Ambelrey Publishing 2013 Catalogue

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CATALOGUE JANUARY–JUNE 2013


AMBERLEY BESTSELLERS


TUDORS

JANE SEYMOUR

HENRY VIII’S FAVOURITE WIFE

DAVID LOADES The wife who gave Henry what he desired most – a son. Jane was Henry VIII’s third queen, and she was described by him as ‘his �rst true wife’, both his �rst two marriages having been annulled. She was twenty-seven when he married her, and came of a solid gentry’s family with good court connections. He was forty-four and desperate for the male heir who had so far eluded him, but which Jane’s placid disposition and sexual availability seemed to promise. JAN 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1157-0 HB 235 x 156 MM 208 PP 40 ILLS (20 COL)

HENRY VIII DAVID LOADES ‘A triumph of cool-headedness & concision’ THE SPECTATOR As a youth, Henry VIII was a magni�cent specimen of manhood, and in age a gargantuan wreck, but even in his prime he was never the ‘ladies’ man’ which legend, and his own imagination, created. Henry VIII dominated England during his lifetime and for many years thereafter as a warrior, a renaissance prince, and Supreme Head of the Church, but his personality is as controversial today as it was then.

JAN 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0704-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 464 PP 105 ILLS (37 COL)

ELIZABETH OF YORK

THE FORGOTTEN TUDOR QUEEN

AMY LICENCE As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII), Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor monarchs, two executed queens and ultimately, the Stuart royal family. Although her o�spring took England into the early modern world, Elizabeth’s upbringing was rooted �rmly in the medieval world. FEB 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0961-4 HB 235 x 156 MM 256 PP 40 ILLS (10 COL)

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KATHARINE OF ARAGON PATRICK WILLIAMS

PUBLICATION: Apr 2013 PRICE: £25.00 ISBN: 978-1-84868-325-9 BINDING: HB SIZE: 235 x 156 mm PAGES: 512 ILLUSTRATIONS: 70 colour

Patrick Williams is Emeritus Professor of Spanish History at the University of Portsmouth. He has written extensively on Spanish History and his other books include Armada and Philip II. He lives in Southsea.

A major new biography of Katharine of Aragon by an acknowledged expert of Spanish and Tudor history

Professor Williams has found convincing proof in the Spanish archives that Katharine did not consummate her �rst marriage to Henry VIII’s elder brother, Prince Arthur. This turns Tudor history on its head and means it was unnecessary for Henry to have sought a divorce from Katharine in order to marry Anne Boleyn

The author’s last Tudor book Armada was very well received: ‘Absorbing, intelligent ... an original, wide-ranging narrative’ BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE

Amazingly, the �rst biography ever to make use of records in the Spanish royal archives

Katharine of Aragon was a central �gure in one of the most dramatic and formative events of Tudor history – England’s breach with Rome after a thousand years of �delity. She lived through traumatic and revolutionary times and her personal drama was played out against dramas of global signi�cance. The heroic and digni�ed �rst wife of Henry VIII who was cast aside for reasons of dynastic ambition, but who resolutely and unbendingly stuck to her principles and her dignity at enormous cost to herself. Katharine’s story tells so much about the exercise of power, and about being married to a lover who became – slowly but perceptibly – a tyrant in public life and a monster in his private a�airs.


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ANNE BOLEYN

THE QUEEN OF CONTROVERSY

LACEY BALDWIN SMITH •

A sparkling new biography by one of the greats of Tudor scholarship

Features a startling new discovery about why Anne was executed

The story of Anne Boleyn goes to the root of all history; what makes an individual or event memorable to later generations? Anne is an exceptional case for her life was a double helix intertwining extraordinary human drama with profound historical crisis. A young lady of no particular importance or talents – she was neither a great beauty or a captivating charmer – married a man who turned out to be England’s most notorious monarch, and then three years later she was publicly executed for treason. Lacey Baldwin Smith is Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern University. He has published nine critically acclaimed books including Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a Queen, and Treason in Tudor England. The recipient of MA and PhD degrees from Princeton University, he has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Senior Fulbright Fellow at the University of London, a Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives in Illinois and Washington DC and has two daughters.

PUBLICATION: Apr 2013 PRICE: £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1023-8 BINDING: HB SIZE: 235 x 156 mm PAGES: 264 ILLUSTRATIONS: 50 (16 colour)

PRAISE FOR LACEY BALDWIN SMITH ‘Has so excellently caught the atmosphere of the Tudor age’ THE OBSERVER ‘Brilliant ... essential reading for anyone interested in Tudor history’ ALISON WEIR

‘A supremely satisfying book’ THE OBSERVER ‘Witty and brilliant’ THE IRISH TIMES


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Richard III

RICHARD III DAVID BALDWIN • Huge interest in Richard III following the discovery of his skeleton in a Leicester car park • The only biography of Richard to incorporate DNA results from the discoveries found under the car park in Leicester • ‘A believably complex Richard, neither wholly villain nor hero’ PHILIPPA GREGORY Not many would claim to be saints or consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities. Some are unquestionably worse than others but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard III. FEB 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1591-2 PB 198 x 124 MM 272 PP 81 ILLS (57 COL)

ANNE NEVILLE

RICHARD III’S TRAGIC QUEEN

AMY LICENCE Shakespeare’s enduring image of Richard III’s queen is one of bitterness and sorrow. Anne curses the killer of her husband and father, before succumbing to his marriage proposal, bringing upon herself a terrible legacy of grief and su�ering an untimely death. Was Anne a passive victim? Did she really jump into bed with the enemy? Amy Licence reassesses the long-standing myths about Anne’s role, her health and her marriages to present a new view of the Kingmaker’s daughter. APR 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1153-2 HB 235 x 156 MM 272 PP 30 ILLS (10 COL)

ELIZABETH WOODVILLE DAVID MACGIBBON • Mother of the Princes in the Tower, who were probably murdered by Richard III Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and grandmother of Henry VIII, has been vili�ed and defended in turn. Was she a cunning enchantress, an ambitious advancer of her family’s fortunes, or a courageous and tragic �gure who lost husbands, brothers and sons during this turbulent period? Discover the real story of the ‘White Queen’. APR 2013 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1275-1 HB 235 x 156 MM 256 PP 30 ILLS (15 COL)


GENERAL BIOGRAPHY

SIR CYRIL

MY LIFE AS A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR

SIR CYRIL TAYLOR, GBE His life’s achievement has been as a social entrepreneur and educator, helping found the American Institute for Foreign Study, one of the largest study abroad organisations in the world. Since 1964, it has bene�ted 1.5 million young people through its Study Abroad, Camp America, Au Pair and Gifted Children programmes. An education reformer and adviser to ten education secretaries – Conservative and Labour – he helped establish 3,000 specialist schools and over 1,500 academies. FEB 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1192-1 PB 235 x 156 MM 192 PP 60 ILLS (30 COL)

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS ROBERT J. PARKER There is a distinct lack of available information about British prime ministers, especially as a group. British Prime Ministers o�ers an accessible guide to all the UK’s heads of government, brie�y describing their background and in�uence, role in British history and major world events. On closer inspection, the PMs are revealed to be more colourful �gures than might be imagined, whose unique personalities and individual deeds shaped important historical events.

FEB 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1021-4 PB 198 x 124 MM 128 PP 83 ILLS

DOCTOR BARNARDO

CHAMPION OF VICTORIAN CHILDREN

MARTIN LEVY Born in Dublin 1845, Thomas John Barnardo was a workaholic Irishman whose non-stop e�orts in the cause of children’s welfare landed him in an early grave at sixty. In his own area of work it’s fair to say he changed Britain forever. Martin Levy digs into the �lth and rot of the world’s biggest empire to discover what this man was up to, up against, and how wonderfully he succeeded.

MAY 2013 £25.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0923-2 HB 235 x 156 MM 256 PP 20 ILLS

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GENERAL BIOGRAPHY

BESSIE BLOUNT

MISTRESS TO HENRY VIII

ELIZABETH NORTON ‘A lucid, readable, intelligent account of the life of a woman who might have been queen’ THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE The earliest known and longest-lasting mistress of Henry VIII, Bessie was the king’s �rst love. More beautiful than Anne Boleyn or any of Henry’s other wives or concubines, Bessie turned heads, winning a place at court as one of Catherine of Aragon’s ladies. The a�air lasted �ve years and in 1519 she bore Henry a son, Henry Fitzroy. JUN 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1385-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 368 PP 77 ILLS (60 COL)

THE KINGS & QUEENS OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND TIMOTHY VENNING In The Kings & Queens of Anglo-Saxon England, Venning examines the rulers of Anglo-Saxon England, beginning with the legendary leaders of the Anglo-Saxon invasion as Hengest and Horsa or Cerdic and Cynric, moving on through such �gures as Aethelbert of Kent and his daughter Aethelburh, whose marriage began the conversion of Northumbria, to Alfred of Wessex and his dynasty, the Viking invasions, and the last of the Anglo-Saxon kings, Harold Godwineson. JAN 2013 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0897-6 PB 198 x 124 MM 232 PP 15 COL ILLS

THE KINGS & QUEENS OF SCOTLAND TIMOTHY VENNING The Kingdom of Scots was the last of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of Britain to survive as a political entity. Alone of the ‘Celtic’ nations, it was not absorbed into England by conquest. James VI of Scotland came to the throne of England in 1603, and when union with England �nally came in 1707 during the reign of Queen Anne, it was technically on equal terms. The story of the rulers of Scotland’s constituent states and then of the united Kingdom of Scots from Kenneth MacAlpin onwards is one of triumph and tragedy closely intertwined. JUN 2013 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1315-4 PB 235 x 156 MM 304 PP 30 COL ILLS


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THE KINGS & QUEENS OF ENGLAND THE BIOGRAPHY

DAVID LOADES • An authoritative and accessible history of the lives of the kings and queens of England •

Fabulously illustrated with over 150 contemporary images and genealogical tables, many in full colour

Individual chapters on each reigning monarch, including the major pre-1066 rulers

This is the history of the men and women who have occupied the highest position in English, and later British society. For about 1,000 years they were superior lords, the leaders of a nobility which ruled; and for about 300 years thereafter they were sovereigns, whose servants ruled in their name. Now, with the rise of democracy, they no longer rule. The queen is a symbol and a social leader, vastly experienced in the ways of the world, and the head of a family which strives to be useful in a modern community. The records of the monarchy vary from one period to another, and many of them are political in nature. However, it is always necessary to remember the human being behind the constitutional façade. This is an attempt to recover their identities. David Loades is Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales and an Honorary Member of the University of Oxford, History Faculty. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Vice-President of the Navy Record Society and former President of the Ecclesiastical History Society. He is the author of over thirty books on the sixteenth century. He lives in Burford in Oxfordshire.

PUBLICATION: Jun 2013 PRICE: £25.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0582-1 BINDING: HB SIZE: 235 x 156 mm PAGES: 544 ILLUSTRATIONS: 150 (100 colour)

PRAISE FOR DAVID LOADES

‘Incisive and profound. I warmly recommend this book’ ALISON WEIR ‘A very good book’ LITERARY REVIEW


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LONDON HISTORY

BANKSIDE

LONDON’S ORIGINAL DISTRICT OF SIN

DAVID BRANDON & ALAN BROOKE On the south bank of the Thames and demarcated by Blackfriars and Tower Bridges lies the district Bankside. Its origin was a Roman settlement nestling around the southern end of London Bridge. Being separated only by the Thames from the City of London and outside City’s jurisdiction, it developed as a place for bawdy and disreputable entertainment and leisure – including the Globe Theatre made famous by performing William Shakespeare’s plays.

MAR 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1384-0 PB 198 x 124 MM 304 PP 79 ILLS

LOST LONDON IN COLOUR BRIAN GIRLING This fascinating compilation of early London photographs takes a tour of one of the world’s greatest cities, but rather than picturing historic scenes dating back to 1850s in sepia and monochrome, new realism is given by reproducing the images in full colour. Explore London’s world-renowned landmarks and less frequently pictured aspects of the capital including its street characters, local markets, shops, theatres, and historic River Thames.

MAY 2013 £15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1502-8 PB 168 x 246 MM 128 PP 250 COL PHOTOS

REGENT’S PARK

FROM TUDOR HUNTING GROUND TO THE PRESENT

PAUL A. RABBITTS The Regent’s Park has a history stretching back through seven centuries, well before the designer and architectural genius John Nash and his patron the Prince Regent laid it out at the beginning of the nineteenth century as the �rst of the improvements they had planned for London. This comprehensive book recounts the story of one of the United Kingdom’s most popular parks from its origins as a tiny part of the Middlesex Forest right up to the present day. JUN 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1024-5 HB 235 x 156 MM 240 PP 40 ILLS (20 COL)


GENERAL HISTORY

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION MARK ROSNEY, ROB BETHELL & JEBBY ROBINSON Aimed at the complete beginner, A Beginner’s Guide to Paranormal Investigation shows you what you need to know in order to conduct e�ective paranormal investigations – from assembling your basic kit through to revealing useful methods and techniques that will help you to conduct e�ective investigations in a no-nonsense manner. Since paranormal investigation can be a costly pastime, this book also shows you how to investigate on a shoestring budget. JAN 2013 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0898-3 PB 198 x 124 MM 256 PP 70 ILLS

AMAZING DOGS

A CABINET OF CANINE CURIOSITIES

JAN BONDESON ‘A thrilling read – alternately hilarious and harrowing’ FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO Amazing Dogs tells the stories of some of the most extraordinary dogs in history. In the 1750s, the Learned English Dog was a sensation in London: this spelling and calculating Border Collie was even thought to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. The acting Newfoundland dog Carlo, active in London from 1803 until 1811, had plays specially written for him. JUN 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0706-1 PB 198 x 124 MM 288 PP 171 ILLS (39 COL)

THE COTSWOLDS’ FINEST GARDENS TONY RUSSELL ‘This long-awaited book is an inspirational celebration of the very �nest gardens in the region’ GLOUCESTERSHIRE ECHO TV presenter and writer Tony Russell presents his personal guide to the �fty �nest gardens in the Cotswolds. The gardens are all open to the general public and are 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. APR 2013 £15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1472-4 PB 248 x 172 MM 160 PP 200 COL ILLS

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GENERAL history

ROYAL BABIES

A HISTORY 1066–2013

AMY LICENCE • Published to tie in with the impending birth of Prince William and Catherine’s royal baby in July 2013 • Final jacket will feature the o�cial photograph of William, Catherine and the new baby prince/princess Babies are born every day, but only once or twice in a lifetime, a child arrives who will inherit the throne. Amy Licence explores the stories of twenty-�ve of these royal babies and the unusual circumstances of their arrivals from the Normans to the twenty-�rst century. JUN 2013 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1762-6 HB 235 x 156MM 192 PP 25 ILLS

ROYAL SEX

MISTRESSES & LOVERS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY

ROGER POWELL Royal Sex shows how a 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 she was of Prince Charles. The reason? To capture and exploit royal power and patronage to place a royal mistress at the centre of power.

FEB 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1377-2 PB 198 x 124 MM 304 PP 27 ILLS

AT HOME WITH THE BRONTËS

THE HISTORY OF HAWORTH PARSONAGE & ITS OCCUPANTS

ANN DINSDALE Haworth Parsonage is the world-famous home of the Brontës. Ann Dinsdale explores their lives there, the impact of the sisters’ home on their writing, and their lasting legacy. However, the Parsonage has also been home to several other families both before and since. This book begins with the early history of the house and also tells the stories of the later occupants, who experienced the trials and tribulations of living in a literary shrine.

MAR 2013 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0855-6 PB 235 x 165 MM 96 PP 50 COL ILLS


social history

TITANIC VOICES

63 SURVIVORS TELL THEIR EXTRAORDINARY STORIES

HANNAH HOLMAN ‘Heartstopping accounts’ JULIET GARDINER, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE There were over 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster and their horri�c experience has captivated readers and moviegoers for almost 100 years. Titanic Voices is the most comprehensive collection of Titanic survivors’ accounts ever published and includes many unpublished and long-forgotten accounts, unabridged, together with an authoritative editorial commentary. JUN 2013 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1443-4 PB 235 x 156 MM 512 PP 135 ILLS (11 COL)

TITANIC FILSON YOUNG ‘If you only read one book about Titanic, read this one; if you’ve read every book published about the Titanic, read this one again’ NAUTILUS INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH In the months following the Titanic disaster wild speculation was rife. On 22 May 1912, a mere thirty-seven days after the sinking, respected London publisher Grant Richards delivered Filson Young’s book to booksellers around the capital. Much of his telling of the story still stands today and his speculations about the feeling of daily life aboard the doomed ship are used in books and �lms on the subject. JAN 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1278-2 PB 198 x 124 MM 160 PP 92 ILLS

THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC ‘I SURVIVED THE TITANIC’

LAWRENCE BEESLEY ‘The best �rst-hand account of a passenger’s experiences … a �rst-rate piece of descriptive writing’ THE GUARDIAN Originally published 1912, and long out of print in the UK, this new reset edition is illustrated with over sixty contemporary images, with a new introduction by Lawrence Beesley’s grandson, New York Times journalist Nicholas Wade. Lawrence Beesley survived in lifeboat 13 and wrote the longest and most detailed account of the sinking. MAR 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1383-3 PB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 68 ILLS

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SOCIAL HISTORY

SUFFRAGETTES

HOW BRITAIN’S WOMEN FOUGHT & DIED FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE

FRANK MEERES • Published to coincide with the centenary of the culmination of the women’s struggle: Derby Day, 4 June 1913 A century ago, Britain was caught up in one of the most extraordinary events in the country’s history – the struggle for women to obtain the right to vote. By the beginning of the twentieth century, centralised organisations formed behind Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst. Protests, marches, civil disobedience and arrests followed as the campaign gained momentum. MAY 2013 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0007-9 HB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 54 ILLS (20 COL)

A 1950s CHILDHOOD EDWARD PAGE ‘Vivid recollection of life in the post-war years of austerity’ BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR LOCAL HISTORY A 1950s Childhood tells the autobiographical story of life for a boy growing up in England in the austerity period: food rationing, bomb damage, but also fun, laughs and larks in a picturesque seaside town. Just after the war, the author’s parents took him and his three siblings from bomb-shattered London and moved into a dilapidated house on Trinity Road, near Weymouth Harbour, to run a guesthouse. JUN 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1080-1 PB 198 x 124 MM 224 PP 31 ILLS

WITCH HUNT

THE PERSECUTION OF WITCHES IN ENGLAND

DAVID & ANDREW PICKERING ‘Excellent’ FORTEAN TIMES During the sixteenth century, Europe was subject to a fevered and pious wave of witch hunts and trials. As the bodies of accused women burnt right across the Continent, the �ames of a nationwide witch hunt were kindled in England. The tales of persecution within these pages are testimony to the horror of witch-hunting that occurred throughout England in the 100 years after the passing of the Elizabethan Witchcraft Act of 1563. JAN 2013 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0861-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 224 PP 125 ILLS


SOCIAL HISTORY

DOCTOR CRIPPEN

THE INFAMOUS LONDON CELLAR MURDER OF 1910

NICHOLAS CONNELL In 1910 Cora Crippen, an unsuccessful music-hall artiste known as Belle Elmore, was murdered by her husband Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen at their London home. Scotland Yard found the remains of her body under the �oor of the cellar. Crippen’s attempt to escape across the Atlantic with his young mistress Ethel Le Neve disguised as a boy fascinated the world, as did his subsequent Old Bailey trial and execution.

JAN 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1015-3 HB 235 x 156 MM 256 PP 60 ILLS

WISH YOU WERE STILL HERE THE SCOTTISH SEASIDE HOLIDAY

ERIC SIMPSON An illustrated social history of the Scottish seaside holiday. As one of our key forms of leisure and entertainment, tourism was a major growth industry of the nineteenth century and this growth continued into the twentieth century. Starting in the golden age of the Victorian and Edwardian resorts, the author explores the ways and means whereby the Scottish people were enabled to enjoy the bene�ts of seaside and other holidays.

JUN 2013 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1529-5 PB 248 x 172 MM 176 PP 90 ILLS (30 COL)

ESSEX BOYS KAREN BOWMAN Warrior, prince, lover, and rogue: there is much to be said for the Essex man. Henry VIII, Jack the Ripper, Daniel Defoe and Wat Tyler are all here along with many more in this exciting exploration of Essex boys. Loyal and strong, men of Essex have battled Viking marauders, de�ed Norman warlords, sailed with ‘hearts of oak’ against the Spanish Armada and vanquished Napoleon on both land and sea.

JUN 2013 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0853-2 PB 235 x 156 MM 192 PP 40 ILLS

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second world war

HOW THE SPITFIRE WON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN DILIP SARKAR ‘Well-researched, accessible, and carefully argued’ WAR IN HISTORY Although more Hawker Hurricanes than Supermarine Spit�res engaged in the con�ict fought over southern England in 1940, the shapely and charismatic Spit�re captured the public’s imagination. Featuring interviews with pilots who �ew in both Spit�res and Hurricanes, and following detailed analysis of combat and casualty records, Sarkar proves that the Hurricane was inferior to the Spit�re during the Battle of Britain. JUN 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1504-2 PB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 55 ILLS

LANCASTER MANUAL 1943 GORDON WILSON The War O�ce issued an amazing array of lea�ets, books and manuals during the Second World War to aid pilots and crew �ying the Lancaster bomber; here for the �rst time they are collated into a single book. Gordon Wilson, an expert aviation historian (and ex-military pilot), gives an introduction. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as a Bomber Command o�cer, bailing out, etc.

MAY 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1442-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 288 PP 60 ILLS

SPITFIRE

A PHOTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY

DILIP SARKAR During the Second World War the Spit�re became the icon of Britain’s de�ance of Nazi Germany in those dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone. Today it remains a symbol of great national pride – and the fascination in R. J. Mitchell’s little �ghter shows no sign of diminishing. Sarkar has spent a lifetime researching and publishing on the Spit�re, becoming a leading and internationally recognised authority on all aspects of the aircraft’s history. JUN 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0585-2 HB 168 x 246 MM 192 PP 300 PHOTOS


The Dam Busters

THE DAM BUSTERS

IN THE WORDS OF THE BOMBER CREWS

W. B. BARTLETT • Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the raid, 16/17 May 2013 At midnight on 16 May 1943 the inhabitants of Günne, a German town close to Möhne Dam, heard the air-raid warnings. Ninety minutes later, a tidal-wave was roaring down the valley towards them. The Dam Busters raids have gone down as the most famous air-strikes in history. This account tells the story of those dramatic events through the eyes of those who were there. APR 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1193-8 PB 198 x 124 MM 336 PP 66 ILLS (32 COL)

THE DAM BUSTERS MARTIN BOWMAN Guy Gibson’s 617 Squadron was founded for one reason – Operation Chastise – the raid on the Ruhr dams. Using revolutionary bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis, the handpicked crews trained day and night over British reservoirs. On the night of 16/17 May 1943, three waves of Lancasters took o� for the Ruhr, destroying two dams in the process, causing havoc and destruction downstream. This is the story of the Dam Busters.

APR 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1335-2 PB 235 x 165 MM 96 PP 120 ILLS (50 COL)

THE DAM BUSTERS

AN OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF BARNES WALLIS’ BOMBS

STEPHEN FLOWER After countless nights of training, the crews of 617 Squadron were ready to �y to Germany and bomb a series of dams in the Ruhr valley. 617 Squadron successfully destroyed two of the dams, and afterwards the elite force went on to �y special missions using the dam-busting bombs. This is the story of the use of Barnes Wallis’ bombs in active service against the Germans and Italians.

APR 2013 £30.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1281-2 HB 235 x 156 MM 384 PP 80 ILLS

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SECOND WORLD WAR

DOUGLAS BADER A FIGHTER ACE’S LIFE

DILIP SARKAR • ‘At last, the de�nitive account of Bader’s career by his most knowledgeable biographer’ PROFESSOR PAUL MACKENZIE, author of Bader •

Sarkar is an acknowledged expert on the Battle of Britain

Over ninety historic photographs, many of which have never been reproduced before

The story of Douglas Bader, an RAF �ghter pilot who shot down twenty enemy �ghters during the Second World War despite having lost both his legs, de�es �ction. A �ghter ace and highly decorated war hero, he became a household name in the 1950s thanks to the bestselling book and blockbuster �lm Reach for the Sky. Sarkar spent twenty years researching his life and this biography has been written in co-operation with his fellow wartime pilots. PUBLICATION: May 2013 PRICE: £25.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1276-8 BINDING: HB SIZE: 235 x 156 mm PAGES: 352 ILLUSTRATIONS: 90

Dilip Sarkar has published over thirty books on the Battle of Britain. These include the biography of the RAF’s top-scoring ace of the Second World War, Johnnie Johnson, and the Battle of Britain memoir of Brian Lane (as editor). In 2003 Dilip was made an MBE for services to aviation history, and elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society in 2006. He lives in Worcester.

PRAISE FOR DILIP SARKAR ‘If anyone ever needs to know anything about the RAF during the summer of 1940, don’t ask the Few, ask Dilip’ GEORGE ‘GRUMPY’ UNWIN, Battle of Britain �ghter ace

‘The Battle of Britain rethought’ THE TIMES


SECOND WORLD WAR

CHURCHILL’S MOST SECRET AIRFIELD RAF TEMPSFORD

BERNARD O’CONNOR Designed by illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, RAF Tempsford was constructed to give over�ying enemy aircraft the impression it was disused. Just after dusk on moonlit nights, planes from the 138 and 161 Squadrons would take o� on top-secret missions to the heart of the war-torn Continent. But despite the attention of Churchill and George VI, the air�eld’s secrets have long remained an untold chapter in the story of the war.

JUN 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0690-3 PB 198 x 124 MM 256 PP 20 ILLS

EVACUEES

GROWING UP IN WARTIME BRITAIN

GEOFFREY LEE WILLIAMS ‘This touching, vivid and often amusing memoir will have you look at your evacuee ancestors in a di�erent light’ FAMILY HISTORY MONTHLY In 1939, aged nine, Geo�rey Lee Williams and his twin Alan felt ready for war but not ready for its consequences. The government had planned the mass evacuation of children, and by 3 September, a few hours before war was o�cially declared, it’s estimated millions of women and children had been evacuated. Geo�rey and Alan were among them. JUN 2013 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1334-5 PB 198 x 124 MM 160 PP 11 ILLS

RADAR

BRITAIN’S SHIELD AND THE DEFEAT OF THE LUFTWAFFE

DAVID ZIMMERMAN The bravery and skill of the Battle of Britain pilots and the �ghting qualities of their aircraft would have been in vain if they had not been part of a highly complex and sophisticated air defence system based on radar. The development of the system in �ve years is a remarkable scienti�c and technological accomplishment of the twentieth century, but the creation of the radar defences has been largely overlooked through the years.

MAY 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0859-4 PB 198 x 124 MM 352 PP 30 ILLS

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ANCIENT HISTORY

WOMEN IN ANCIENT EGYPT BARBARA WATTERSON ‘Binge drinking and equal rights in Ancient Egypt’ THE DAILY MAIL Women in Ancient Egypt is a detailed and fascinating study of the often overlooked contributions made by women of all classes to the social, and sometimes political, history of ancient Egypt. Using evidence gleaned from written records, monuments, sculpture, tomb-paintings and the material found in tombs, including objects and human remains, Barbara Watterson has been able to build up an intriguing picture of the lives led by ancient Egyptian women. FEB 2013 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1020-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 176 PP 35 ILLS

WOMEN IN ANCIENT ROME PAUL CHRYSTAL The history of women in ancient Rome is fascinating and exhilarating. It gives a unique insight into one of the world’s most dynamic, successful super-power civilisations and, at the same time, illuminates any number of admirable, exciting, evil, slatternly and dangerous women �ghting to be heard and seen against insurmountable odds in a world run by men for men.

JUN 2013 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0870-9 HB 235 x 156 MM 240 PP 40 ILLS (20 COL)

ROMAN BRITAIN

A NEW HISTORY 55 BC–AD 450

PATRICIA SOUTHERN ‘A comprehensive and accessible history of Roman Britain’ BRITISH MUSEUM MAGAZINE For nearly four centuries, from AD 43–410, Britain was a small province on the north-western edge of the vast Roman Empire. Patricia Southern’s masterly new history tells the story from �rst contact, through invasion and conquest, coexistence to eventual decline. FEB 2013 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1190-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 464 PP 95 ILLS (57 COL)


TRANSPORT & INDUSTRIAL HISTORY

GREAT ATLANTIC LINERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN COLOUR WILLIAM H. MILLER & ANTON LOGVINENKO The Golden Age of ocean liner travel was from the early 1900s to 1950s; a period dominated by black-and-white photography, with few colour views. William H. Miller and Anton Logvinenko show o� colour views of the magni�cent ships, from the Mauretania and Lusitania to the German four-stackers, as well as Olympic and Titanic and the crack liners of the 1920s and 1930s, including Paris, Normandie and Queen Mary.

JAN 2013 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0373-5 PB 168 x 246 MM 128 PP 160 COL ILLS

TRANSATLANTIC BETRAYAL

THE RB211 & THE DEMISE OF ROLLS-ROYCE LTD

ANDREW PORTER The RB211 gas turbine engine was to be the biggest engineering project in Britain. It was developed for the Lockheed L1011 Tristar and entered service in 1972. Andrew Porter tells the story of the RB211, the history of its development, and the political and economic factors that saw the company nearly die.

FEB 2013 £17.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0649-1 PB 248 x 172 MM 160 PP 100 ILLS

UNION CASTLE LINERS

FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO THE SOUTHERN CAPE 1946–1977

WILLIAM H. MILLER It was one of the most important British liner routes of all – the express run from Southampton to the South African Cape. Carrying passengers as well as cargo, including the all-important mail, it was a byword in travel – ‘Thursdays at 4’. In 1977, with the mail contract and passengers lost to the jet and cargo to container ships, the service ceased in October that year and Union Castle was no more.

MAR 2013 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0956-0 PB 168 x 246 MM 128 PP 250 ILLS

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Transport & Industrial History

ON A SEA OF GLASS

THE LIFE & LOSS OF THE RMS TITANIC

TAD FITCH, J. KENT LAYTON & BILL WORMSTEDT On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brand-new, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest vessel in the world at the time, sank on her maiden voyage after ramming an iceberg. Of the 2,223 people on board only 705 were saved. The rest either drowned or froze to death in the icy-cold waters of the North Atlantic. The authors bring the tragedy to life, telling the story of the ship’s design, construction and her maiden voyage, using rarely seen accounts of the sinking from passengers of all classes and crew alike. They tell the dramatic stories of lives lost and people saved, of the rescue ship Carpathia and of the aftermath of the sinking.

PUBLICATION: May 2013 PRICE: £25.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1437-3 BINDING: HB SIZE: 248 x 172 mm PAGES: 456 ILLUSTRATIONS: 300 (50 colour)

Never again would a large passenger ship sail without lifeboats for all, nor a radio manned 24 hours per day. Despite the tragedy, the sinking of the Titanic indirectly led to many tens of thousands of lives being saved due to new regulations that came into force after the tragedy. Profusely illustrated with over 300 images (50 in colour), including many rare and unique views of the ship, this is as accurate a telling of the story of the White Star Line’s Titanic and her sinking as you will read anywhere. Titanic experts Tad Fitch, J. Kent Layton and Bill Wormstedt tell the story of the Titanic as it has never been told before. All three know the ship intimately, having studied her design and career for many years. They have amassed an archive of the ship that is second to none, and it is a visual feast for the Titanic bu� and general reader alike.


Transport & Industrial History

MINI MOKE JOHN CHRISTOPHER Developed for the British Army in response to a contract for a small, Jeep-like, air-portable vehicle, the Mini Moke was a failure at this role and found its success as a fun, sunshine toy, equally at home on the beach as in the mountains. Over 50,000 were made and many still survive. John Christopher tells the story of the Moke and the varieties from development to preservation.

APR 2013 £15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0919-5 PB 235 x 165 MM 96 PP 160 ILLS

TRADITIONAL FISHING BOATS OF EUROPE MIKE SMYLIE For hundreds of years the design of �shing boats has followed traditional methods. With �shing boats of Europe the designs vary, from Mediterranean shores to the north of Norway, taking into account the catch, climate and seas. Mike Smylie brings together the di�ering types of boat, with notes on design, construction and use. Profusely illustrated and the �rst to attempt coverage of all the vernacular craft of the European coastline.

MAR 2013 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0253-0 PB 248 x 172 MM 272 PP 380 ILLS (36 COL)

THE BRITISH HERRING INDUSTRY THE STEAM DRIFTER YEARS 1900–1960

CHRISTOPHER UNSWORTH At di�erent times of the year, herring were found in commercial numbers in the North Sea, Moray Firth, Minches, Firth of Clyde, Irish Sea and English Channel. Because the herring grounds were close to land, British �shermen were generally able to land their catches of herrings within hours of catching them. Christopher Unsworth tells the story of this once huge industry, and the advent and decline of the steam drifter.

FEB 2013 £15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1081-8 PB 235 x 156 MM 160 PP 70 ILLS

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ENGINEERING THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE DICK PARRY The medieval age was one of huge engineering projects, all built by hand with limited machinery, and including the great cathedrals of Europe, as well as bridges, walled cities and other wonders. Dick Parry follows up his books on Egyptian and Roman engineering with one on the early modern age, as well as one of huge projects as diverse as London Bridge and the church of St Sophia in Constantinople.

MAY 2013 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1445-8 PB 248 x 172 MM 160 PP 40 ILLS

THE EDWARDIAN SUPERLINERS A TRIO OF TRIOS

J. KENT LAYTON Three sets of ocean liners, each destined to be of three vessels, dominated the Atlantic in the Edwardian era. The race to build the biggest and the best began with Mauretania and Lusitania in 1906, followed by the White Star Line’s Olympic and Titanic in 1911–12. J. Kent Layton tells the story of the Edwardian superliners in this fabulously illustrated volume, showcasing many images previously unpublished and never before seen.

MAY 2013 £40.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1438-0 HB 248 x 172 MM 448 PP 700 ILLS (50 COL)

GERMAN LUXURY LINERS

FROM KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE TO AIDASTELLA

NILS SCHWERDTNER From the 1890s, the German shipping lines had begun to build the fastest and most luxurious liners. It started when Kaiser Wilhelm had visited Spithead and been transported on White Star Line’s Teutonic and had mentioned that Germany must have ships like this. Nils Schwerdtner explores the growth of the German passenger �eet, the important Hamburg Amerika and North German Lloyd lines, as well as the growth of modern-day cruising. JUN 2013 £40.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0474-9 HB 248 x 172 MM 336 PP 300 ILLS (30 COL)


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A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COLIN MAGGS • The most up-to-date history of the GWR and the only one aimed at the general reader •

Interest in the history of steam railways has never been more intense, note the phenomenal success of the BBC TV series Great Railway Journeys presented by Michael Portillo and the top-ten bestselling nostalgia railway guide Bradshaw’s Handbook

The initials ‘GWR’ conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick green locomotive hauling tea and cream-coloured coaches through a verdant West Country landscape. But the GWR was not just engines and trains. In this comprehensive history, Colin Maggs, one of the country’s foremost railway historians, tells of other, perhaps less well-known aspects of the company’s history. Illustrated with over 100 photographs and period posters, many in colour. Colin Maggs is one of the country’s foremost railway historians. His key specialism is the history of the GWR. He is the author of over 100 railway books, and in 1993 he received the MBE for services to railway history. He lives in Bath.

PUBLICATION: May 2013 PRICE: £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1277-5 BINDING: HB SIZE: 235 x 156 mm PAGES: 352 ILLUSTRATIONS: 100 (40 colour)


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