Pen & Sword

A Dark History of Tea

Seren Charrington Hollins

$24.95 • Paperback 184 pages • 6.1x9.1 • 32 black and white illustrations • May 2022 HIS054000 • 978-1-52-676681-6

A Dark History of Tea explores our long relationship with this most revered of hot beverages. This humble herbal infusion has been used in burial rituals and as a dowry payment for aristocrats. It has fueled wars, spelled fortunes and built empires, gradually forming an integral part of the cultural fabric of British life. This book delves into the distasteful history of a drink that is now considered to be quintessentially British. It tells a story of cruelty, slavery and illicit opium smuggling, all practices that enabled tea to flow into the cups of British society. Scattered throughout this fascinating history are interesting facts about tea etiquette and tradition. Discover the link between tea and seduction and read about the illicit liaisons that occurred as a result of teatime meetings. This is an enjoyable rollercoaster of dark discoveries that will cast away any thoughts of tea as something that merely accompanies breaks, sit downs and biscuits.

The Weird and Wonderful Story of Gin

From the 17th Century to the Present Day Angela Youngman

$34.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.1 20 black and white illustrations May 2022 • CKB088000 978-1-39-900276-9

Gin is a global alcoholic drink that has polarized opinion like no other, and its history has been a roller coaster, alternating between being immensely popular and utterly unfashionable. The Weird and Wonderful Story of Gin explores the exciting, interesting and downright curious aspects of the drink, with crime, murder, poisons, fires, dramatic accidents, artists, legends and disasters all playing a part. These dark themes are also frequently used to promote brands and drinks. Did you know that the Filipinos are the world’s biggest gin drinkers? And even that Jack the Ripper, Al Capone and the Krays all have their place in the history of gin? Not to mention Sir Winston Churchill, Noel Coward, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and James Bond!

A Dark History of Sugar

Neil Buttery

$39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6.1x9.1 • 50 black and white illustrations • May 2022 • CKB041000 978-1-52-678365-3

Renowned food historian Neil Buttery takes a look at some of the lesser-known elements of the history of sugar, delving into the murky and mysterious aspects of its phenomenal rise from the first cultivation of the sugar cane plant in Papua New Guinea in 8,000 BCE to becoming an integral part of the cultural fabric of life in Britain and the rest of the West – at whatever cost. The dark history of sugar is one of exploitation: of slaves and workers, of the environment and of the consumer. Wars have been fought over it and it is responsible for what is potentially to be the planet’s greatest health crisis. And yet we cannot get enough of it, for sugar and sweetness has cast its spell over us all; it is comfort and we reminisce fondly about the sweets, cakes, puddings and fizzy drinks of our childhoods with dewy-eyed nostalgia. To be sweet means to be good, to be innocent; in this book Neil Buttery argues that sugar is nothing of the sort. Indeed, it is guilty of some of the worst crimes against humanity and the planet.

The Origins of Wizards, Witches and Fairies

Simon Webb

$34.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 black and white illustrations March 2022 • SOC022000 978-1-39-900007-9

This book tells the fascinating story of the origin of our ideas about wizards, witches and fairies. We all have a clear mental image of the pointed hats worn by such individuals, which are based upon actual headgear dating back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age. Carefully sifting through old legends, archaeological evidence and modern research in genetics, Simon Webb shows us how our notions about fairies and elves, together with human workers of magic, have evolved over the centuries. This exploration of folklore, backed by the latest scientific findings, will present readers with the image of a lost world; the one used as the archetype for fantasy adventures from The Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones. In the process, the real nature of wizards will be revealed and their connection with the earliest European cultures thoroughly documented. After reading this book, nobody will ever be able to view Gandalf the wizard in the same light and even old fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast will take on a richer and deeper meaning. In short, our perception of wizards, witches and fairies will be altered forever.

Remembering the Holocaust and the Impact on Societies Today

Simon Bell

$34.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.1 40 black and white illustrations • January 2022 HIS043000 • 978-1-39-901209-6

The Holocaust is the most researched and written about genocide in history. Yet Holocaust memory is often formed and dictated by governments and others with an agenda to fulfill, or by deniers who seek to rewrite the past due to vested interests and avowed prejudices. Legislation can be used to prosecute hate crime and genocide denial, but it has also been created to protect the reputation of nation states and the inhabitants of countries previously occupied and oppressed by the regime of Nazi Germany. The crimes of the Holocaust are, of course, rightly seen mainly as the work of the Nazi regime, but there is a reality that some citizens of subjugated lands participated in, colluded and collaborated with those crimes, and on occasion committed crimes and atrocities against Jews independently of the Nazis. Survivors of the Holocaust often express a primary desire that lessons of the past must be learned in order to reduce the risk of similar crimes reoccurring. Yet anti-Semitism is still a toxin in the modern world, and racism and hostility to other communities – including those who suffer in or have fled war and oppression – can at times appear normalized and socially acceptable. This book seeks to explore aspects of the Holocaust as it is remembered and reflect ultimately on parallels with the world we live in today.

The Violinist of Auschwitz

Jean-Jacques Felstein

$32.95 • Hardback • 208 pages • 6.1x9.1 32 black & white illustrations • December 2021 BIO006000 • 978-1-39-900281-3

Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the 'opportunity' to join the women's orchestra. But Elsa kept her story a secret, even from her own family. Indeed, her son would only discover what had happened to his mother many years later, after gradually unearthing her unbelievable story following her premature death, without ever having revealed her secret to anyone. Jean-Jacques Felstein was determined to reconstruct Elsa's life in Birkenau, and would go in search of other orchestra survivors in Germany, Belgium, Poland, Israel, and the United States. The recollections of Hélène, first violin, Violette, third violin, Anita, a cellist, and other musicians, allowed him to rediscover his 20-year-old mother, lost in the heart of hell. The story unfolds in two intersecting stages: one, contemporary, is that of the investigation, the other is that of Auschwitz and its unimaginable daily life, as told by the musicians. They describe the recitals on which their very survival depended, the incessant rehearsals, the departure in the mornings for the forced labourers to the rhythm of the instruments, the Sunday concerts, and how Mengele pointed out the pieces in the repertoire he wished to listen to in between 'selections'. In this remarkable book, Jean-Jacques Felstein follows in his mother's footsteps and by telling her story, attempts to free her, and himself, from the pain that had been hidden in their family for so long.

Female Innovators Who Changed Our World

How Women Shaped STEM Emma Green

$19.95 • Paperback • 176 pages • 6.1x9.1 16 black and white illustrations • April 2022 HIS058000 • 978-1-52-678969-3

We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They used their knowledge to change the world, and their stories are fascinating. This book offers a concise introduction of the lives of 46 women, taking you into the cultural and social context of the world they lived in. Through their intelligence, courage, and resilience, they used STEM to defy expectations and inspire generations to follow in their footsteps. Some of them invented items we use day-to-day and discovered causes and treatments for epidemics that ostracized whole sections of society, while others campaigned for the reproductive rights of women and harnessed mathematics to send people into space and break ciphers. These women are proof that females can and did have a hugely significant role in shaping the world we live in today.

Greco-Roman Medicine and What It Can Teach Us Today

Nick Summerton

$49.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6.1x9.1 • 45 color & black and white illustrations • January 2022 MED039000 • 978-1-52-675287-1

The Roman Empire was an amalgam of many cultures, often with dissimilar ideas and beliefs. The Greek impact on health was particularly dominant and, therefore, this book focuses on Greco-Roman medicine as it was practiced during the Pax Romana, the period between the accession of Augustus and the death of Marcus Aurelius. Drawing on ancient literature supplemented with evidence from archaeology, paleopathology, epigraphy and numismatics the Greco-Roman medical context is carefully examined. A particular focus is on the effectiveness of approaches to both preventing and treating a range of physical and psychological problems. Detailed consideration is also given to the ancient technical and hygienic achievements in addition to the place of healers within Roman society.

The Origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

John Pickard

$42.95 • Hardback • 280 pages 6.1x9.2 • 32 black and white illustrations • December 2021 REL017000 • 978-1-39-900676-7

There has never been a more important time for a study of the social, economic and political origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, three important world religions which share a common root. This book takes as its starting point the idea that gods, angels, and other supernatural phenomena do not exist in the real world and therefore cannot explain the origins of these faiths. It looks instead at the material conditions at appropriate periods in antiquity and examines the historicity of key figures like Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed. This is a unique book which draws on the research and expertise of hundreds of historians, archaeologists, and scholars, to create a coherent synthesis based on real-world social conditions. It is a book by a non-believer for other non-believers, and it will be a revelatory read, even to those already of an atheist, agnostic, or secularist persuasion.

A Historical Guide to Roman York

Paul Chrystal

$42.95 • Hardback 216 pages • 6.1x9.2 • 32 black and white illustrations • January 2022 • HIS002020 978-1-52-678128-4

Considering that York was always an important Roman city there are few books available that are devoted specifically to the Roman occupation, even though it lasted for over 300 years and played a significant role in the politics and military activity of Roman Britain and the Roman Empire throughout that period. The few books that there are tend to describe the Roman era and its events in date by date order with little attention paid either to why things happened as they did or to the consequences of these actions and developments. This book is different in that it gives context to what happened here in the light of developments in Roman Britain generally and in the wider Roman Empire.

Castles of Wales

John Davis

$39.95 • Hardback 252 pages • 6.1x9.1 25 black and white illustrations April 2022 ARC005000 978-1-39-901887-6

For as long as there have been castles in Wales, there have been mysteries within their walls. Murders that remain unsolved, treasures unfound, prisoners left to rot in the darkest pits and valiant warriors whose heroic deeds have become a cherished part of the Welsh identity. From blood-soaked heroes to long-lost legends, despotic pirates to wailing hags, Castles of Wales offers a fresh investigation into many of its fascinating fortresses. No country has more castles per square mile than Wales. Even today, there are more than 200 to be enjoyed. Inspired by such a rich tapestry of tales, this book provides an essential introduction to the nation many regard as ‘The Land of Castles’.

The Welsh Braveheart

Owain Glydwr, The Last Prince of Wales Phil Carradice

$39.95 • Hardback 216 pages • 6.1x9.1 40 black and white illustrations • April 2022 • BIO014000 978-1-39-900265-3

Like William Wallace in Scotland, Owain Glyndwr fought for his country and was only finally defeated by superior numbers and the military genius of Henry V. Yet Glyndwr was not just a freedom fighter. He was the last native-born Prince of Wales, a man who initiated the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and proposed an entirely independent Welsh church. And yet, despite his success and popularity, Glyndwr's rebellion seriously damaged the Welsh economy with towns destroyed and much agricultural land laid to waste. Even so, he was never betrayed by his people, despite a huge reward being offered for his capture.

Medieval Women

Michelle Rosenberg

$42.95 • Hardback • 192 pages 6.1x9.1 • 32 black and white illustrations • January 2022 BIO022000 • 978-1-52-673148-7

Meticulously researched and clearly showing the author’s keen eye for detail, this latest offering from Michelle Rosenberg builds on her reputation for bringing back to life women often forgotten from mainstream history. This text weaves together a rich and broad historic tapestry of women’s stories from the fall of the Roman Empire, the invasion of the Vikings, the First Crusade, Hundred Years War and Black Death. It offers an intriguing insight into medieval women whose lives were deemed outstanding enough, whether through exemplary religious conduct, queenly, consort or intellectual accomplishment or scandal, by their contemporaries, to record. Their ability to endure, thrive and survive during a time when most women were subordinate to the men in their lives, makes them extraordinary; it also makes the loss of so many other missing stories so acute and tantalizing for what our collective history has been deprived of.

Women in the Medieval Court

Consorts and Concubines Rebecca Holdorph

$34.95 • Hardback • 280 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 color illustrations April 2022 • HIS037010 978-1-52-673981-0

While the courts of medieval Europe ate up tales of knights in shining armor and damsels in distress, the reality for the elite women who inhabited those courts could be very different. Medieval society might expect the noblewomen who decorated its courts to play the role of Queen Guinevere, but many of these women had very different ideas. In a society dominated by men, women who stood out from the crowd could experience great success – and greater failure. Great queens, who sometimes ruled in their own right, fought wars and forged empires. Noblewomen acted behind the scenes to change the course of politics. Far from cloistered off from the world, powerful abbesses played the role of kingmaker. And concubines had a role to play as well, both as political actors and as mothers of children who might change a country’s destiny. They experienced tremendous success and dramatic downfalls.

The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

The Ancient History of the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara and Bosporos John D Grainger

$42.95 • Hardback • 272 pages • 6.1x9.2 • 8 pages of color illustrations • Jnuary 2022 HIS002000 • 978-1-39-901324-6 John D Grainger lives in Evesham

In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were guarded, at different times, by two of the most fabled cities of all time: Troy and Byzantium. The narrow crossing points were strategically important invasion routes while the waters themselves were vital routes of travel and commerce, particularly the supply of grain from the hinterland of the Black Sea to the Greek cities.

Silk, the Thread that Tied the World

Anthony Burton

$49.95 • Hardback 192 pages • 6.7x9.6 70 color & black and white illustrations • January 2022 DES005000 • 978-1-52-678092-8

Over a thousand years ago the Chinese discovered that the slender filaments that formed the cocoon of the silk moth, could be woven into beautiful shimmering fabrics. For centuries they were able to keep the process a secret, but eventually started to trade the valuable cloth with the west, along the silk road. Silk was a luxury item that bestowed prestige, so it was inevitable that the wealthy wanted their silks to be as elaborate as possible, beautiful designs were produced in the Islamic world and gradually a European industry developed. Silk remains the most beautiful woven material in the world, moving from its origins in ancient China to help transform the whole world. 1100–1300 Helena Schrader

The Holy Land in the Era of the Crusades

Kingdoms at the Crossroads of Civilizations,

$42.95 • Hardback • 368 pages • 6.1x9.1 20 color & black and white illustrations March 2022 • HIS019000 • 978-1-52-678759-0

The Near East in the era of the Crusades was home to diverse populations Orthodox and Latin Christians, Shia and Sunni Muslims, Jews and Samaritans. It was the meeting-point for Arab, Turkish, Byzantine and Frankish culture, the latter itself a mixture of Western traditions adapted to circumstances in the crusader states by the Europeans who had settled in the Holy Land. While the Crusades have become a synonym for brutality and bigotry, the crusader states represented a positive example of harmonious coexistence across two centuries.

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Ladies of Magna Carta

Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England Sharon Bennett

$32.95 • Paperback • 280 pages • 6.1x9.2 20 color illustrations • December 2021 HIS015020 • 978-1-39-901962-0

Women from many of the great families of England were affected by the far-reaching legacy of Magna Carta, from their experiences in the civil war and as hostages, to calling on its use to protect their property and rights as widows. Ladies of Magna Carta looks into the relationships – through marriage and blood – of the various noble families and how they were affected by the Barons’ Wars, Magna Carta and its aftermath; the bonds that were formed and those that were broken.

Joan, Lady of Wales

Power and Politics of King John's Daughter Danna R. Messer

$32.95 • Paperback • 272 pages • 6.1x9.1 January 2022 • BIO022000 978-1-52-679970-8

As the first woman to be designated Lady of Wales, Joan's role as a political diplomat in early thirteenth-century Anglo-Welsh relations was instrumental. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her overall deployment of royal female agency.

The Forgotten Slave Trade

The White European Slaves of Islam Simon Webb

$26.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 6.1x9.1 • 20 black and white illustrations • December 2021 HIS010000 • 978-1-52-679709-4

A century before Britain became involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers, who transported the men, women and children to Africa where they were sold to the highest bidder. This is the forgotten slave trade. Reading this book will forever change how you view the slave trade and show that many commonly held beliefs about this controversial subject are almost wholly inaccurate and mistaken.

The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family

The Despensers Kathryn Warner

$26.95 • Paperback • 272 pages • 6.1x9.2 August 2022 • HIS015020 978-1-39-901603-2

The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the king’s chamberlain, favorite, and perhaps lover. He and his father Hugh the Elder wielded great influence, and Hugh the Younger’s greed and tyranny brought down a king for the first time in English history and almost destroyed his own family. Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family tells the story of the ups and downs of this fascinating family from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, when three Despenser lords were beheaded and two fell in battle.

Accused

British Witches throughout History Willow Winsham

$29.95 • Paperback 184 pages • 6.1x9.1 May 2022 BIO022000 • 978-1-39-901453-3

What did it really mean to be accused as a witch? Why, and by whom, were such accusations made? Was it possible to survive, and what awaited those who did? Prepare to delve into the captivating history of witchcraft with an in-depth exploration of some of the most fascinating and notorious women accused of being witches from across the British Isles. On a journey from 14th century Ireland to 20th century Hampshire, Accused examines the why, the how, and, most importantly, the who of these tantalizing and evocative cases. Using trial documents, contemporary pamphlets, church and census records and a wealth of other sources, eleven accused women are brought to life in a biographical approach that will take the reader back in time.

Sex and Sexuality in Tudor England

Carol McGrath

$29.95 • Paperback 232 pages • 6.1x9.1 25 black and white illustrations March 2022 • SOC065000 • 978-1-52-676918-3

Because we have consumed so many costume dramas, read so many histories, factual or romanticized, we think we know how Todur society operated. We know they ‘did’ romance but how did they do sex? Find out the truth about ‘swiving’, ‘bawds’, ‘shaking the sheets’ and ‘the deed of darkness'. Discover the infamous indiscretions and scandals, feast day rituals, the Southwark Stews, and even city streets whose names indicated their use for sexual pleasure. Author Carol McGrath peeks beneath the bedsheets of late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century England to offer a genuine understanding of the romantic and sexual habits of our Tudor ancestors.

The Anglo-Saxons and Early Britain

Timothy Venning

Roayl Mysteries • $42.95 • Hardback 256 pages • 6.1x9.1 • 16 black and white illustrations • January 2022 HIS015020 • 978-1-52-678356-1

This text is based on deep research in original sources including rare documents, archaeological and DNA evidence, latest historiography and academic research. These are the 'Dark Ages', but Anglo-Saxon enlightenment is emphasized. The Heptarchy, with seven Anglo-Saxon states is examined and Alfred's victory over the Vikings and emergence of the English kingdom. But mystery surrounds all aspects of dynastic, political and military history. The story includes the surviving British and Welsh kingdoms when 'Welsh' meant 'foreigner, the Gaelic kingdoms in what became Scotland, the survival of lowland 'Britons' under the Germanic Anglo-Saxon radar - a new interpretation of early English society in its shadowy forms with the half-mythical founders of the early English kingdoms like Hengist of Kent or Cerdic of Wessex, up to William duke of Normandy - did he have any legitimate claim to justify his 'power-grab'? Some episodes have dropped out of history like the murder the teen-age King Edward the 'Martyr', but here is a re-telling of early mysteries based on close analysis of the myriad sources while stimulating romantic fascination.

Edward I's Regent

Edmund of Cornwall, The Man Behind England’s Greatest King Michael Ray

$49.95 • Hardback • 272 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 mono • May 2022 BIO014000 • 978-1-39-909354-5

Born at Christmas 1249 to Richard, Edmund of Cornwall was nephew to Henry III and cousin to Edward I. His eventful childhood took him to Germany when his father was elected king there. He was captured at the battle of Lewes and imprisoned for more than a year. Returning from crusade, he witnessed the brutal murder of his half-brother, which left him as heir to his father, the richest man in the kingdom. Throughout his life, Edmund played a crucial role in medieval England. As Regent of England, Earl of Cornwall and the richest man in the land, he was a leading force of the late-thirteenth century. This book considers Edmund’s life, his use of his wealth to lend to the king and others and to be a major benefactor of religious houses. His record as Regent of England for three years is assessed. Edmund was a key figure throughout Edward I's rein and the late-thirteenth century. In this insightful account, the man behind England's 'greatest king' is at long last brought to the fore.

Medieval Military Medicine

From the Vikings to the High Middle Ages Brian Burfield

$42.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 black and white illustrations April 2022 • HIS027230 978-1-52-675474-5

Soldiers of the Middle Ages faced razor-sharp swords and axes, spears and arrows, and even more sinister means of causing harm produced burns and crush injuries. These casualties of war during the 500-year period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries in Northern and Western Europe are the focus of Brian Burfield’s study, but they represent just a portion of the story – disease, disability, disfigurement, damaged minds all played their roles in this awful reality. Surgical methods are described in the book, as are the fixes for fractured skulls, broken bones and damaged teeth. Disfiguring scars and disabling injuries are examined alongside the contemporary attitudes towards them. Also investigated are illnesses like dysentery and St Anthony’s Fire, plus infected wounds which were often more deadly than the weapons of the age. A final chapter on the psychological trauma caused by war is included and contains a significant focus on the world of the Vikings.

Rebellion in the Middle Ages

Fight Against the Crown Matthew Lewis

$42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6.1x9.2 • 40 illustrations January 2022 • HIS037010 978-1-52-672793-0

Shakespeare’s Henry IV lamented ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’. It was true of that king’s reign and of many others before and after. From Hereward the Wake’s guerilla war, resisting the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror, through the Anarchy, the murder of Thomas Becket, the rebellions of Henry II’s sons, the deposition of Edward II, the Peasants’ Revolt and the rise of the over-mighty noble subject that led to the Wars of the Roses, kings throughout the medieval period came under threat from rebellions and resistance that sprang from the nobility, the Church, and even the general population. Serious rebellions arrived on a regular cycle throughout the period, fracturing and transforming England into a nation to be reckoned with. Matthew Lewis seeks to examine the causes behind the insurrections and how they influenced the development of England from the Norman Conquest until the Tudor period. Each rebellion’s importance and impact is assessed both individually and as part of a larger movement to examine how rebellions helped to build England.

House of Tudor

A Grisly History Mickey Mayhew

$34.95 • Hardback • 232 pages 6.1x9.1 • 40 black and white illustrations • April 2022 HIS015030 • 978-1-39-901104-4

Gruesome but not gratuitous, this decidedly darker take on the Tudors covers some 45 events from the Tudor reign, taking in everything from the death of Richard III to the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots, and a whole host of horrors in between. Particular attention is paid to the various gruesome ways in which the Tudors dispatched their various villains and lawbreakers, from simple beheadings, to burnings and of course the dreaded hanging, drawing and quartering. Other chapters cover the various diseases prevalent during Tudor times, as well as the cures for these sicknesses, some of which were considered worse than the actual disease itself. The day-to-day living conditions of the general populace are also examined, as well as various social taboos and the punishments that accompanied them. Tudor England was not a nice place to live by 21st century standards, but the book will also serve to explain how it was still nevertheless a familiar home to our ancestors.

Shakespeare's Other Son?

William Davenant, Playwright, Civil War Gun Runner and Restoration Theatre Manager R E Pritchard

$34.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 mono • May 2022 BIO007000 • 978-1-39-909349-1

Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) was in his time widely known as 'Davenant the Poet'. The son of an Oxford vintner (or quite possibly the natural son of his godfather, William Shakespeare), he wrote poems for and about the Court of Charles I, and went on to replace Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate and collaborate with Inigo Jones in composing spectacular Court masques, as well as writing many successful plays - a few fashionably blood-thirsty, most showing a real comic gift, humanity and sympathy with 'ordinary life.' Celebrated and important in his day, Davenant is now surprisingly little known. This enterprising study introduces modern readers to his wit, poetry, and growing scepticism as to Court and aristocratic values, and his developing feminist sympathies. Here, select excerpts and summaries bring this entertaining writer to a new, wider audience.

Dan O'Sullivan

An Elizabethan Adventurer

The Remarkable Life of Sir Anthony Sherley

$39.95 • Hardback • 216 pages • 6.1x9.2 30 black and white illustrations December 2021 • BIO023000 978-1-39-900742-9

Anthony Sherley (1565-1633) was one of three brothers from a Sussex gentry family, whose adventures abroad fascinated their contemporaries. Their doings were celebrated and exaggerated in printed pamphlets and a play on the London stage, but are scarcely known today. Anthony was an irascible, complex character, often derided and disliked. This biography is more sympathetic than previous ones, and discusses his self-fashioning and his belief in his personal honor, both of which might account for some of his misdemeanors.

Disability and the Tudors

All the King's Fools Phillipa VincentConnolly

$34.95 • Hardback 256 pages • 6x9.25 • 20 color illustrations December 2021 • HIS015000 978-1-52-672005-4

Throughout history, how a society treated its disabled can tell us a great deal about the period. Challenged with any impairment, disease or frailty was often a matter of life and death before the advent of modern medicine, so how did a society support the disabled amongst them? For centuries, disabled people and their history have been overlooked. Very little on the infirm and mentally ill was written down during the renaissance period. The Tudor period is no exception. Phillipa Connolly casts a light on the lives of disabled people in Tudor England and guides us through the social, religious, cultural and ruling classes’ response to disability as it was then perceived.

Power, Treason and Plot in Tudor England

Margaret Clitherow, an Elizabethan Saint

Tony Morgan

$39.95 • Hardback • 216 pages • 6.1x9.1 25 mono • March 2022 • BIO006000 978-1-39-909797-0

This book takes a fresh look into the life and death of one prominent Catholic recusant, Margaret Clitherow. One woman taking on the northern authorities, the Church of England and assizes judiciary. Sentenced to death, Margaret received a last-minute reprieve due to claims of her pregnancy, only for these to be rejected. Margaret’s story is examined as a microcosm of Tudor life, a family tragedy of faith and betrayal, set against a backdrop of political power games, treason and plot.

Georgian Harlots and Whores

Fame, Fashion & Fortune Mike Rendell

$49.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6.1x9.1 • 40 black and white illustrations • March 2022 SOC059000 • 978-1-52-679102-3

This book will look at the phenomenon of celebrity hookers in the eighteenth century – all of them the subject of extraordinary press scrutiny and comment. They were the fashion icons of the age, and what they wore was copied and put on sale in the high street within days. Many of them were passed around within the same small circle of aristocratic lovers. They were the object of constant gossip and whether they were flaunting their fame by taking a box at the opera for the entire season, or by parading through Hyde Park in a phaeton pulled by matching cream ponies, or returning from Paris wearing the very latest fashions, they enjoyed a celebrity status nowadays bestowed on TV reality stars and footballers’ wives.

The Wives of George IV

The Secret Bride and the Scorned Princess Catherine Curzon

$34.95 • Hardback • 216 pages 6.1x9.1 • 32 black and white illustrations • January 2022 BIO014000 • 978-1-47-389749-6

In Georgian England, few men were more fashionable or more eligible than George, Prince of Wales. The heir to George III’s throne was a very good catch – or so it seemed. The two women who married him might beg to differ. Maria Fitzherbert was a twice-widowed Roman Catholic with a natural aversion to trouble. When she married the prince in a secret ceremony conducted in her Mayfair sitting room, she opened the door on three decades of heartbreak. Caroline of Brunswick was George’s official bride. Little did she know that her husband was marrying for money and when she reached her new home in England, she found him so drunk that he couldn’t even walk to the altar. Caroline might not have her husband’s love, but the public adored her. In a world where radicalism was stirring, it was a recipe for disaster. In The Wives of George IV, Maria and Caroline navigate the choppy waters of marriage to a capricious, womanizing king-in-waiting.

Enemies of the State

The Cato Street Conspiracy M. J. Trow

$29.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 6.1x9.1 15-30 illustrations January 2022 HIS015000 • 978-1-39-901381-9

On 1 May 1820, outside Newgate Prison, in front of a dense crowd, five of the Cato Street conspirators - Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson, James Ings, Richard Tidd and John Brunt - were hanged for high treason. Then they were decapitated in the last brutal act of a murderous conspiracy that aimed to assassinate Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and his cabinet and destroy his government. The Cato Street conspirators matched the Gunpowder plotters in their daring - and in their fate - but their dark, radical intrigue hasnt received the attention it deserves. M.J. Trow, in this gripping fast-moving account of this notorious but neglected episode in British history, reconstructs the case in vivid detail and sets it in the wider context of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

Secrets and Scandals in Regency Britain

Sex, Drugs and Proxy Rule Violet Fenn

$39.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6.1x9.1 40 black and white illustrations • April 2022 HIS015050 • 978-1-39-900426-8

This book takes an entertaining peek at the secrets and scandals of Regency Britain, a period in which the heir to the throne was making merry with his mistress while his ailing father attempted to keep a grip on both his crown and his finances. From Princess Caraboo to the Peterloo Massacre, the Regency was a period of immense upheaval in both personal and public lives as well as in politics. We’ll see how the advent of the modern media brought ‘spin’ to scandal and focus on stories of those people and events who encapsulated the age.

English Rebels and Revolutionaries

Stephen Basdeo

$39.95 • Hardback 192 pages • 6.1x9.1 32 b&w illustrations March 2022 HIS015000 • 978-1-52-678590-9

Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives and deeds of famous English freedom fighters, rebels, and democrats who have had a major impact on history.

Outlander and the Real Jacobites

Scotland's Fight for Freedom Shona Kinsella

$42.95 • Hardback • 232 pages 6.1x9.1 • 30 black and white illustrations • May 2022 PER004000 • 978-1-39-900471-8

Outlander has brought the story of the 1745 Jacobite uprising to the popular imagination, but who were the Jacobites, really? Explore this pivotal moment in Scottish history, visiting some of the key locations from Jamie and Claire’s travels. Discover what clan life was really like, read about medicine in the 1700s and find out whether the red coats were really as bad as Jack Randall. Meet Bonnie Prince Charlie and explore how he managed to inspire an uprising from France and then storm England with a force of no more than 5,000 soldiers. Witness the battle of Culloden and what really happened there, before exploring the aftermath of this final attempt for a Stuart restoration.

Blackbeard

The Hunt for the World's Most Notorious Pirate Craig Cabell Allan Richards

$29.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6.1x9.2 • 20 illustrations December 2021 • HIS057000 978-1-39-901380-2

Edward Teach Blackbeard is one of the legends of the so-called golden age of piracy. There have been so many accounts of his short, bloody career that it is hard to see him and his times in a clear historical light. This new study looks for the man behind the legend, and it gives a vivid insight into the nature of piracy and the naval operations that were launched against it. In vivid detail it reveals how the hunt for Blackbeard was orchestrated, how he was tracked down, and the parts played in the drama by the larger-thanlife leading characters in this extraordinary story. This freshly researched study of the pursuit of the notorious pirate and his crew - and of the final fight in which Blackbeard lost his life - makes compelling reading.

Mother of the Brontës

When Maria Met Patrick - 200th Anniversary Edition Sharon Wright

$26.95 • Paperback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.2 32 black and white illustrations December 2021 • BIO006000 978-1-39-901881-4

The groundbreaking biography of Maria Branwell reveals a remarkable woman who has been lost in the shadows of her gifted children, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. The witty, clever, and intrepid Cornish lady of letters, lover of Patrick and mother of genius, has been missing for too long. The extraordinary Brontës were a family like no other and it all began when Maria met Patrick.

Victims of the Oaks Colliery Disaster 1847

Jane Ainsworth

$34.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 6.1x9.1 60 black & white illustrations • December 2021 HIS015060 • 978-1-52-674573-6

At the end of 2017, Jane Ainsworth transcribed a ledger containing the minutes of the Colliers’ Relief Fund Committee for the 1847 Oaks Colliery Explosion for Barnsley Archives. This stimulated her empathy and curiosity about the lives of the people referred to in the minutes - widows, orphans and a few survivors of the disaster – as well as the 73 victims. She was determined to research all of the individuals in as much detail as possible, despite the challenge of limited early records, to flesh out their stories and to pay tribute to the families of mineworkers whose lives at that time were considered of little value to the colliery owners and managers. Once again, Jane has created ‘a memorial book like no other’ as a contribution to Barnsley’s mining heritage.

Trereife

A House of Character and Characters Tim Le Grice

$39.95 • Hardback 152 pages • 6.1x9.2 32 black and white illustrations December 2021 BIO006000 • 978-1-39-901239-3

Trereife, Tim Le Grice’s historical Cornish residence, described by Pevsner as ‘one of the most charming houses in Cornwall’ has been home to a diverse range of characters over six generations of the author’s ancestors. This book with a Cornish core charts the life of these and other personalities of Trereife from the late seventeenth century to the present day; residents, visitors, guests are all brought to life through the sharing of a vast array of family stories, letters, and other personal archives, memoirs, and material. Triumphs and tragedies abound, and the work to preserve Trereife for future generations continues.

Changing Roles

Women After the Great War Vivien Newman

$39.95 • Hardback • 216 pages 6.1x9.2 • 20 black and white illustrations • November 2021 HIS058000 • 978-1-52-677426-2 Vivien Newman lives in Essex

Changing Roles looks at some of the women who forged new identities for themselves while exploring how their own or their loved ones’ wartime experiences influenced the roles they stepped into, sometimes reluctantly, frequently enthusiastically, often successfully. It explores how women fought back against the misogynistic climate of the 1920s, used the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act to achieve their goals, played their part as full citizens and how the legacy of their global endeavors, achievements, and occasional failures is still with us today, spreading far beyond our shores. By telling the stories of both ordinary and extraordinary women whose actions disturbed the status quo, shook the Establishment to its core, and sent shock-waves across the Atlantic, this book presents a cast of fascinating characters ranging from crowned heads to girl gangs, business women to philanthropists, inviting readers to exclaim, “Gosh, I never knew that!”

Victorian Fashions for Women

Neil R Storey Fiona Kay

$42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 color & 50 black and white illustrations • May 2022 DES005000 • 978-1-39-900416-9

Victorian Fashions for Women explores the British styles and clothing throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria, from the late 1830s to the first years of the 20th century. All decades are illustrated with original photographs, adverts and contemporary magazine features from the authors' own remarkable collections, accompanied by a knowledgeable and informative text that describes the fashions, their social history context and influences reflected in the clothes of the time. Laid out in a clear and easy-to-follow chronological order, the key features of styles, decoration and accoutrements will help family historians to date family photographs and will provide a useful resource for students and costume historians or for anyone with a love of fashion and style to enjoy.

The Titanic and the City of Widows it left Behind

The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage Julie Cook

$22.95 • Paperback • 176 pages 6.1x9.1 • 32 black and white illustrations • January 2022 HIS057000 978-1-39-900346-9

When Titanic foundered in April 1912, the world’s focus was on the tragedy of the passengers who lost their lives. Ever since, in films, dramatizations, adaptations and books, the focus has mostly continued to be on the ones who died. The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind focuses on another group of people – the widows and children of the crew who perished on board. Author Julie Cook’s great-grandfather was a stoker who died on Titanic. Her great-grandmother had to raise five children with no breadwinner. This book focuses on Emily and the widows like her who had to fight for survival through great hardship, whilst still grieving for the men they loved. Using original archive sources and with accounts from descendants of crew who also lost their lives, the book asks how these women survived through abject poverty and grief – and why their voices have been silent for so long.

The Great Miss Lydia Becker

Suffragist, Scientist and Trailblazer Joanna M Williams

$49.95 • Hardback • 336 pages 6.1x9.1 • 32 black and white illustrations • March 2022 BIO022000 978-1-39-901480-9

Fifty years before women were enfranchised, a legal loophole allowed a thousand women to vote in the general election of 1868. This surprising event occurred due to the feisty and single-minded dedication of Lydia Becker, the acknowledged, though unofficial, leader of the women's suffrage movement in the later 19th century. Brought up in a middle-class family as the eldest of fifteen children, she broke away from convention, remaining single and entering the sphere of men by engaging in politics. Although it was considered immoral for a woman to speak in public, Lydia addressed innumerable audiences, not only on women's votes, but also on the position of wives, female education and rights at work. She battled grittily to gain academic education for poor girls, and kept countless supporters all over Britain and beyond abreast of the many campaigns for women's rights through her publication, the Women's Suffrage Journal.

Carmen Pomiés

Football Legend and Heroine of the French Resistance Chris Rowe

$49.95 • Hardback 256 pages • 6.1x9.1 • 40 black and white illustrations • May 2022 BIO016000 • 978-1-39-909170-1

Carmen Pomiès (1900-1982) is a significant figure in the history of women’s football in the interwar years. Carmen was in the first generation of women’s sport in France, first in athletics, winning medals throwing the javelin in international competitions, and playing football for Fémina Sports and France from 1920. Carmen also played a huge part in the story of women’s football in England: she played many times for and against the famous Dick, Kerr Ladies of Preston, including their 1922 football tour of the United States. From 1940 Carmen was secretary to a famous film star, Renée Saint-Cyr, and was active in the French Resistance. In 1946, she settled in Rochester NY before moving to New York to work for the United Nations. From 1956, her life is shrouded in mystery because of gaps in the evidence. She died in France in 1982. So her life is about much more than just football!

Cricket in the First World War

Play up! Play the Game John Broom

$49.95 • Hardback • 272 pages 6.1x9.1 • Integrated black and white illustrations • May 2022 SPO054000 978-1-52-678013-3

As Europe descended into war over the summer of 1914, cricket in England continued as it had for the preceding few decades, but by the end of the year it was clear that 1915’s cricket season would be very different. Rolls of honor lengthened as did the grim lists of cricket’s dead and maimed. Some club cricket did continue in wartime Britain, often amidst bitter disputes as to its appropriateness. Charity matches were organized to align the game with the national war effort. As the British Empire rallied behind the mother country, so cricket around the world became restricted and players from far and wide joined the sad ranks of sacrifice.

1919 - Britain's Year of Revolution

Simon Webb

$29.95 • Paperback 176 pages • 6.1x9.1 20 illustrations April 2022 • HIS015070 • 978-1-39-901139-6

1919 - Britain's Year of Revolution tells the story of an almost unknown passage in British history. On the August Bank Holiday that year, the government in London dispatched warships to the northern city of Liverpool in an overwhelming show of force. Thousands of troops, backed by tanks, had been trying without success to suppress disorder on the streets. Earlier that year in London, 1,000 soldiers had marched on Downing Street, before being disarmed by a battalion of the Grenadier Guards loyal to the government. In Luton that summer, the town hall was burned down by rioters, before the army was brought in to restore order and in Glasgow, artillery and tanks were positioned in the center of the city to deter what the Secretary of State for Scotland described as a Bolshevik uprising.

Escorting the Monarch

We Lead Others Follow Chris Jagger HRH Prince Michael

$24.95 • Paperback • 184 pages • 6.1x9.2 32 black and white illustrations December 2021 • POL012000 978-1-39-901867-8

Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Escort Group' (SEG) as one could hope for. Written by the son of a retired SEG officer who himself served in the British Government's security and intelligence community, Escorting the Monarch is told, in part, through first hand stories and anecdotes gleaned from former officers of the group. The insights offered are unique, privileged, and first of their kind. Chris Jagger unfolds a collection of fascinating and never before told stories built on high profile events, such as the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, and the visit of Nelson Mandela.

With Net and Coble

A Salmon Fisher on the Cromarty Firth George Chamier

$49.95 • Hardback 208 pages • 6.8x9.7 18 color & 100 black and white illustrations Currently Available • SPO014000 978-1-39-901495-3

An ancient and environmentally friendly method of catching salmon, by spotting them in the water and taking them with ‘net and coble’, unique to the Cromarty Firth, was recently banned by the Scottish government. The men who knew this way of fishing are no longer young, and there is every risk of their centuries-old techniques dying with them. So it is fortunate that a practitioner of the craft for over fifty years has drawn on his knowledge and experience to paint a rich picture of this fishing, the firthland itself, and the history of salmon netting. His and his fellow netsmen’s respect for this legendary fish and their love of the firth and its wildlife shine through.

Revolting Recipes From History

Seren Charrington Hollins

$39.95 • Hardback • 216 pages 6.1x9.1 • 50 black and white illustrations • April 2022 CKB041000 978-1-52-677302-9

Writer and food historian, Seren Charrington-Hollins delves into the history of culinary experimentation to bring us some of the weirdest and most stomach-churning food delicacies to ever grace a dining table. She uncovers the rather gruesome history behind some everyday staples, uncovers bizarre and curious recipes, whilst casting a light on foods that have fallen from culinary grace, such as cows udders and tripe; showing that revulsion is just a matter of taste, times and perhaps knowledge. From pickled brains to headcheese, through to song birds and nymph's thighs, this book explores foods that have evoked disgust and delight in diners depending on culinary perspective. Be warned; you’ll need a strong stomach and an open mind.

Soviets in Space

The People of the USSR & the Race to the Moon Colin Turbett

$42.95 • Hardback • 232 pages 6.1x9.1 • 100 black and white illustrations • January 2022 HIS037070 978-1-39-900486-2

The victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, in which the Soviet Union played both the greatest part and suffered the greatest losses, found the country in a state of devastation. Within just over ten years, not only was Stalin dead and the relative freedoms of the Khrushchev 'Thaw' in progress, but the Soviet Union was ahead in the Space Race . The story of those years has rarely been told from a Soviet perspective: Cold War journalism and historical accounts written in the West tend to portray the space race in terms of ideological competition - with success and failure mirroring power and influence in a world divided between capitalism and communism. Whilst the military on both sides certainly benefited from the cutting edge technological advance of the space programs, for the people of the USSR the prestige of their successes offered proof that 'real existing socialism' was moving mankind onto new levels of peaceful progress.

Plagues and Pandemics

Black Death, Coronaviruses and Other Killer Diseases Throughout History Douglas Boyd

$34.95 • Hardback • 216 pages 6.1x9.1 • 20 black and white illustrations • January 2022 HEA039000 978-1-39-900518-0

Any disease can go epidemic. Everyday European infections brought to the Americas by Cortes’ conquistadores killed millions of the natives, whose posthumous revenge was the syphilis the Spaniards brought back to Europe. The mis-named Spanish ’flu, brought from Kansas to Europe by US troops in 1918 caused more than 50 million deaths. Fifty years later, H3N2 ’flu from Hong Kong killed more than a million people. One coronavirus produces the common cold, for which neither vaccine nor cure has been found. That other coronavirus, Covid-19 was NOT the worst pandemic. Chillingly, historian Douglas Boyd lists many other sub-microscopic killers still waiting for tourism and trade to bring them to us.

Pakistan in an Age of Turbulence

Masuma Hasan

$42.95 • Hardback • 184 pages 6.1x9.1 • 8 black and white illustrations & 1 black and white map • April 2022 • HIS017000 978-1-52-678860-3

A detailed and graphic personal and family history within a national and international context. It mirrors and brings to life the modern history of the Indian sub-continent and of India and Pakistan, and the dramatic birth-struggles of both major nation states dominating South Asia. The overshadowing influence of the British Indian Empire was a constant factor and sets the context. The huge upheaval and tragedy of Partition is at the heart of the story with the flight of an influential Muslim population, advanced in education and culture and prominent in the professions, to Pakistan to form a new state, liberal in form but Islamic in confession. Here is a vivid and attractive personal family life followed by distinguished state service, laying bare the modern political history of Pakistan from the inside with sharp and decisive insight, including the promise and tragedy of the Bhutto era, the excesses and cruel extremism of the Ziaul Haq regime, and the struggle of the return to democracy in Pakistan.

On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes

Stephen Browning

$34.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6.1x9.1 • 32 black and white illustrations • April 2022 TRV009070 • 978-1-52-677901-4

You may have been introduced to the magic of the greatest of English detectives by reading the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or perhaps watching some of the hundreds of films or TV shows that feature the extraordinary adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H. Watson - now, this unique book offers a detailed itinerary for actually ‘walking’ Sherlock Holmes. Beginning, of course, at Baker Street a series of walks takes in the well-known, as well as some of the more obscure, locations of London as traveled by Holmes and Watson and a gallery of unforgettable characters in the stories. Details of each location and the story in which it features are given along with other items of interest - associated literary and historical information, social history, and events in Conan Doyle’s life. A chapter then explores Holmes’ adventures in the rest of the UK. 55 black and white original photographs accompany the text.

On the Trail of Jack the Ripper

Richard Charles Cobb Mark Davis

$26.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 6.8x9.7 • 120 color illustrations March 2022 • TRU010000 978-1-52-679478-9

Since those dark days of murders committed by gaslight, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has become the ultimate cold case among crime historians and arm chair researchers worldwide, with a multitude of books, plays, and dramas all hoping to solve what London's finest Victorian detectives failed to do. True crime and social historians Richard C. Cobb and Mark Davis return to the Whitechapel of 1888 to see what remains from this dark time in London's history and to take the reader on a step-by-step tour of the modern world of Jack the Ripper, giving a detailed history of the victims, the crimes, and the police investigation. We also look at other victims (outside the accepted five) which may have been killed by the same man. Using the original police reports, state of the art photographs, unseen images, and diagrams, they present the truth about what actually happened in the autumn of 1888 and what remains of Jack the Ripper's London today.

Dick Kirby

Missing Presumed Murdered

The McKay Case and Other Convictions without a Corpse

$39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.1 35 mono • May 2022 • TRU002000 978-1-39-909344-6

Murders hold a morbid fascination to the British public but never more so than when the bodies of the victims are never found. Aside from the lack of closure for relatives and friends, this factor creates problems for police and prosecutor. Dick Kirby, former Scotland Yard detective has ‘unearthed’ a fascinating collection of disappearances such as the dismemberment of a gay man’s wife who had threatened to expose him in the 1950s. Later, when a woman’s head was discovered near his home, he confessed only to find that it dated from Roman times. These and numerous other cases make Missing, Presumed Murdered a riveting, if grisly, read.

The Brighton Police Scandal

A Story of Corruption, Intimidation & Violence

Dick Kirby

$39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.2 28 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • TRU003000 • 978-1-39-901728-2

In the late 1950s the reputation of Brighton as a popular seaside resort took a sinister and notorious turn. After a series of drunken disturbances, suspicions were raised that the owner of the Astor Club was bribing members of the town’s CID to ignore licensing hours. During the scandal filled trial of the Chief Constable and CID ringleaders there was perjury, violent witness intimidation with one having his premises burnt to the ground. All this and more is described in this meticulously researched account of one of Britain’s most publicized police corruption scandals.

The Brave Blue Line

100 Years of Metropolitan Police Gallantry Dick Kirby

$29.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 6.1x9.1 16pp B & W plates • March 2022 • POL014000 978-1-39-901490-8

Veteran detective and crime author Dick Kirby has brought together a superb collection of inspiring stories of police gallantry over the last hundred years. All four officers to be honored with the George Cross, the highest civilian award have their stories told including Jim Beaton who saved Princess Anne from kidnap in The Mall. Three women officers have been awarded the George Medal, two for decoy work, the third for a heroic rooftop rescue. The book concludes with the astonishing story of a retired detective who tackled armed robbers at the cost of his eye. He may have left the Met behind him but not his courage.

Cemeteries and Graveyards

A Guide for Local and Family Historians in England and Wales Celia Heritage

$26.95 • Paperback 240 pages • 6.1x9.1 • 30 black and white illustrations • May 2022 REF013000 • 978-1-52-670237-1

Cemeteries, graveyards and funerals are essential topics for family and local historians and they are fascinating subjects in themselves. Celia Heritage's handbook is a wide-ranging, accessible guide to them showing how to track down your ancestors’ burial places and memorials, problems you may encounter along the way, and the information you will find. She also looks at changing attitudes towards death and burial and what would have been involved for our ancestors when they buried a loved one. Chapters concentrate on the history of death and burials, the evolution of churchyards, cemeteries and crematoria, funerals and undertakers and the records associated with each. The coverage is comprehensive, ranging from prehistoric burials and beliefs and the origin of the churchyard to ossuaries, cremation and the preservation and destruction of graves.

Life in Miniature

A History of Dolls' Houses Nicola Lisle

$28.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 6.1x9.1 • 40 color illustrations January 2022 • CRA056000 978-1-52-679704-9

In this beautifully-illustrated book, Nicola Lisle explores the origins and history of dolls’ houses and their furnishings, from the earliest known dolls’ house in sixteenth-century Bavaria to the present, and looks at how they reflect the architecture, fashions, social attitudes, innovations and craftsmanship of their day. She discusses the changing role of dolls’ houses and highlights significant events and people to give historical context. She also takes a look at some of the leading dolls’ house manufacturers, such as Silber & Fleming and Lines Brothers Ltd (later Triang). The book includes numerous examples of interesting dolls’ houses, the stories behind them and where to see them. This includes famous models such as Queen Mary’s spectacular 1920s dolls’ house at Windsor Castle and the eighteenth-century baby house at Kew Palace. One of the most comprehensive guides available on the subject published in recent years, this book offers unique insights into the world of dolls’ houses and is a must for anyone with an interest in the history and appeal of these miniature treasures.

Tracing Your Family History with the Whole Family

A Family Research Adventure for All Ages Robin C McConnell

$26.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6.1x9.1 • 40 black and white illustrations • April 2022 REF013000 • 978-1-39-901388-8

Most genealogy books assume that family history research is by adults, for adults, marking family history as an ‘adults only’ sphere of life. This book establishes a new dimension in family history research. It is written in the belief that engaging in family history is a venture for all of the present-day family, regardless of age and, sometimes, because of age. This book, assuredly, has new material for families, educators and children. It leads from their research of the family’s yesterdays to depictions of the family’s contemporary setting. It then leads children and adults into factual and creative portrayals of their present lives which will be handed on to future generations as informative elements of past and present family history.

A History of Tri-ang and Lines Brothers Ltd

The Rise and Fall of the World’s Largest Toy Making Company Kenneth D Brown

$39.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6.1x9.1 • 1 black and white illustrations • May 2022 BUS077000 • 978-1-52-679317-1

Light industry was a pivotal theme in British economic history and toy-making and sales in internationals markets was a vital ingredient in Britain's reputation as the 'workshop of the world'. It flourished from the Great Exhibition of 1951 - in competition with German and French toy industries - through the 20th, to postwar commercial ascendancy in consumer goods. Decline began in face of US and Asian competition and with Britain's post-war economic problems; and, the nature of family business contributed, with the passing of generations and loss of drive and tenacity. It is a family business story of the Lines Brothers Ltd, the world's largest manufacturer of children's toys with the household name of Triang. It is a serious economic, industrial and business, history, full of personality and rivalry from supreme Victorian entrepreneurship to modern international decline, but a social and cultural story intimately linked history of childhood.

Shipping on the Thames and the Port of London During the 1940s – 1980s

A Pictorial History Malcolm Batten

$70 • Hardback • 232 pages • 8.4x11 15 color & 342 black and white illustrations March 2022 • TRA006000 • 978-1-39-901840-1

A fascinating insight into a period when traditional ships and cargo handling methods worked alongside new technology.

The History of the Port of London

A Vast Emporium of All Nations Peter Stone

$29.95 • Paperback • 256 pages • 6.1x9.2 16 black and white illustrations January 2022 • HIS057000 978-1-39-908522-9

The History of the Port of London is the fascinating story of the rise and fall and revival of the commercial river. The only book to tell the whole story and bring it right up to date, it charts the foundation, growth, and evolution of the port and explains why for centuries it has been so important to Britain's prosperity. This book will appeal to those interested in London's history, maritime, and industrial heritage, the Docklands, the East End of London, and the River Thames. Dr Ray Solly

The Development of Crude Oil Tankers

A Historical Miscellany

$60 • Hardback • 192 pages • 8.4x11 212 color & black and white illustrations & diagrams • January 2022 • TRA006020 978-1-52-679241-9

Ray Solly examines the history of crude oil tankers from early days when this vital commodity was carried aboard ordinary sailing vessels, through the designs that resulted in significant breakthroughs leading to early single-hulled VLCCs, and the later safer double-hulled vessel.

Saab Celebration

Swedish Style Remembered Lance Cole

$52.95 • Hardback • 160 pages • 11.4x9.8 200 color & black and white illustrations October 2021 • TRA001060 978-1-52-677523-8

In a collection of over 200 photographic images accompanied by a detailed yet engaging commentary, the book delivers a record of Saab from its first car to its last. The engineering, design, and ethos of Saab's cars across the generations are captured in all their glory. Saab Celebration is designed to be a memorial companion for the Saab fan. If you like Saabs, then enjoy this tribute to all things Saab.

Porsche Passion

911 Heaven and Beyond Lance Cole

$42.95 • Hardback • 160 pages • 11.3x9.8 200 color & black and white illustrations April 2022 • TRA001060 • 978-1-52-678569-5

In a book of Porsche photography and engaging conversation, Lance Cole journeys through a personal passion for Porsche –one that many supercar enthusiasts share. From an “oily-rag” 356 to old 911s and new 911s, with a brief alighting upon other cars of the Porsche clan, this is an eclectic collection of enthusiasts “moments” captured across a British Porsche landscape.

An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges

David McFetrich

$70 • Hardback 320 pages 6.7x9.6 • 250 color illustrations • April 2022 ARC005000 • 978-1-52-679446-8

In this book, David McFetrich gives brief descriptions of some 1200 bridges from more than 170 countries around the world. They represent a wide range of different types of structure. Although some of the pictures are of extremely well-known structures, many are not so widely recognizable and a separate section of the book includes more than seventy lists of bridges with distinctly unusual characteristics in their design, usage and history.

Transport Curiosities, 1850–1950

Weird and Wonderful Ways of Travelling by Road, Rail, Air and Sea John Wade

$42.95 • Hardback 208 pages • 6.7x9.6 • 230 black & white illustrations May 2022 • TRA001000 978-1-39-900397-1

Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer’s drawing board. In this book you will find cars that flew, cars that floated on water and boats that ran on roads; steam-powered airplanes, electric submarines, railways driven by pneumatic air, aircraft with flapping wings, and a whole lot more. If you are a person who would like to have flown in an airship, or traveled in a train whose carriage sat on stilts above the sea with its tracks below the water, or dreamed of riding on a London to New York railway that took twelve days to travel the long way around the world, or maybe just fancied fixing your bicycle to a railway track, then this book is for you.

Recreational Vehicles

A World History 1872–1939 Andrew Woodmansey

$62.95 • Hardback 208 pages • 9.8x9.4 250 black and white illustrations March 2022 TRA001060 978-1-52-679245-7

The RV family is a global one, with six countries in particular having a strong RV heritage - the UK, USA, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. In a world first, this history compares the early evolution of RV design and usage in each country. Also featured is an international gallery of RVs adapted for non-recreational purposes. By portraying not just the vehicles but also the trends, people and fashions of the period, this unique RV history reveals the remarkable early days of transport-based tourism and leisure. Andrew Woodmansey’s engaging account of the early days of the RV will appeal not only to RV enthusiasts but also to anyone with an interest in how vehicles set us free to roam the world.

The Governor

Controlling the Power of Steam Machines John Hannavy

$60 • Hardback • 160 pages • 8.4x11 100 color integrated • January 2022 TEC009070 • 978-1-39-909088-9

Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the 'Holy Grail' which many steam engineers sought to find. It was the centrifugal governor which brought precision to the application of steam power.

Ernest Marples

The Shadow Behind Beeching David Brandon Martin Upham

$49.95 • Hardback 224 pages • 6.1x9.1 40 black and white illustrations • March 2022 BIO010000 • 978-1-52-676018-0

Ernest Marples revolutionized three UK government departments. At Transport (1959-1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous report, inaugurated motorways and introduced significant regulations for motorists. At Housing (1951-1954) he delivered 300,000 new houses annually and as Postmaster General (1957-1959), he reformed Post Office accounting systems and launched postcodes and Subscriber Trunk Dialling. This first biography of Marples uses newly-available archives to examine public and private transport policy, the growing power of the pro-road lobby and the identification of personal freedom with driving. Railway sentimentalism was no match for these.

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Clem Beckett

Motorcycle Legend and War Hero Rob Hargreaves

$49.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6.1x9.1 35 mono • May 2022 BIO016000

As a pioneering Dirt Track rider Clem Beckett broke records galore, and as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War he broke down class barriers. Whether as a tearaway teenager, an outspoken sportsman, or a member of the Communist Party, his life was characterized by broadsides of irreverence towards authority. Reviving faded memories and anecdotes of his career, this book traces Beckett’s extraordinary rise from blacksmith’s apprentice to superstar, in a new sport which typified the energy of the Roaring Twenties. A narrative spiced with anecdotes and new revelations about Beckett shows why from boyhood to the poignant circumstances of his death in battle, Clem Beckett inspired love and loyalty. casemateipm.com • celticbooks.com • customer service: (610) 853-9131