Remarkably vivid... reads like a 363 years ago Sir Jacob Astley
with the 10th Submarine horror thriller’ set out for Oxford from
Flotilla based out of Malta. THE SCOTS MAGAZINE Bridgnorth with an army from
Her commander, David Wales and the West – he never
Wanklyn, earned a VC for his ‘Handsomely produced and arrived. He was attacked by
daring deeds while aboard lavishly illustrated... a very Parliamentarian forces near
her in sinking 2 destroyers, 3 readable book... a very lively Stow, survivors were locked in
submarines, 3 transports, 10 account’ the church and blood �owed
supply ships, 2 tankers and 1 HISTORY SCOTLAND through the streets. Here the
trawler, totalling 128,353 tons. Battle of Stow re�ects modern-
Upholder sailed out of Grand ‘Much new information day battles in the community,
Harbour in Valetta, Malta, for has been unearthed – all between residents and
the last time in April 1942 and marshalled here with admirable politicians, ordinary people and
Submarine Upholder simply disappeared. Various Glencoe: The Infamous clarity and skill’ The Battle for Stow big business, and between locals
Sydney Hart theories abound but it’s likely Massacre 1692 THE SCOTSMAN Now and Then and incomers. However, modern
she was lost near Tripoli to John Sadler Rob Walters weapons are pens and placards
German planes. instead of pikes and muskets.
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The story of ‘one of the few’, Many of the pilots featured here Dilip Sarkar chronicles the
Spit�re ace Brian Lane, DFC. became ‘aces’ in the Battle of Battle of Britain from start
Brian Lane was only 23 when Britain, others achieved such to �nish drawing extensively
he wrote his dramatic account status afterwards. Others went from his interviews with pilots.
of life as a Spit�re pilot during into action only to be instantly Fascinated by the Battle of
the Battle of Britain in the blasted out of the sky without Britain since childhood he
summer of 1940. Awarded the having seen the enemy. Their began seriously researching
DFC for bravery in combat Lane collective experience, however, the subject in the 1970s. He
was an ‘ace’ with six enemy is typical of those who �ew wrote thousands of letters and
‘kills’ to his credit. Here we can Spit�res and Hurricanes in 1940. travelled extensively over the
read exactly what it was like to It is certain that without these UK interviewing the fabled
‘scramble’ and how it felt to lose men Fighter Command could ‘Few’. Over the last 30 years he
comrades every day. Poignantly, not have prevailed. Here are has interviewed more Battle
Spit�re! Brian Lane was killed in action Last of the Few: 18 Battle their stories, accompanied by The Few — The Story of of Britain survivors than any
The Experiences of a Battle shortly after the book was �rst of Britain Fighter Pilots Tell over 60 photographs, mostly the Battle of Britain in the other author and his archive is
of Britain Fighter Pilot published in 1942. Their Extraordinary Stories from the personal albums of the Words of the Pilots a unique collection of veterans
Brian Lane Dilip Sarkar veterans. Dilip Sarkar ‘voices’.
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This is the second volume, but The 53rd Welsh Division served Used most famously in
the last to be published of a with great distinction during December 1942 by a dozen
trilogy — the other volumes the War. After playing a major brave men to lay limpit mines
being Smashing the Atlantic part in the �ghting in Belgium, on a series of German ships,
Wall and The Battle of the they were moved South to �ght sinking one and seriously
Bulge. The book starts with the the Panzers in the Ardennes, damaging others, these 4,000
German evacuation of Dunkirk, breaking the Siegfried Line or so canoes made an immense
the liberation of Antwerp, and on into the Rhineland contribution to the war. Quentin
Operation ‘Market Garden’ where they captured Weeze. Rees, lucky owner of two of the
and Montgomery’s move into They were brilliantly led by Cockles, tells the gripping story
the Rhineland. The book ends Major General “Bobby” Ross, of the development and use of
following General Kurt Student’s but su�ered 10,000 casualties these canoes, from Combined
attempt to halt the advance of during the campaign. This Operations to SOE, providing a
The Rhine Endeavour the allied troops at the Rhine Red Crown and Dragon remarkable book features the The Cockleshell Canoes de�nitive account of an untold
War and Peace September with a ferocious counter-attack. 53rd Welsh Division in tales of over 60 men, NCOs and British Military Canoes of chapter in Second World War
1944 NW Europe North-West Europe 1944-45 O�cers who took part in this World War Two history.
Patrick Delaforce Patrick Delaforce campaign story. Quentin Rees
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Guy Gibson’s 617 Squadron The story of a British tank First published in the 1920s,
was founded for one reason sergeant’s war, from the fall this collection comprised “a
– Operation Chastise – the of France in 1940, through remembering and retelling
raid on the Ruhr dams. Using the bloody campaigns against of those war days when
Barnes Wallis’ revolutionary Rommel’s forces in North Africa, laughter sometimes saved
bouncing bomb, the elite crews the hard-fought drive up Italy, men’s reason”. Illustrated by
trained day and night over D-Day, the battles for France Bert Thomas this collection
British reservoirs, perfecting and the low countries and comprises �ve categories
the techniques required to the invasion of the German - Action, Lull, Hospital, High
deliver the new weapon to heartland. George Forty, himself Seas and Here and There and
its target. Made into a �lm a veteran of the Korean War, includes an introduction by
starring Richard Todd as Wing uses Jake Wardrop’s diary as the Sir Ian Hamilton, the British
Commander Guy Gibson VC, basis for this �rst-hand account. Commander-in-Chief who
The Dam Busters: their raid on the Ruhr dams has Jake Wardrop’s Diary: A Sadly, despite his bravery, Jake The 500 Best oversaw the Allies’ campaign
A Pocket History become the stu� of legend. This Tank Regiment Sergeant’s was killed in action during the Cockney War Stories in Gallipoli.
Martin W. Bowman is the story of the Dam Busters. Story war’s �nal days.
George Forty
September 2009 £9.99 PB 80 illustrations, 40 colour October 2009 £17.99 PB 60 b&w illustrations April 2009 £12.99 PB 70 b&w illustrations
During the war all able-bodied Molly Bihet’s touching account From the late 1940s to the
men were needed to �ght of life in Guernsey during the fall of Communist Russia,
against the forces of Germany German Occupation brings Britain was at war. The Cold
so it was up to the Women’s events of the Second World War �ared up in 1962, with
Land Army to work the land War to life through the eyes the Cuban missile crisis and
and feed our nation. The of a young child. The Channel again in the 1980s with the
advertising slogan read, ‘For Islands were the only British stando�s between Reagan and
a healthy, happy job join The territory to be occupied during Thatcher on one side and the
Land Army’ but in reality the the Second World War. The Soviet leaders on the other.
work was hard and dirty and story begins on the afternoon Bob Clarke tells the story of
the hours were long. This is a of 28th June 1940 as Molly the myriad Cold War remains
unique account of what it was recalls waving a recently bought from ‘secret’ nuclear bunkers
like to be a Land Girl, from a cucumber at planes �ying over to missile sites, early-warning
When Grandma Wore girl who was really there. A Child’s War the harbour, only to realise they The Illustrated Guide to radar sites, huge research
Breeches The German Occupation of were German planes attacking Armageddon – Britain’s establishments and, of course,
Audrey Bagnall Guernsey the previously peaceful scene. Cold War spy sites such as GCHQ.
Molly Bihet Bob Clarke
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‘A rich compilation of children’s ‘A unique collection of rare This concise and detailed look
lives during the Second World photographs’’ at World War I makes some
War’ JULIET GARDINER RAF NEWS of the most important and
revealing numbers accessible,
A child’s-eye view of life in The Battle of Britain as providing the reader with a
wartime Britain. Comprehensive experienced by the pilots who visual representation of the
coverage of the experience �ew from Duxford air base in battles and numbers of soldiers
of children during the war, Cambridgeshire. involved on all sides. It looks at
chapters include: Evacuation, the war’s impact and examines
The Battle of Britain and a wide range of factual
the Blitz; Occasions and information from the economic
Celebrations; Food; Education; developments that made
Toys and Entertainment; Health this catastrophe possible, the
Doodlebugs, Gas Masks and Medical Care; Daily Life Duxford 1940 A World War I Fact Book major campaigns and victims,
and Gum in Wartime; Fear and Loss; D- Dilip Sarkar William Van der Kloot technological developments
Christina Rex Day, Doodlebugs; Victory and and the provisions of the peace
Homecoming; Aftermath. treaties.
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What life was like for evacuees Hudders�eld at War is a Covering day to day life in the
in the Cotswolds. A vivid and delightful account, providing o�cers’ mess and the harsh
detailed recreation of the area an invaluable resource for ordeals of war, Frederick
during a time of war, the result anyone wishing to remember Witts’ letters, from the Turkish
of thorough research based the humour, farce and tragedy Arabian Front, dating from
on personal reminiscences of the war, and for others who December 1915 to December
and contemporary newspaper would like an insight into what 1920, to his mother in Upper
accounts. living through such times was Slaughter depict the life and
like. From the blackout and thoughts of a British o�cer
the black market, to demob on service in Mesopotamia.
suits and dancing in the street Some letters from his mother
– all are described in this to him also survive, giving a
often amusing, sometimes vivid sense of the di�culties
The Cotswolds at War Hudders�eld at War poignant, record of everyday The Mespot Letters of a of life just after the �rst war
June Lewis-Jones Hazel Wheeler life in Hazel’s home town of Cotswold Soldier for a re�ned Cotswold family
Hudders�eld during the Second Frederick Witts, deprived of servants.
World War. edited by Jasper Hadman
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Catullus tells the story of the A full, lavishly illustrated study
poet Gaius Valerius Catullus of ‘the �rst English hero’. The
and his awe-inspiring poetry, name of Ranulf de Blondeville
set against the turbulent was once recounted in the
background of ancient Rome. In same breath as Robin Hood.
this revised edition of a classic Fabulously rich and powerful,
book Aubrey Burl looks in detail he served six kings, fought
at the life of a poet in the Rome his way across half of France
22. of Julius Caesar, providing the
reader with a fascinating and
and back and more than once
wrested victory from defeat.
BIOGRAPHY coherent picture of the life A �ercely independent spirit
and work of Catullus whilst with a renowned temper he
simultaneously illuminating the was unafraid of anyone. He
Catullus: A Poet In The unrest, violence and death that Ranulf de Blondeville: the besieged castles aggressively,
Rome of Julius Caesar surrounded ancient Rome. First English Hero constructed and defended them
Aubrey Burl Iain Soden stoutly and built an Earldom of
unparalleled power.
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Mrs Gaskell’s Life of Charlotte The railways were the most A collection of Lady Ashcombe’s
Brontë shows a deep revolutionary innovation of writing which looks at aspects
understanding of human nature. Victorian times. They carried of castle and Cotswold life
This, together with her own Britain into the modern with warmth and humour.
literary endowment and the age with dramatic speed, Her re�ections include the
a�ection she had for Charlotte transforming the pace and relentless season of events,
and the Bronte family, enabled style of everyday life. We owe such as Rose Week, the new
her to produce what has long them to two men who, father Henry VIII exhibition, and her
been regarded classic of English and son, can lay claim to be the lifelong dream of bringing
biography as well as the portrait most important engineers of Sudeley Castle back to life. She
of a remarkable woman and their time, George and Robert also looks at the Tudor history
distinguished literary �gure, Stephenson. In this excellent that has made Sudeley famous,
leaving an indelible impression biography L.T.C. Rolt, highly being the burial place of
The Life of Charlotte Brontë on generations of readers. George & Robert Stephenson: regarded author of Victorian Behind Castle Walls: at Katherine Parr. This delightful
Elizabeth Gaskell This edition is a reprint of the The Railway Revolution Engineering and Thomas Sudeley... Past and Present book is illustrated with many
original, unexpurgated �rst and L. T. C. Rolt Telford, assesses their lives and Elizabeth Ashcombe previously unseen photographs
second editions of 1857. their work. and unique memorabilia.
March 2009 £14.99 PB not illustrated March 2009 £14.99 PB 35 b&w illustrations November 2009 £12.99 PB 40 b&w illustrations, 24 colour
The highly regarded The city of Norwich, dominated

archaeologist and proli�c by its Norman castle, its
author, Dr Stan Beckensall, cathedral and large �int city
o�ers the reader an intriguing walls, was the largest walled
insight into a fascinating subject town in England during
– Britain’s prehistoric past. This the Middle Ages. Originally
23. lavishly illustrated book aims to published in 1994, this revised
awaken an interest in rock-art, and updated book presents an
ARCHAEOLOGY allowing people to discover a overview of the history of the
AND whole new way of looking at development of the city from
landscape and the countryside; its pre-urban days, through the
ANCIENT such discoveries can bring fundamental changes brought
joy and companionship in the by the Normans, the thriving
HISTORY Prehistoric Rock Art in search for rock art, something Norwich: Archaeology of a medieval urban and commercial
Britain that has always been a vital part Fine City centre, through to the darker
Stan Beckensall of archaeology. Brian Ayers days of the Black Death and
Reformation.
October 2009 £18.99 PB 125 illustrations June 2009 £16.99 PB 102 b&w illustrations, 32 colour
An insight into a forgotten A fascinating insight into early In this fascinating book Dr
�gure of Egypt’s past, placing methods of warfare, charting Jan Harding, Senior Lecturer
Horemheb in his rightful place changing attitudes and in Later Prehistory at
in Egyptian chronology and providing a fresh study of the Newcastle University, traces
demonstrating how he was signi�cance of primitive and the archaeological heritage
fundamental in shaping history prehistoric warfare. There can of Yorkshire through its many
as we know it. Horemheb ruled be little doubt that prehistoric phases of human occupation.
Egypt after Tutankhamun but warfare is now an important This exploration of Yorkshire’s
rather than simply clearing and valid area of archaeological past takes the reader on a
up the mess left behind after enquiry, which is increasingly journey from the county’s
the Amarna period he laid the showing that as much as we earliest inhabitants, through
foundations for the kings who may like to think otherwise, the to Neolithic and Bronze Age
were to come and his choice of prehistoric world was not one monument builders, and
Horemheb heir led eventually to the rule of Warfare in Prehistoric in which communities always Prehistoric Yorkshire arriving at the historic period.
Charlotte Booth Ramses II, one of Egypt’s most Britain lived peacefully side by side, Jan Harding
famous kings. Julian Heath in harmony with nature and
each other.
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The story of world history’s Acknowledged expert Patricia
most infamous couple. The Southern’s masterly new book
immortal lovers were reviled narrates the history of Rome
by contemporary Romans, from a settlement of primitive
but history has transformed huts to a sophisticated city
them into tragic heroes. which ruled and then lost an
24. Mark Antony’s reputation for Empire. It covers the lives of
recklessness, hard drinking, and such towering �gures as Julius
ANCIENT ROME, womanising overshadowed Caesar, Augustus, Caligula and
ROMAN BRITAIN his talents for leadership and Nero, the successes and set-
astute administration. Cleopatra backs and what the Romans
AND was determined to reconstitute learned on their way to Imperial
the ancient empire of the rule and �nal disintegration.
THE DARK AGES Antony & Cleopatra Ptolemies and Antony, as legally Ancient Rome: This book is the only up-to-date,
Patricia Southern appointed ruler of the east, The Rise and Fall of an illustrated, one volume narrative
gave her much, but not all, of Empire 753BC–AD476 history of Ancient Rome
what she desired. Patricia Southern currently available.
May 2009 £14.99 PB 38 illustrations September 2009 £20.00 HB 80 b&w illustrations, 69 colour
The Roman fort of A major new work, which The story of King Arthur and
Vindolanda lies in south-west reinterprets and re-evaluates the Knights of the Round
Northumberland and is a part the Roman invasion of Britain, Table has enthralled people
of the World Heritage Site of from the perspective of one for centuries and this new
Hadrian’s Wall. Following the British family’s relationship paperback edition of a classic
site throughout its many phases with the Julio-Claudian text provides the reader with a
of use and occupation this book dynasty. This detailed detailed and illustrated guide
o�ers a intriguing insight into book o�ers fresh research to the history surrounding the
everyday life on Hadrian’s Wall, and analysis of the British Arthurian legend, Tintagel and
exploring the lives of those who provincial kings during the Glastonbury. The legend of King
lived and worked on the site. Roman occupation. Building Arthur is not only a popular
It also provides valuable new on discoveries made in Roman story, it is also controversial.
insight into the larger context Sussex, this book develops the Historians have taken opposing
Vindolanda: A Roman of Rome’s Northern Frontier Bloodline: The Celtic Kings theme that southern Britain Arthur: The King in the views on the story’s central
Frontier Fort on Hadrian’s and includes some fascinating of Roman Britain was not so much conquered West �gure; Arthur: The King in the
Wall translations of the Vindolanda Miles Russell by Rome, as liberated. Robert Dunning West contributes to this debate.
Robin Birley Scrolls.
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March 2009 £16.99 PB 125 illustrations January 2010 £18.99 PB 100 illustrations March 2009 £16.99 PB 28 colour illustrations
A radical retelling of one of In the Middle Ages monasteries

the most important events were among the greatest
in English history. Peter Rex owners of land in Britain; today
tells the whole story of the their in�uence on the landscape
Conquest of England by the can be seen in the magni�cent
Normans from its genesis monastic ruins, in earthworks,
in the deathbed decision of in patterns of landholding and
King Edward the Confessor in even industrial remains. Mick
25. January 1066 to recommend Aston examines the place of
THE MIDDLE Harold Godwinson as his monasteries in the landscape
successor, to the crushing - how they a�ected and were
AGES of the last �ickers of English a�ected by the countryside
resistance in June 1076. This in which they were built. He
1066: A New History of The is a landmark new history, the Monasteries in the explains how monasticism
Norman Conquest most detailed study yet of this Landscape arrived in Britain - growing from
Peter Rex pivotal event. Mick Aston austere beginnings to rich and
powerful estates.
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September 2009 £20.00 HB 40 colour illustrations September 2009 £18.99 PB 112 b&w illustrations, 30 colour
The ruins of some of the In 200 hundred years, the Everyone has heard of Robin
monasteries that were destroyed Mongols built the greatest Hood, the brilliant archer
during the Dissolution are empire that the world had ever who always triumphed over
today seen as iconic medieval known and then lost it again. the forces of evil, but the
buildings, e.g. Fountains Abbey This is a tale of �erce battles and man behind the legend is a
in Yorkshire and Tintern Abbey political intrigue, of unrivalled mystery. There were Robin
on the river Wye. Monasteries ferocity and burning ambition. Hoods recorded in history but
- particularly those of the The Mongols believed it was no one has proved that one of
Benedictine and Cistercian their destiny to conquer the these was the individual whose
orders - were major local world and they came mightily exploits were commemorated in
landowners who improved close to doing it. W.B. Bartlett story and song. David Baldwin
agriculture, re-planned villages uses his extensive knowledge to sets out to �nd the real Robin,
and founded new towns.Glyn tell this fascinating tale of how looking for clues in early ballads
Abbeys & Priories Coppack’s far-ranging study looks The Mongols a tribe of little known nomads Robin Hood: The English and in o�cial, legal documents
Glyn Coppack at the churches themselves, the W. B. Bartlett became the world’s most feared Outlaw Unmasked of the thirteenth and fourteenth
monastic buildings and buildings warriors. David Baldwin centuries.
surrounding them.
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Within the stunning 18th- Ever wondered what it was An overview of archaeological
century landscaped park of like living in a medieval town? evidence from the foundation of
Studley Royal in Yorkshire, What sort of house would you the Kingdom of the Isles in the
lies the ruinous remains of live in? How would you live? 11th century to the Dissolution
Fountains Abbey, one of the What would you eat? What of the monasteries in the
�nest examples of Cistercian would your street look like? 16th. The book’s introduction
architecture in Europe. If you have ever wondered includes an assessment of the
Drawing on contemporary what life would have been like Viking legacy and is followed
historical evidence, the results then this gem of a book will by consideration of secular
of excavations, and English provide you with the answers. power and monastic in�uence.
Heritage conservation work Peter Hammond’s vivid The book also looks at the role
from the past 30 years, Glyn descriptions propel the reader of the Church and patterns
Coppack outlines the history back in time, allowing them of settlement and land use,
Fountains Abbey: The of this fascinating site from its Life in a Medieval Town to experience the delights of Isle of Man in Medieval industry, economy and trade are
Cistercians in Northern use as an early mission centre Peter Hammond medieval life and all that it Times reviewed. Finally, the legacy of
England in 1132 through its subsequent involved. Peter Davey the Middle Ages is assessed.
Glyn Coppack growth through the centuries.
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May 2009 £17.99 PB 100 b&w illustrations, 14 colour March 2009 £5.99 PB 8 colour illustrations February 2010 £16.99 PB 248 x 172mm, 192pp,
‘Accessible and highly ‘Remarkably vivid... reads like a

readable’ horror thriller’
THE WESTERN MAIL THE SCOTS MAGAZINE
The �rst full-scale biography ‘Handsomely produced and

of the last native Prince of lavishly illustrated... a very
Wales who fought to maintain readable book... a very lively
an independent Wales. 26. account’
HISTORY SCOTLAND
THE EARLY
MODERN ‘Much new information
has been unearthed – all
PERIOD marshalled here with admirable
Owain Glyndŵr Glencoe: The Infamous clarity and skill’
Terry Breverton Massacre 1692 THE SCOTSMAN
John Sadler
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‘An excellent introduction for Tracing each step in the

the general reader’ history of illicit and taboo sex,
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH this book brings the history
of the forbidden alive. With
The bubonic plague which letters, poems and diary
struck England in 1665-6 was extracts from those in the grip
responsible for the deaths of passion or disgusted by the
of almost a third of London’s exploits of some, the journey
population. Stephen Porter from antiquity to modern 27.
describes the disease and how day is insightful, fascinating MODERN
people at the time thought it and sometimes shocking.
was caused. He gives details Attitudes and peculiarities in HISTORY
of treatments available (such society and the often, bizarre
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the truth about how they felt Security Service in its battle
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Keith Branigan 1920s well researched and absorbing History of MI5 espionage.
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An authoritative companion Northumberland has many A Concise History of the United
to Wales, its people and its attractive sites that are well- States is a succinct and vivid
millennia of history, presenting recorded and frequently portrayal of the history of the
the characters, events, buildings visited. However, here Dr Stan USA, which is enhanced by
and institutions that have shaped Beckensall focuses upon places a series of illustrations and
Wales from its earliest origins to that are not so well known but images that help bring the
the present day. The book comes are of enormous interest for history of this country to life. It
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acknowledged expert on Welsh scarplands and on the coast. the Pilgrim Fathers. The book
culture and history, has written Sites featured include locations then takes the reader into
more than twenty entertaining o� the ‘Alemouth Road’ from the American Revolution, the
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and the characters that A child’s-eye view of life in
inhabited the small town wartime Britain. Comprehensive
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Sue Newman explores the of children during the war,
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AND of Christchurch out of the Celebrations; Food; Education;
clutches of poverty. Have you Toys and Entertainment; Health
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During the war all able-bodied A fascinating and amusing look Looking at the slang and
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against the forces of Germany of ordinary folk of a bygone to the 1820s, this dictionary pre-
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Audrey Bagnall Alan Sutton Folk Phrases of Four Counties human body.
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the twelfth to the nineteenth spying never change, they could hope for a reprieve but
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Steve Fielding su�ered a violent death after Steve Fielding Bolton, is a record of dark in Gloucestershire 1820-29 reports reproduced here come
eating at the local inn. Victorian days when times were Malcolm Hall from the Gloucester Journal, the
hard and punishment. local newspaper of the day.
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‘A pioneering biography of the The �rst of a two volume

Tudor dynasty’s most dangerous biography of Richard III,
enemy’ MICHAEL HICKS this book concentrates on
the neglected early part of
‘A �ne and sympathetic
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1452 as a cadet of the House
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31. most interesting - and important
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The �rst of a two volume The scandalous story of Mary ‘Rex writes with verve and
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a prisoner of war, an exile, his sister, Anne, who rapidly
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The true story of a tragic love Alluring rather than beautiful Told in detail for the �rst
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ever to sit on the throne of secret engagement to Henry life she had already wandered
England. From her early days Percy, the heir of the Earl of down love’s path at the
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in Kent, to the glittering through her insistence on and France, where she had
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Anne caused a stir wherever a long and tempestuous behaviour with her father’s
she went. Alluring but not relationship as his mistress. butler and chaplain. Here her
beautiful, Anne’s wit and Their love a�air was as extreme education had been directed
Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII’s poise won her numerous Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII’s as it was deadly, from Henry’s The Early Loves of Anne by two of the strongest
Obssession admirers at the English court, Obssession ‘mine own sweetheart’ to Boleyn women of the age – and one
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The �rst ever biography of Anne of Cleves is often ‘A brilliant, compelling
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and as the most successful, but she was the last of all Henry THE SPECTATOR
one of the least signi�cant, of VIII’s wives to survive. Thomas
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Jane Seymour her rise shows an ambition Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s life, but of Henry VIII’s six Catherine Howard A biography of Henry VIII’s
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Andrew Cook’s re-investigation For many, the royal family holds This is a remarkable account,
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Russian Secret Service records the author depicts the royal the diverse characters who
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The Murder of the family led by Major Stephen Royal Encounters personal conversations with The Impossible Bourbons extraordinary talents as well
Romanovs Alley, and the Secret Service Paul Ratcli�e the photographer, providing an Oliver Thomson as their considerable failings,
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This selection of intimate This book begins with the Royal Sex is the amazing story
letters of England’s kings is letters of Catherine of Aragon of how a certain number of key
sure to intrigue any one with to her daughter, Mary, and the aristocratic families appear to
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lives of some of England’s VIII, shortly before her death providing our monarchs with
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England’s Kings Boleyn to the letter written by England’s Queens save herself from death whilst Lovers of the British Royal patronage and to place a royal
Margaret Sanders Charles II to his wife Catherine Margaret Sanders imprisoned in the Tower in Family mistress or favourite at the
of Braganza. May 1536. Roger Powell centre of power.
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An illustrated guide to the A collection of short vignettes Catherine Parr was enjoying
burial places of English describing the deaths of the her freedom after her �rst two
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block of stone. ones. decrepit king.
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come such talent as Olympic a regular �xture in the Club
medalists Tessa Sanderson, programme for many years,
33. Anita Lonsborough and Denise presents his complete A-Z
SPORTS Lewis; the cyclist Hugh Porter, companion to the Club.
with four world-championship Providing the sort of essential
HISTORY pursuit medals, as well as detail that every fan of the Club
Le Mans winner, Richard should know, plus plenty of
Wolverhampton’s Sporting Attwood. Alec Brew tells the Gloucester Rugby Club: diverting trivia to entertain
Heroes story of the people who have A Cherry and Whites and inform, this is an essential
Alec Brew made Wolverhampton a great Companion purchase for both diehard and
sporting city. David King casual fans of Gloucester RFC.
March 2010 £12.99 PB 170 b&w illustrations November 2009 £14.99 PB 14 colour illustrations
A classic tale, written by the

man who did more than
any other to further the
exploration of both Polar
regions. In 1899 he sailed to
35.
the Antarctic in the Belgian TOPOGRAPHY,
expedition before journeying
34. round the top of Canada to NATURAL
prove the existence of the
TRAVELLERS North West Passage. Despite
HISTORY,
AND setting out after Scott he beat COUNTRY LIFE
the British team to the Pole
EXPLORERS by a month and was only the AND
My Life as an Explorer second man to travel around
Roald Amundsen the top of Siberia. He died
COUNTRY
in 1928. TALES
ISBN: 978-1-84868-059-3 234 x 156mm, 160pp,
December 2008 £16.99 PB 17 b&w illustrations
The lives and selected works of It’s a Long Way to Muckle Flugga Re�ections of Guernsey is a
the Lake Poets Hartley Coleridge, tells the tale of the author and wonderfully enjoyable read,
Samuel Coleridge, Thomas his friends as they head north which vividly illustrates the
de Quincey, Robert Southey, across the Border to explore some di�culties and hardships of
Dorothy Wordsworth and William region of Scotland – one year the war time Occupation and then
Wordsworth. This delightful and Isle of Arran, the next the Great the problems associated with
beautifully illustrated book also Glen – moving ever northwards to adjusting to a more normal
their ultimate goal, Muckle
includes the places associated life, a life which is liberated and
Flugga in the Shetlands.
with each poet – the villages, free. Drawing from her own
W. R. Mitchell and his friends
the stunning scenery of locations reminiscences and the �rst-hand
are drawn to the wild, lonely
which often inspired their landscape and the abundant bird
accounts of local people Molly
work, their homes, where they and animal life found in these Bihet o�ers a charming account
eventually ended their days and remote parts of Scotland. This of how a community changes
Lakeland Poets where they now rest. Lakeland It’s a Long Way to enthralling odyssey through an Re�ections of Guernsey over time and the impact these
Gavin D. Smith Poets is sure to enchant both Muckle Flugga unspoilt wilderness will delight Molly Bihet changes can have on the families
established lovers of poetry as W. R. Mitchell locals, as well as visitors to these and individuals living in that
well as newcomers to the art. captivating parts of Scotland. community.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-536-9 234 x 156mm, 128pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-455-3 234 x 156mm, 192pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-206-1 235 x 156 mm, 128pp,
March 2010 £7.99 PB 50 colour illustrations November 2009 £14.99 PB 8 b&w illustrations, 30 colour April 2009 £12.99 PB 49 b&w illustrations
London between c. 1580-1616, at the ‘A lively panorama’ This book illustrates what a group
height of Elizabeth I’s reign, was a THE INDEPENDENT of young men would have seen
teeming metropolis that was growing on their Whitsuntide holiday in
so rapidly that the government An intimate social history 1931 had the weather been in
took repeated, and ine�ectual, of Londoners, discussing their favour. In 1991, shortly after
steps to curb its expansion. Growth everything from work, the death of Alfred Wainwright,
produced overcrowding and high housing and entertainment to W.E. Maudsley, the sole surviving
mortality, with shockingly high death member of that group, made
marriage and sex to religion
tolls during the plague epidemics, available the details of their holiday;
and popular beliefs.
yet London attracted an endless unknown to anyone he had kept
stream of people. Here the �rst them for sixty years. On six foolscap
playhouses were built, patronised sheets it outlined a route over
by large audiences, who were the high fells of Lakeland. The
treated to a varied diet of plays Whitsuntide Tour was the brainchild
Shakespeare’s London to keep them entertained. The Chaucer’s London: Everyday Wainwright’s Lost Tour of Alfred Wainwright, whose aim
Stephen Porter London that Shakespeare knew Life in London 1342-1400 Ed Geldard was to see every valley, mountain
was an expanding, changing and A. R. Myers and lake even though they may not
exciting city. be visited.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-333-4 234 x 156mm, 320pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-338-9 198 x 124mm, 208pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-950-3 248 x 172, 160pp,
October 2009 £20.00 HB 127 b&w illustrations, 30 colour July 2009 £9.99 PB 33 b&w illustrations, 12 colour May 2010 £14.99 PB 182 colour illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Ever wondered where our towns Dulwich means “the meadow Have you ever wondered why
and villages get their names where dill grows”, while Peckham our towns and villages are so
from? Were they a deliberate means village by a hill – probably names? Were they a deliberate
creation by our ancestors or did Nunhead Hill. Nunhead is a local creation by our ancestors or did
they evolve naturally over time? name with particularly gruesome they naturally evolve over time?
Northamptonshire Place Names origins. At �rst “Nonehead”, Is there a feline cemetery on
examines the origins of the names Elizabethan England recorded Cat’s Brain Hill? Which streets
with which we are otherwise so this name after a Mother Superior remember the revival of Morris
familiar. Towns, villages, districts, was beheaded for opposing Dancing? Was there really a
streets and even pubs are Henry VIII’s pitiless sacking of the crossing place for cattle at
examined and explained. monasteries. Her severed Oxford? And when did Gibraltar,
head was placed on a pike for California and New Zealand
public view at Nunhead Green. come to Oxfordshire?
Origin of Place Names in Peckham
Northamptonshire Place Origin of Place Names in and Nunhead o�ers a fascinating Oxfordshire Place Names
Names Peckham & Nunhead and compelling insight into the Anthony Poulton-Smith
Anthony Poulton-Smith John D. Beasley names of Peckham and Nunhead’s
most famous streets and places.
February 2010 £12.99 PB 25 b&w illustrations April 2010 £12.99 PB 20 b&w illustrations April 2009 £12.99 PB 48 b&w illustrations
Bolton Place Names provides an In these pages we examine Discover the rich and fascinating
interesting insight into some of the origins of the names with history around North Devon and
the county’s more unusual place which we are otherwise so its beautiful coastline. Which
names. Towns, villages, districts, familiar. Which town took its place names tell us they were
streets and even pubs are name from one of the last ‘created by special charter’?
examined and explained. Some surviving wolves in England? Which river was recorded as Iska
of the de�nitions give a glimpse Where is there a name by Ptolemy in AD150? Which
of life in the earlier days of the referring to an eighteenth- public house has links with the
settlement, and for the author century vegetarian delicacy? legend of Zorro? Who lives at
there is nothing more satisfying Who killed a king and had a ‘the robbers’ clearing’? And
than �nding a name which gives pub named after him, and was where did buccaneers hunt and
such a snapshot. The de�nitions there a ford for games or sport? barbecue wild oxen?
are supported by anecdotal
evidence, bringing to life the
Bolton Place Names individuals and events which have Hampshire Place Names Devon Place Names
Sara Vernon in�uenced the places and the way Anthony Poulton-Smith Anthony Poulton-Smith
these names have developed.
April 2010 £12.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations October 2009 £12.99 PB 25 b&w illustrations February 2010 £12.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations
Here you can �nd the answers Take an historical tour around Ever wondered why our towns
to many local legends and the towns and villages of and villages are so named? Were
tales. What form was taken by Gloucestershire, and the events they a deliberate creation by
the Shapwick Monster? Why that in�uenced the naming of our ancestors or did they evolve
did the Victorians change the some of these places. Which naturally over time? Why is the
name of Great Bones, thinking town was named for its early village of Road not named after
it inappropriate? Why would production of soap? How long the road, while Street is named
the name of a quarry be have Barcelona and Monserratt after the road? Which Somerset
remembered as providing one been found in Gloucestershire? village was held by the Pope at
with a sore posterior? Which Why would a �eld be known the time of Domesday? Who
street sign shows the name of as Four Days Math? And where was Tom Mogg? Which village
a prime suspect in the Jack the is there a street recalling a fat, was named after the plant which
Ripper murders? And is Five boisterous and loose woman? inspired the inventor of Velcro?
Ways really where six lanes
Dorset Place Names converge? Gloucestershire Place Somerset Place Names
Anthony Poulton-Smith Names Anthony Poulton-Smith
Anthony Poulton-Smith
March 2010 £12.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations December 2009 £12.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations March 2010 £12.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations
Around the towns of Cannock Along with numerous other A new edition of a classic text,
Chase, Tamworth, Lich�eld villages, since the Second World exploring the many footpaths of
and the villages around War, Redbourn’s population north Gloucestershire. The author,
South Sta�ordshire are over has grown considerably, and its Algernon Gissing, passes through
a thousand roads, streets, countenance altered. Situated towns and villages, over rivers and
lanes, avenues, drives, crofts, between St. Albans and across �elds, commenting on the
boulevards, ways, courts and Dunstable on the old A5, the history of buildings, recounting
walks. But where do these conversations with people he
village used to be a stopping
names come from? How ‘new’ meets, and observing animals and
point for resting the horses
is New street? What is the birdsong particular to the area. As
drawing Royal Mail coaches en
origin of Quonian’s Lane? Who he re�ects on the various villages
was Sister Dora? What lane was
route for London or York, and and landmarks in the area, Gissing
named as it was the holiday one of Geo� Webb’s ancestors paints a picture of this very English
home of pit ponies? And which actually worked on one of these. landscape. Recounting village life
South Sta�ordshire Street street remembers the trainer of A Redbourn Commoner This delightful book will rekindle The Footpath Way in with fondness, he captures the
Names a Grand National winner? Geo� Webb fond memories for older readers Gloucestershire spirit of the county’s people and
Anthony Poulton-Smith and transport younger ones to a Algernon Gissing their day-to-day errands.
di�erent world.
September 2009 £12.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations December 2008 £12.99 PB 36 b&w illustrations May 2010 £9.99 PB 30 b&w illustrations

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The new edition of John Rutter’s Until recently the country A heart-warming collection
classic text, which was �rst craftsman was an essential of tales from a bygone age;
published in 1829, is �nally here! member of every rural community. The Distant Scene vividly re-
This revised edition of Rutter’s His livelihood was generated creates the characters from
substantial and detailed work not by carrying on traditions which Fred Archer’s youth in the
only explores a range of popular started more than a thousand Worcestershire countryside.
local attractions, such as Brockley years ago. Traditional Country Meet Auntie Phoebe,
Hall and Leigh Court, but also Craftsmen provides a valuable
renowned for the pop she
identi�es points of geological history for anyone interested in
sold in a pint and a half bottle
interest during the 1800s. This the skills and crafts of bygone
during the haymaking season,
exciting new book is a true gem years. Photographs and line
for anyone interested in the drawings enhance the text,
Tom Wheatcroft, Job Barley
fascinating history of Somerset bringing many country skills and and many more. Fred’s tales,
and its attractions. Areas covered crafts to life and provide the told with the truth and humour
Delineations of the North include: Nailsea, Long Aston, Traditional Country reader with an engaging and The Distant Scene for which he is so fondly
West Division of the County Weston-Super-Mare, Chew Craftsmen charming history of this aspect of Fred Archer remembered, have won him
of Somerset Magna, Brockley and Bristol. J. Geraint Jenkins country life. many fans – this collection is
John Rutter sure to win him many more.
March 2009 £15.99 PB 42 b&w illustrations June 2009 £17.99 PB 238 b&w illustrations July 2009 £9.99 PB 23 b&w illustrations
This charming collection of An in-depth survey, examining A comprehensive and evocative

memories from Fred Archer’s the growth of historically description of life and tradition
youth glows with a magical orientated sites and institutions in Wales up to the mid
warmth which revives the in Wales. The preservation, twentieth century. The detailed
England of the First World War conservation and interpretation narrative, accompanied by
and just after. Under the Parish of historical sites, buildings more than 126 black and white
Lantern takes the reader back and artefacts are of great illustrations o�ers a fascinating
in time to “...a land of cider, fat importance, but has the insight into almost every
bacon and bread pudding”; conservation movement and aspect of rural life in Wales,
to the days of home farming, our preoccupation with the past including farming implements,
horse ploughing and hand gone too far? Are we attempting the use of local raw materials,
milking and vividly brings to to preserve too much without folk custom and belief, food
life the characters of the area giving enough thought to the and drink, leather working,
Under the Parish Lantern in which he lived “Men who Getting Yesterday Right: lasting value of the things Life & Tradition in �shing and the production of
Fred Archer used the same tools as their Interpreting the Identity preserved? These are just some Rural Wales wool. This revised edition of
grandfathers”. of Wales of the questions raised in this J. Geraint Jenkins a classic title is an important
J. Geraint Jenkins new edition of a classic text. record of bygone times.
July 2009 £9.99 PB 28 b&w illustrations May 2009 £17.99 PB 60 b&w illustrations March 2009 £14.99 PB 126 b&w illustrations
First published in 1973 this is There have been many tales and A celebration of the natural
an evocative description of life anecdotes published about the wonders of the Sefton Coast
in the Cotswolds up to the mid Cotswolds, some of which are sand dunes between Liverpool
1900s, providing a valuable now virtually inaccessible. This and Southport. Lavishly
record of a way of life which book provides a �ne selection of illustrated with photographs,
no longer exists. Daily life, these tales ― capturing the true maps and diagrams, it
points of architectural interest ‘Cotswold Character’. Covering introduces the reader to the
a wide variety of subjects and, origin and land use history of
and traditions of centuries are
much of it written in dialect, this coast and shows how sand
fully explored here with the
this book includes tales of the dunes are formed and develop
text accurately supported by
shepherd’s idyllic life, a rural over time. It also o�ers a unique
a wealth of photographs and wedding, the death of a child insight into the animals and
line drawings. Topics include: and the e�ects of politics on plants that live on the sand
buildings, farm skills, village ordinary people. Illustrated dunes and examines how this
Life & Tradition on the crafts, industries and village Cotswold Tales with original line drawings and The Sands of Time — An internationally important area is
Cotswolds feasts and pastimes. A must Alan Sutton contemporary photographs. Introduction to the Sand being conserved and managed
Edith Brill read for anyone interested in Dunes of the Sefton Coast for the future.
local history. Phil Smith
March 2009 £14.99 PB 262 b&w illustrations November 2008 £9.99 PB 56 b&w illustrations May 2009 £15.99 PB 12 b&w illustrations, 131 colour
A fascinating narrative of The The striking diary of Frances

Oxenholme Stag Hounds. Witts, written over �ve years,
It introduces the reader to whose passion was riding
the participants of the hunt out with the Heythrop hunt.
and their adventures and Modern-day followers of
misadventures as they hunted the hunting tradition will
during a six-month period appreciate her enthusiasm and
36. during 1934-5 over large areas
empathise with the excitements
of Cumbria and Lancashire. The
and disappointments she
LETTERS hunt was comprised of members
experienced in the hunting
of some of the most in�uential
AND families who lived in Kendal
�eld in the years immediately
and the surrounding area at before her marriage, just before
DIARIES that time and this book o�ers the First World War. Profusely
The Oxenholme Hounds insights into some colourful The Diary of a Cotswold illustrated with line drawings by
Where, When and How characters and lively accounts of Foxhunting Lady her daughter and accompanied
They Hunted the meets they attended. Frances Witts by family photographs.
Trevor Hughes 234 x 156mm, 176pp,
ISBN: 978-1-84868-608-3 248 x 172mm, 192pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-020-3 200 line drawings,
January 2010 £16.99 HB 100 colour illustrations November 2008 £12.99 PB 43 photos, 14 colour paintings

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
The Diaries of Sarah Hurst Covering day to day life in the Agnes Witts was a remarkable
is a record of the day to day o�cers’ mess and the harsh woman with great zest for
life of a young woman who ordeals of war, Frederick life. She required constant
lived in Horsham, Sussex Witts’ letters, from the Turkish amusement and bored
between 1759 and 1762. This Arabian Front, dating from easily. Her favourite pastimes
delightful book creates a vivid December 1915 to December were cards and stimulating
portrayal of the local town’s 1920, to his mother in Upper conversation, her social circle
people as well as providing Slaughter depict the life and was wide and well-connected,
a fascinating insight into the thoughts of a British o�cer her attachment to her faith
social history of women. The on service in Mesopotamia. consistent and strong. The
diaries also o�er a touching Some letters from his mother diaries in this volume cover the
account of Sarah’s feelings as to him also survive, giving a period from 20 April 1788 (the
she writes about her love for vivid sense of the di�culties �rst surviving diary) to 25 May
The Diaries of Sarah Hurst Henry Smith, a man who was The Mespot Letters of a of life just after the �rst war The Complete Diary of a 1793, when the family were
Sarah Hurst thirteen years older than her. Cotswold Soldier for a re�ned Cotswold family Cotswold Lady – Volume 1: at Calwich Abbey en route
Edited by Susan Djabri Frederick Witts, deprived of servants. The Lady of Rodborough for their exile in economical
edited by Jasper Hadman Agnes Witts Edinburgh.
ISBN: 978-1-84868-353-2 234x 156mm, 320pp, ISBN: 978-1-84868-041-8 234 x 156mm, 480pp, ISBN: 978-184868-010-4 248 x 172mm, 408pp,
April 2009 £15.99 PB 32 b&w illustrations, 16 colour March 2009 £25.00 HB 160 b&w illustrations, 22 colour July 2008 £25.00 HB 20 colour illustrations
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