Amberley Catalogue July - December 2012 by Amberley Publishing

CATALOGUE JULY–DECEMBER 2012 LEADING THE WAY WITH LOCAL AND SPECIALIST HISTORY

tudor history

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IN BED WITH THE TUDORS THE SEX LIVES OF A DYNASTY FROM ELIZABETH OF YORK TO ELIZABETH I AMY LICENCE Learn what went on behind closed doors at the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Amy Licence guides the reader through the births of Elizabeth of York’s two sons, Arthur and Henry, Catherine of Aragon’s subsequent marriages to both these men, Henry VIII’s other �ve wives and his mistresses as well as the sex lives of his daughters. July 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0693-4 HB 235 x 156 MM 272 PP 30 ILLS

MARY TUDOR DAVID LOADES Mary Tudor was the �rst female English sovereign. Yet little is known about this complex woman, whose reputation for ruthlessness belied her emotional fragility and who, like her halfsister Elizabeth, had to survive from childhood in the turbulent Tudor court. David Loades explores the twisting path whereby Princess Mary endured disfavour, personal crisis and house arrest to emerge as Queen of England with huge popular support.

July 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0818-1 PB 198 x 124 MM 320 PP 59 ILLS (14 col)

THE BOLEYNS THE RISE & FALL OF A TUDOR FAMILY DAVID LOADES The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyns had long been an in�uential English family. Sir Edward Boleyn had been Lord Mayor of London. His grandson, Sir Thomas, had inherited wealth and position, and through the sexual adventures of his daughters, Mary and Anne, ascended to the peak of in�uence at court.

Aug 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0958-4 PB 198 x 124 MM 288 PP 33 ILLS (32 col)

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MARGARET OF YORK CHRISTINE WEIGHTMAN ‘The best life of the Tudor dynasty’s most dangerous enemy’ MICHAEL HICKS ‘A �ne and sympathetic biography... brings us impressively close to one of the most interesting – and important – women of the 15th century’ ANN WROE ‘A fascinating account of a remarkable woman’ THE BIRMINGHAM POST ‘Christine Weightman brings Margaret alive once more’ THE YORKSHIRE POST Aug 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0819-8 PB 198 x 124 MM 256 PP 47 ILLS

THOMAS CROMWELL HENRY VIII’S HENCHMAN PATRICK COBY Thomas Cromwell, chief architect of the English Reformation, served as principal minister of Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540, the most tumultuous period in Henry’s thirty-seven-year reign. Many of the momentous events of the 1530s are attributed to Cromwell’s agency; the Reformation, the dissolution of the monasteries and the fall of Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. This new biography shows the true face of a Machiavellian Tudor statesman without equal. Sep 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0775-7 HB 234 x 156 MM 256 PP 40 ILLS (10 col)

ENGLAND’S QUEENS THE BIOGRAPHY ELIZABETH NORTON Nearly eighty women have sat on the throne of England, either as queen regnant or consort. Their voices survive through their own writings and those of their contemporaries. The primary role of the queen over the ages was to provide an heir. For the �rst time, the voices of each individual queen can be heard together, charting the course of English queenship through two thousand years of history. Sep 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0904-1 PB 248 x 172 MM 432 PP 241 ILLS (184 col)

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CATHERINE HOWARD DAVID LOADES Henry’s �fth queen is best known to history as the stupid adolescent who got herself fatally entangled with lovers, and ended up on the block. She was a symptom of the power struggle which was going on in court in 1539–40 between Thomas Cromwell and his conservative rivals, among whom the Howard family �gured prominently. Politics and sexuality were inextricably mixed, especially when the king’s potency was called in question.

Oct 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0768-9 HB 234 x 156 MM 312 PP 40 ILLS (20 col)

HENRY VIII LACEY BALDWIN SMITH The Henry VIII of popular legend and historical �ction is a bacchanalian �gure of gargantuan proportions. Historical fact, however, is another matter. Henry was a deeply insecure man constantly in need of reassurance, a ritualist, a prude unsure of his prowess and easily embarrassed by sex. How the once cautious pedant and competent administrator turned into the neurotic and dangerous tyrant is the subject of Lacey Baldwin Smith’s biography.

Oct 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0777-1 HB 234 x 156 MM 352 PP 80 ILLS (40 col)

THE TUDORS RICHARD REX ‘Up-to-date, readable and reliable. The best introduction to England’s most important dynasty’ DAVID STARKEY ‘Magni�cent’ HISTORY TODAY ‘This is a model of popular history... a delight’ THES ‘Vivid, entertaining and carrying its learning lightly’ EAMON DUFFY

Oct 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0700-9 PB 198 x 124 MM 288 PP 140 ILLS (63 col)

LONDON history

THE LONDON OF SHERLOCK HOLMES JOHN CHRISTOPHER 221B Baker Street was the �ctional home of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘consulting detective’. He penned �fty-six short stories and four novels featuring the detective and his faithful assistant, Dr Watson, mostly set in and around London. Within the stories, over 250 London landmarks and streets are mentioned and John Christopher has brought together both archive and more recent images of the most famous of Holmes’s London haunts.

July 2012 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0354-4 PB 235 x 165 MM 96 PP 150 ILLS

PEPYS’S LONDON EVERYDAY LIFE IN LONDON 1650–1703 STEPHEN PORTER Samuel Pepys’s London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought the reopening of the theatres, with women appearing on the stage for the �rst time, and the period saw the development of English opera and the �rst public concerts. Pepys lived through a time of change in a city of contrasts. Sep 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0980-5 PB 198 x 124 MM 256 PP 146 ILLS

THE LOST CITY OF LONDON ROBERT WYNN JONES In 1666 London was devastated by the Great Fire, which gutted over 13,000 houses, over eighty parish churches and St Paul’s Cathedral. Robert Wynn Jones has set out to discover the original structures and streets that survived the Great Fire and can still be seen today. This book maps, describes and illustrates what remains of the City of the Black Death, Peasants’ Revolt, the Reformation, the Civil War, and the Great Plague.

Oct 2012 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0848-8 PB 234 x 156 MM 192 PP 92 ILLS (72 col)

LONDON HISTORY

THE TOWER OF LONDON STEPHEN PORTER

The Tower of London is an icon of England’s history. William the Conqueror built the White Tower after his invasion and conquest in 1066 to dominate London and it has become infamous as a place of torture, execution and murder. The deaths of royals attracted most attention: the murder of the Princes in the Tower, the beheading of two of Henry VIII’s wives, and his great-niece Lady Jane Grey. Control of the Tower was vital at times of crisis, during rebellions and civil wars. It has also been the country’s principal arsenal, it housed the royal mint, the national archives, the crown jewels and wealthy Londoners’ riches, and in the royal menagerie it contained one of the earliest zoos. Stephen Porter’s landmark new history traces the evolution of the Tower and its changing role, the many personalities who lived or were imprisoned there, and the ‘voices’ of contemporaries during the Tower’s long history, spanning almost 1,000 years.

PUBLICATION: Oct 2012 PRICE: £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0381-0 BINDING: HBK SIZE: 234 x 156 mm PAGES: 256 ILLUSTRATIONS: 100 (35 colour)

TYBURN THE STORY OF LONDON’S GALLOWS ROBERT BARD

During its 600-year history 50,000 souls were executed on the gallows at Tyburn somewhere near where Oxford Street meets Edgware Road. Many thousands of victims remain buried nearby in anonymous graves. Many of the condemned made their �nal journey from Newgate Prison three miles distant. The condemned travelled in a cart seated on his or her co�n, stopping frequently for refreshments. Sometimes the condemned survived their hanging. What was it like to be hanged? This book examines contemporary accounts. In addition to Tyburn, this book identi�es a number of London’s lesser-known places of execution such as PUBLICATION: Nov 2012 Shepherds Bush Green, Cricklewood, Hampstead Heath, and the PRICE: £16.99 City of London. ISBN: 978-1-4456-0646-0 BINDING: HBK SIZE: 234 x 156 mm PAGES: 192 ILLUSTRATIONS: 60

GENERAL BIOGRAPHY

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PETER REX The story of Saint Edward the Confessor masterfully told by critically acclaimed historian Peter Rex. Born when England was besieged by blood-thirsty Vikings, the future King of England was forced into exile in Normandy to escape Danish invasion. Often portrayed as a holy simpleton, Edward was in fact a wily and devious king. In 1161 he was canonised as Saint Edward the Confessor and patron saint of the Royal Family.

Oct 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0476-3 PB 198 x 124 MM 288 PP 30 COL ILLS

THE WELSH THE BIOGRAPHY TERRY BREVERTON The Welsh: The Biography tells the story of the survival of the oldest nation and language in Europe. The four original major Celtic tribes are still re�ected in the location of Britain’s four oldest cathedrals. See how after one and a half millennia of constant invasions and eventual conquest, the Welsh retained their sense of nationality. The Welsh character is splendidly described in this unique history of the Welsh as a people.

Nov 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0808-2 PB 234 x 156 MM 368 PP 58 COL ILLS

JANE AUSTEN HELEN AMY Jane Austen, a parson’s daughter who grew up in rural Hampshire in the eighteenth century, became a famous and much loved English novelist. Drawing on a little-known family diary, memoirs and letters this book tells the story of Jane’s life largely in her own words and those of the people who knew her. It traces her development as a novelist and the growth of her reputation and fame following her untimely death at forty-one.

Dec 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0586-9 HB 234 x 156 MM 224 PP 100 ILLS (32 col)

GENERAL history

THE 100 BEST BRITISH GHOST STORIES GILLIAN BENNETT Britain is full of ghostly stories – from the wraith of John Donne’s wife to the Cock Lane poltergeist. Gillian Bennett has collected together the 100 best tales told to frighten and enthral over the last four centuries. Famous hauntings and familiar legends are combined with unusual and long-lost accounts of apparitions, boggarts, black dogs and ‘unhappy houses’ in this lively new collection.

Aug 2012 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0694-1 PB 235 x 156 MM 192 PP 31 ILLS

THE LOST BEERS & BREWERIES OF BRITAIN BRIAN GLOVER Many beers have now gone, but they are not forgotten. They may have been swept away by a tide of takeovers and closures, rich heritage casually spilt on the boardroom �oor, but their powerful presence still lingers in the air. Brian Glover provides a nostalgic look at the breweries which have vanished, packed with colourful illustrations showing the �ne art of selling beer. It’s a rare chance to drink in the past.

Aug 2012 £15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0261-5 PB 235 x 156 MM 160 PP 220 ILLS (101 col)

THE THREE MEN IN A BOAT COMPANION THE THAMES OF JEROME K. JEROME STEPHEN LAMBE First published in 1889 and never out of print, Jerome K. Jerome’s classic of humorous literature continues to delight new generations of readers. Stephen Lambe dissects Jerome’s masterpiece, placing it in context as a brilliantly sustained piece of observational comedy. But he also examines the river itself, and by using both modern and period photographs presented in full colour, examines how the Thames has developed over the last 120 years. Sep 2012 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0778-8 PB 235 x 165 MM 96 PP 120 COL ILLS

GENERAL HISTORY

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM DAVID COLLINS The only mention of the Star of Bethlehem in the New Testament is in the Gospel of Matthew. This reference has remained a great astronomical mystery, which has intrigued theologians, historians and astronomers throughout the ages. There has never been a satisfactory solution to this 2,000-year-old problem. David Collins goes in search of the truth, examining the historical and astronomical evidence.

Oct 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0675-0 PB 235 x 156 MM 192 PP 50 ILLS

ARMAGEDDON THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO BRITAIN’S COLD WAR BOB CLARKE From 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. There are many remains today from ‘secret’ nuclear bunkers to missile sites, research establishments and spy sites such as GCHQ. Bob Clarke tells the story of the myriad Cold War remains, explaining the need for our defences and the consequences of nuclear war.

Oct 2012 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0915-7 PB 248 x 172 MM 128 PP 150 ILLS

BRITAIN’S FORGOTTEN FILM FACTORY THE STORY OF ISLEWORTH STUDIOS ED HARRIS The story of Isleworth Studios is essentially that of the British �lm industry from 1914 to 1952. It begins with the �rst British Sherlock Holmes screen adaptation and ends with its Oscarwinning swansong, The African Queen. One of the most technically advanced studios in the country and home to some of the best and worst examples of British cinema, its story is told here for the very �rst time.

Nov 2012 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0489-3 PB 235 x 156 MM 256 PP 60 ILLS

GENERAL HISTORY

ROBIN HOOD JIM BRADBURY Robin Hood – the legendary outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor. From the medieval era to present day, we have sung about him, listened to tales, watched him and his Merry Men in plays, on TV and on the silver screen. Jim Bradbury goes in search of the truth, looking at the historical sources, the real-life candidates, his appearances in popular culture, and his continuing popularity.

Nov 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0860-0 PB 198 x 124 MM 240 PP 29 ILLS

THE KINGS & QUEENS OF WALES TIMOTHY VENNING The Welsh kings and queens who ruled prior to the Norman Conquest of Wales are shrouded in mystery. This book sets out to identify what we know about these rulers, to disentangle their history, and assess their achievements. Venning explores the shadowy early rulers before discussing the kings and queens of each area of what we now know as Wales as well as the shortlived Welsh states in the rest of Britain.

Dec 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0905-8 PB 235 x 156 MM 256 PP 20 ILLS

GREYFRIARS BOBBY JAN BONDESON ‘Many people in Edinburgh knew there was something �shy about the Greyfriars Bobby story, but they knew a good thing when they saw one’ WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘Greyfriars Bobby, the Victorian dog that held a 14-year vigil at the grave of its master, is actually a myth... a publicity stunt drummed up by local businessmen to attract custom to their corner of Edinburgh’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Dec 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0762-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 115 ILLS

social history

THE REAL LIFE WOMEN OF ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ HOW WIVES & DAUGHTERS REALLY LIVED IN COUNTRY HOUSE SOCIETY OVER A CENTURY AGO PAMELA HORN In the world of late-Victorian and Edwardian country house society the mistress and her daughters had many social duties and responsibilities to carry out, both in their home community and London, where they spent the Season and where the girls o�cially entered Society by being presented at Court. Pamela Horn examines the lives of these real ‘Downton Abbey’ ladies from their childhood and marriage to their role as a ‘Lady Bountiful’. Sep 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0832-7 HB 234 x 156 MM 240 PP 80 ILLS

LIFE BELOW STAIRS THE REAL LIFE OF SERVANTS, THE EDWARDIAN ERA TO 1939 PAMELA HORN ‘All human life, above and below stairs, is here’ THE TIMES ‘Pamela Horn marshalls hundreds of �rst-person accounts by both servants and employers... an excellent book’ THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘Splendid... a thoroughly researched and readable volume’ THE TELEGRAPH

Sep 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1008-5 PB 198 x 124 MM B-format 288 PP 40 ILLS

LIFE IN AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COUNTRY HOUSE PETER & CAROLYN HAMMOND Grove House and its extensive estate in Chiswick were owned in the eighteenth century by Humphrey Morice, a not very successful politician and an animal lover. The story of the house has been reconstructed by Carolyn and Peter Hammond who have studied the country home for almost a decade. Here is real life in the country house during the period of English history immortalized by the �ction of Jane Austen.

Oct 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0865-5 PB 235 x 165 MM 168 PP 15 COL ILLS

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ESSEX GIRLS KAREN BOWMAN Queen, temptress, martyr, witch: the Essex Girl has left her mark on history. For centuries, society allocated women a role of service and obedience; an invisible woman, circumscribed by home and family, was a righteous woman. The Essex Girl, however, was a rebel. She has been the most powerful of landowners, the most loyal of wives, the most devout and the most debauched of nuns. This book tells her story.

Oct 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0692-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 59 ILLS

WHORES, HARLOTS & WANTON WOMEN THE STORY OF ILLICIT SEX PETRINA BROWN This book traces the story of illicit and taboo sex with letters, poems and diary extracts from those in the grip of passion or those disgusted by the exploits of others. The journey from antiquity to modern day is insightful, fascinating and sometimes shocking. Attitudes and peculiarities in society are explored to reveal a colourful and highly entertaining picture of life on the edge of society.

Nov 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0896-9 PB 198 x 124 MM 160 PP 40 ILLS

DEBUNKING WOMEN’S HISTORY ED RAYNER & RON STAPLEY History is not something that counts to men’s credit alone, though they have often claimed it as their exclusive achievement. This book deals with the part that women have played in history, acknowledging their role, although at the time they may have received little acknowledgment. It serves to stress this contribution, sometimes merely to remind the reader of it and to restate it, but sometimes to re-evaluate its true importance.

Dec 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0862-4 PB 198 x 124 MM 384 PP

social history/first world war

LEISURE IN POST-WAR BRITAIN STUART HYLTON A nation’s choice of leisure activities can tell you much about its national character, and Britain has seen a revolution in leisure since the war. Leisure in Post-War Britain takes a wry but nostalgic look at a range of ways in which the nation has �lled its leisure time since the war, from the innocence of the childhood comic, through do-it-yourself, to the more dangerous world of adult entertainment.

Dec 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0343-8 PB 235 x 165 MM 160 PP 20 ILLS

I SURVIVED THE SOMME CHARLES MEERES Charles Meeres served on the Western Front from 1915–18. He kept a secret diary and painted many watercolours of life at the front, so that his diary gives a unique insight into the campaign in France over four years. He describes how he fought alongside the men of Kitchener’s army at the Battle of the Somme and what daily life in the trenches was like.

Nov 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0618-7 HB 234 x 156 MM 176 PP 60 ILLS (35 col)

THE BEST 500 COCKNEY WAR STORIES Shortly after the end of the First World War, the most popular London newspaper of the time, The Evening News, asked readers to send in their stories. This facsimile edition, complete with the original cartoons provided by famous wartime artist Bert Thomas, is a �tting tribute to the men who risked everything for king and country and whose voices and personalities shine out from the pages of this book.

Nov 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0866-2 PB 198 x 124 MM 224 PP 70 ILLS

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AGENT ROSE THE TRUE SPY STORY OF EILEEN NEARNE, BRITAIN’S FORGOTTEN WARTIME HEROINE BERNARD O’CONNOR In September 2010 the body of Eileen Nearne was found in a �at in Torquay. A police search of her belongings found wartime French currency, and wartime medals. Further investigation revealed that she was one of forty women sent into France by the SOE, the Special Operations Executive, Churchill’s top-secret wartime ‘spook’ organisation. Her story and her poignant death as a recluse became an international media sensation. Being �uent in French, Eileen was identi�ed early in the war as a potential agent. After spending time as a wireless operator, she was chosen to be parachuted into occupied France and was assigned the codename ‘ROSE’. After working in Paris for several months, she was captured, interrogated and tortured. She kept to her story that she was an unwitting French girl and miraculously escaped from a concentration camp in early 1945.

PUBLICATION: Aug 2012 PRICE: £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0838-9 BINDING: HBK SIZE: 234 x 156 mm PAGES: 256 ILLUSTRATIONS: 50

DOUBLE CROSS AGENT TATE TOMMY JONASON & SIMON OLSSON ‘Before ZIGZAG there was TATE, the double agent who helped start MI5’s wartime deception campaign. A compelling story of loyalty, deceit and intrigue’ NIGEL WEST Harry Williamson, the longest-serving double agent in the Double Cross system during the Second World War, operated from September 1940 to the end of the war after initially being parachuted into England by the Nazi secret service. After being caught and taken to Camp 020 for interrogation by the team led by Colonel ‘Tin-Eye’ Stephens, he eventually agreed to work as a double agent with the cover name TATE and went on to send more than a thousand messages during the war for the Double Cross organisation. Harry took part in the famous D-Day deception, provided the Nazis with misinformation about the damage caused by V1 and V2 rockets and misled the German Navy with faulty intelligence over U-boat mine�elds.

PUBLICATION: Aug 2012 PRICE: £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0864-8 BINDING: PBK SIZE: 198 x 124 mm PAGES: 272 ILLUSTRATIONS: 56

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D-DAY BEACHES AN ILLUSTRATED COMPANION DAVID & CAROL EVANS The stretch of beach along the Calvados coast is world famous for its part played in turning around the Second World War on 6 June 1944, when British, Canadian and American troops broke through Nazi defences. Museums and memorials throughout the region stand as forceful reminders of this decisive period during the Second World War.

Aug 2012 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-84868-767-7 PB 235 x 165 MM 160 PP 180 ILLS

WINSTON CHURCHILL’S TOYSHOP STUART MACRAE The inside story of one of the most famous of all ‘back rooms’ of the Second World War. Conceived by Churchill to circumvent the delays, frustrations and ine�ciencies of service ministries, Department MD1 earned from its detractors the soubriquet ‘Winston Churchill’s Toyshop’. From underground workshops came an astonishing array of secret weapons ranging from the ‘sticky bomb’ and ‘limpet mine’ to giant bridge-carrying assault tanks, as well as PIAT, a tank-destroying, hand-held mortar.

Sep 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0842-6 PB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 40 ILLS

THE FEW DILIP SARKAR ‘Compelling reading’ LADY BADER ‘A captivating and frequently moving account’ BBC WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAGAZINE ‘Dilip knows more about me and the pilots with whom I �ew during the Battle of Britain than we do! If anyone ever needs to know anything about the RAF during the summer of 1940, don’t ask the Few, ask him!’ GEORGE UNWIN, Battle of Britain �ghter ace ‘A well-researched, detailed chronicle of the Battle of Britain’ HUGH SEBAG MONTEFIORE Sep 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0701-6 PB 198 x 124 MM 320 PP 129 ILLS

SEcond world war

LAND GIRLS WOMEN’S VOICES FROM THE WARTIME FARM JOAN MANT The Women’s Land Army was founded in 1917, but it was during the Second World War that it attracted the kind of attention which assured its place in the annals of the British war e�ort. The Services’ demands on manpower created a gap which the alternative labour of female workers had to �ll. Joan Mant’s history draws upon the reminiscences of over 300 ‘land girls’ to tell the story of life on the wartime farm.

Sep 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1048-1 HB 234 x 156 MM 208 PP 52 ILLS (8 col)

THE SINKING OF HMS ROYAL OAK DILIP SARKAR HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, infamously torpedoed at anchor by German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she became the �rst of the �ve Royal Navy battleships and battle cruisers sunk in the Second World War. Of Royal Oak’s complement of 1,234 men and boys, 833 were killed that night or died later of their wounds.

Sep 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0743-6 PB 198 x 124 MM 160 PP 103 ILLS

HITLER’S ENGLISH GIRLFRIEND THE STORY OF UNITY MITFORD DAVID REHAK A free-spirited rebel from the start, Unity will do and say just about anything to get herself in trouble. In Adolf Hitler, she �nds her idol of nonconformity. But soon her mind is also brainwashed by his racist ideology. Basing his account on the known facts, David Rehak tells the shocking story of an English girl who turned into Hitler’s most beloved groupie and most unlikely intimate friend.

Sep 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0845-7 PB 198 x 124 MM 160 PP 36 ILLS

second world war

THE AMERICAN BOMBER BOYS MARTIN BOWMAN

PUBLICATION: Sep 2012 PRICE: £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0858-7 BINDING: PBK SIZE: 198 x 124 mm PAGES: 352

Asked why he was in Britain, a US serviceman, �ghting the war in the skies over Germany with the US 8th Air Force, quipped, ‘We’re here to win the war for you.’ The men of the US 8th Air Force dropped more bombs on Germany and Italy than any other air force, with most of their raids being in daylight. Martin Bowman has spent much of the past two decades recording the memories of hundreds of American airmen who came to Britain to �ght the Germans and Italians. He has managed to compile a fascinating oral history of the war through the words of the men who �ew daily from bases in East Anglia to the heart of Germany, men who risked their lives in the search for freedom for occupied Europe. The American Bomber Boys gives a unique insight into both combat missions and life back at base.

CHURCHILL’S ANGELS HOW BRITAIN’S WOMEN SECRET AGENTS CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR BERNARD O’CONNOR

PUBLICATION: Nov 2012 PRICE: £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0828-0 BINDING: HBK SIZE: 234 x 156 mm PAGES: 288 ILLUSTRATIONS: 30

Over seventy female agents were sent out by Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. These women – as well as others from clandestine Allied organisations – were �own out and parachuted or landed into occupied Europe on vital and highly dangerous missions. Their job was to work with resistance movements both before and after D-Day. Bernard O’Connor relates the experiences of these agents by drawing on a range of sources, including many of the women’s accounts of their wartime service. There are stories of rigorous training, thrilling undercover operations evading capture by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France, tragic betrayals and extraordinary courage.

second world war

DOODLEBUGS, GAS MASKS & GUM CHRISTINA REX ‘A rich compilation of children’s lives during the Second World War’ JULIET GARDINER Throughout six years of con�ict, beginning 3 September 1939, military manoeuvres, bombs and exhortations to greater dedication to the War E�ort became the normality for children. For the young, this was a time of great excitement. From Dunkirk to D-Day, through Doodlebugs to Victory, there was hardly a dull moment and remarkably little fear for children as they learned, collected and played under these bizarre circumstances. Dec 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0702-3 PB 198 x 124 MM 192 PP 80 ILLS

DESERT RATS JOHN SADLER From 1940–43 Britain was engaged in a life and death struggle with Axis powers in North Africa, a swaying con�ict that surged back and forth across the barren wastes of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. This desert war encompassed many battles of the Second World War. Those British servicemen who were to form the legendary ‘Desert Rats’ were, for the most part, not professional soldiers; they were drawn from all walks of civilian life.

Dec 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-84868-337-2 HB 235 x 165 MM 320 PP 80 ILLS

TWO YEARS IN A GULAG FRANK PLESZAK At the onset of the Second World War, Frank Pleszak’s father, aged nineteen, was deported from eastern Poland to the harsh Gulags of north-eastern Siberia. Like so many of his contemporaries, he spoke very little about it. After his father’s death Frank became intrigued and started researching his early life. As he discovered more and more, Frank became amazed and shocked at the ordeals his father had been through.

Dec 2012 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0177-9 PB 235 x 156 MM 288 PP 60 ILLS

roman history

ROMAN BRITAIN THROUGH ITS OBJECTS IAIN FERRIS The ‘small �nds’ discovered on archaeological sites help us weave a narrative about aspects of life in Roman Britain. They hold the essence of the past. Iain Ferris explores how these items were used and the ideas sometimes encapsulated within them. He uses them to write an alternative history of Roman Britain in the form of a series of narrative snapshots of life in the province.

Sep 2012 £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0130-4 HB 234 x 156 MM 224 PP 90 ILLS

MARK ANTONY PATRICIA SOUTHERN History has not been kind to Mark Antony, but then he was probably his own worst enemy, fatally �awed, too fond of wine and women, extravagant, impetuous, reckless, always in debt, and attached to all the wrong people. There is some truth in this list of Antony’s failings, but the propaganda machine of his enemy, Octavian, ensured that these facets of Antony’s character were the only ones to survive.

Oct 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0863-1 PB 198 x 124 MM 288 PP 52 ILLS

ROMAN BUILDING TECHNIQUES TONY ROOK Building and architecture �ourished throughout the Roman Empire. The Romans discovered new techniques to solve problems but also to impress the world. They built aqueducts to bring water into their cities and towns, grand baths for cleansing and socialising, and elaborate villas for the cream of their society. Scientist and archaeologist Tony Rook looks at Roman innovations, practices and materials, from tiles, to domes, to roads and aqueducts.

Nov 2012 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0149-6 PB 248 x 172 MM 176 PP 116 ILLS

archaeology

LIFE IN COPPER AGE BRITAIN JULIAN HEATH The period c. 2500–2150 BC is now recognised as representing Britain’s own Copper Age, which has long been an established feature of prehistoric archaeology on the Continent. The 400 or so years that Britain’s Copper Age covers undoubtedly represent one of the most exciting periods of British prehistory. However, Life in Copper Age Britain is the �rst book to deal speci�cally with this period.

July 2012 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-84868-790-5 PB 248 x 172 MM 176 PP 94 ILLS (24 col)

THE STORY OF STONEHENGE PATRICIA SOUTHERN Stonehenge is the best known but least understood prehistoric monument in British Isles. Other stone circles are impressive and atmospheric, but none approach the sophistication of Stonehenge. The stones visible today represent the �nal phase of a monument that was begun 5,000 years ago, and altered several times during the next �fteen centuries. Patricia Southern’s new history considers the con�icting theories around how it was built with such precision and why.

July 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0563-0 HB 235 x 156 MM 160 PP 71 ILLS (52 col)

DRESSING THE DEAD IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY EDITED BY MAUREEN CARROLL & JOHN PETER WILD Naked we come into the world, but we are extraordinarily unlucky if naked we leave it. It is a human reaction to cover the dead with textiles. This volume presents the results of new and groundbreaking research in the UK and abroad on clothing and textiles in the context of death and burial in Classical Antiquity, from the �fth century BC to the �fth century AD.

Aug 2012 £25.00 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0300-1 PB 248 x 172 MM 176 PP 80 ILLS (30 col)

archaeology/TRUE CRIMe

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE DYKES MARK BELL Enigmatic and mysterious are two words most often applied to earthworks known as the dykes, built sometime after the end of the Roman period in Britain. They are the only substantial monuments built during the Dark Ages and the largest of the dykes are comparable to Hadrian’s Wall or the canals of the eighteenth century in scale. This is the �rst book on the archaeology of the dykes as a whole.

Dec 2012 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0133-5 PB 248 x 172 MM 160 PP 60 ILLS

THE MAN WHO HUNTED JACK THE RIPPER NICHOLAS CONNELL & STEWART P. EVANS ‘One of the must-have Ripper books’ RIPPEROLOGIST In 1888 the unknown brought death and terror to the streets of Victorian London’s East End. The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper is the story of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, who was head of the Whitechapel detective force and led his men in relentless pursuit of Jack the Ripper between 1888 to 1891.

Aug 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0827-3 PB 198 x 124 MM 208 PP 32 ILLS

JACK THE RIPPER THE THEORIES & THE FACTS OF THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS COLIN KENDELL The murders in London between 1888 and 1891 attributed to Jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal cases. Kendell reassesses the evidence and challenges everything we thought we knew about the Victorian serial killer. Distilling the truth from the infamous unsolved mystery, the author �nally unmasks Jack the Ripper. Dec 2012 £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0844-0 PB 198 x 124 MM 208 PP 32 ILLS

transport history

ALONG THE HUDSON LUXURY LINER ROW IN THE 50S AND 60S WILLIAM H. MILLER On both sides of the Hudson River, along the Manhattan and Hoboken waterfronts, for the best part of a century, millions of people teemed out of ocean liners, bound for a new life in North America. William H. Miller tells the story of the ships on Luxury Liner Row, with many photographs illustrating the glamour, the luxury and the sheer buzz of New York’s waterfront in the 1950s and 60s.

July 2012 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0555-5 PB 170 x 248 MM 128 PP 206 ILLS

RMS OLYMPIC BRIAN HAWLEY On 20 October 1910, RMS Olympic was launched at Belfast. She was the �rst of a trio of steamships constructed for the White Star Line and, when built, was the largest ship in the world. Although she has frequently been overshadowed by the tragedy of her younger sister Titanic, Olympic had a long and illustrious career. Brian Hawley brings together many previously unpublished images of White Star’s �nest vessel.

July 2012 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0093-2 PB 170 x 248 MM 128 PP 131 ILLS

BELL’S COMET HOW A PADDLE STEAMER CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY P. J. G. RANSOM The passenger steamer burst upon the early nineteenth century with all the suddenness and immediate widespread popularity of electronic communications in our own time. Leading the way was Henry Bell of Helensburgh. He started carrying passengers down the Clyde in his little steamer Comet in 1812; he established the �rst viable steamer service in the Old World. Steamers were the �rst mechanised passenger transport. Aug 2012 £16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0349-0 PB 248 x 172 MM 192 PP

transport history

ORIANA & AURORA SHARON POOLE & ANDREW SASSOLI WALKER In 1995 P&O introduced the 70,000 grt Oriana into service; she ushered in a new period in British cruising history. Popular from her �rst days of service, she became the epitome of P&O style, o�ering luxurious accommodation and public rooms. Five years later, her half-sister, Aurora, externally similar but internally much di�erent, was introduced. Together, the two ships took P&O into the twenty-�rst century with a modern �eet of luxury liners.

Sep 2012 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0442-8 PB 170 x 248 MM 128 PP 200 ILLS

PIPER CHEROKEE A FAMILY HISTORY RON SMITH The Cherokee has been in continuous production since 1960. A variety of models are made, with engines of di�ering speci�cations, to give range and fuel economy variations within the class of aircraft. This book describes the heritage and development of the Piper Cherokee family; its safety and ownership characteristics; internal and external details; and a range of special variants from STOL modi�cations and new engines to seaplanes and tailwheel conversions. Sep 2012 £14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0850-1 PB 235 x 165 MM 96 PP 180 ILLS

THE GREAT WESTERN HOW IT GREW KEN GIBBS The Great Western Railway was founded in 1833 and would connect London to the West. Ken Gibbs traces the GWR’s history from the very beginning, describing the canals, tramroads and plateways, and the existing and new railway companies that existed in the approximate area eventually covered by the Great Western Railway, and their fate as the railway developed.

Oct 2012 £18.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0450-3 PB 248 x 172 MM 160 PP 50 ILLS

transport history

SS UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. MILLER Built in 1952 for the United States Lines, the SS United States was unlike any other ocean liner. She had been designed from the outset to serve as both a transatlantic ferry and as a troop and hospital ship in times of war. William H. Miller tells the story of the SS United States from her construction at Newport News to the present day. Today she lies derelict in Philadelphia.

Nov 2012 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1079-5 PB 170 x 248 MM 128 PP 170 ILLS

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AN ENGINEERING HISTORY KEN GIBBS Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephensons or with Richard Trevithick’s locomotive of 1804, but the story begins much earlier, with the development of steam engines for pumping out deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served his apprenticeship in the Swindon Works of British Railways, takes a more practical approach to railway history, using its engineering developments to tell the story of the railways.

Dec 2012 £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0918-8 PB 248 x 172 MM 192 PP 100 ILLS

RICH MEN POOR MEN THE RYERSONS ON THE TITANIC PHYLLIS RYERSE When Titanic sailed on her maiden voyage, she carried two cousins. One, one of the richest men aboard, and the other a steward in Second Class. Both Ryersons never met and never knew the other was aboard. Steward William Ryerson made it into lifeboat 9, while Arthur Ryerson placed his family into lifeboat 4. Phyllis Ryerse tells the story of the Ryersons aboard Titanic, and illustrates with many unseen images.

Dec 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-1013-9 PB 235 x 156 MM 128 PP 100 ILLS

Sport

NEWCASTLE UNITED DENIS CASSIDY A lifelong fan of Newcastle United, businessman Denis Cassidy spent the late 1990s observing the workings of his beloved club from a perspective few can dream of – inside the boardroom. In this no-holds-barred exposé, Denis’ knowledge and love of football is matched by his insatiable desire to understand why the game has changed so much since 1943, when he �rst saw his boyhood heroes in action.

July 2012 £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0903-4 PB 198 x 124 MM 160 PP

BRIGHT RED THE LIVERPOOL – MANCHESTER UNITED MATCHES MARK METCALF, TONY BUGBY, LESLIE MILLMAN You would be mistaken in thinking the rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United was only something that has existed in recent times. Obviously there was considerable hype as United equalled and then overtook Liverpool’s previous record of eighteen League titles, something the Merseyside club and its fans had cherished. Liverpool fans in turn counter by continually taunting United over the �ve European Cups they have won to United’s three. Sep 2012 £15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0623-1 PB 248 x 172 MM 224 PP 52 ILLS

THANK YOU, HERMANN GOERING THE LIFE OF A SPORTS JOURNALIST BRIAN SCOVELL ‘A terri�c book ... a digest of half a century of sport’ DAILY MAIL Brian Scovell probably reported on more Test matches and more international football matches than any other English sports writer. This fascinating and amusing memoir is �lled with hundreds of anecdotes and insights into top sports personalities and public �gures.

Dec 2012 £12.99 ISBN: 978-1-4456-0895-2 PB 198 x 124 MM 320 PP 100 ILLS

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