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Pitkin is synonymous with beautifully illustrated guidebooks at value-for-money prices, aimed at visitors to heritage attractions . Pitkin’s first publication – a pictorial souvenir guidebook to The Queen’s wedding in 1947 – heralded a rich legacy of accessible history publications, popular biographies, guides to leading cities, as well as royal titles . From iconic cathedrals and formidable castles to famous people and bespoke museums, Pitkin offers a range of collectable publications to enhance every visitor experience . Cathedrals of Britain, English Castles, Britain’s Kings and Queens, Alan Turing and The War Poets are just a few of the titles to delight and inform . Due to popular demand, we are delighted to build on our Pitkin TV location series . From the wilds of Scotland, featured in our intrepid Outlanders Guide to Scotland to the elegance of Georgian Britain in Bridgerton’s England, we have something to inspire . Look out for our new titles in this series including the ever-intriguing Midsomer Murders and the sumptuous and compelling The Crown’s Royal Britain, where you can follow in the footsteps of the royal family over the decades . We also publish guidebooks for visitor attractions . Please let us know if we can help you create a unique and winning offering . Susan Swalwell

Publisher, Pitkin Guides

MARCH 2022

9781841659374 £7 .99 64pp | 172 x 240mm | PB Colour photographs throughout Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Popular Culture/Travel tHe crown’s roYal Britain Gill Knappett

Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the fi lming locations for the award-winning Netfl ix series The Crown. The series recreates the romance and intrigue at the heart of the royal family and within these pages we seek out the settings so integral to the story, linking each “fi ctional” site to its real-life counterpart . Covering the fi rst four series, this is the perfect opportunity for every fan of The Crown to go on a royal tour of Britain and the venues that were an inspiration for this special drama .

FEBRUARY 2022

9781841659008 £6 .00 32pp | 172 x 240mm | PB Colour photography throughout Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Travel/Literature rosamunde pilcHer’s cornwall Gill Knappet

From the elegance of Prideaux Place in Padstow to Cornwall’s wild coastline, Rosamunde Pilcher captured Cornwall’s diverse beauty and charm. Rosamunde Pilcher grew up near St Ives, and Cornwall remained her inspiration and the setting for most of her novels . This Pitkin guidebook takes you on a tour of the key areas and places that inspired her, from the steep Bedruthan Steps to St Michael’s Mount and the waves battering the coastline at Land’s End . All these sites and more informed Rosamunde Pilcher’s writing, making her novels and short stories popular and cherished worldwide .

MARCH 2022

9781841659336 £6 .99 44pp | 172 x 240mm | PB 85 photographs Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Travel/Television

midsomer murders location guide Frank Hopkinson

Celebrating 25 years of the hugely popular ITV show Midsomer Murders with a guide that pinpoints the most popular locations used for fi lming the series. The fi rst episode of Midsomer Murders, The Killing at Badger’s Drift, was an immediate ratings success in 1997 and today the series continues to be sold around the world . This location guide highlights some of the familiar pubs, churches, villages and countryside that can be visited . The Lions at Bledlow has been fi ve diff erent pubs in its Midsomer lifetime, while The Crown in Sydenham can claim at least three . Villages clustered around the Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire border – Turville, Hambledon, Fingest, Haddenham and Long Crendon – are favourite backdrops . While many of the grand country houses are private residences, a few, such as Mapledurham and Greys Court, are open to the public .

With all 128 episodes available on BritBox, fans can watch with the Midsomer Murders Location Guide in hand and spot exactly where Inspector Barnaby brings the villains to book .

FRANK HOPKINSON is the author of The Joy of Pubs, the National Trust’s book on beekeeping and photographed Remarkable Village Cricket Grounds, three subjects that regularly occur in Midsomer Murders .

FEBRUARY 2022

9781841659398 £9 .99 96pp | 189 x 246 mm | HB Colour photographs throughout Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Biography/History & Heritage/ Popular Culture

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Brian Hoey A celebration of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, detailing the highlights and challenges of her 70 year reign. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has carried out her role as Sovereign with fl awless professionalism and in the seventy years she has reigned she has epitomised all the hallmarks of an iconic sovereign beloved of her people . This book celebrates the highlights and challenges of the Queen’s reign over the past seven decades, including her marriage to Philip and the importance of her parents, sister and beloved children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren . It also explores the homes and locations that have a special place in her heart – Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral and Sandringham, as well as The Royal Yacht Britannia . In celebration of her Platinum Jubilee, this souvenir guide looks at the enduring contribution HM Queen Elizabeth has made to life in the UK and the Commonwealth as well as her reputation worldwide .

BRIAN HOEY is the author of thirty-six books about royalty and has interviewed many members of the Royal Family including Prince Charles and the Princess Royal, the Duke of Edinburgh and the late Diana, Princess of Wales .

GREYER DOMINIC

QUEEN CAMEL

BRITAIN’S AMAZING PLACENAMES DOMINIC GREYER BRITAIN’S STRANGEST PLACENAMES

MAY 2022

9781841659411 £8 .99 112pp | 201 x 148 mm | HB 100 black & white photographs Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Humour/Quirky Reference

APRIL 2022

9781841659404 £6 .99 128pp | 125 x 160 mm | HB Illustrations throughout Rights: World exc US, Canada, ANZ Quirky Reference/Poetry Britain’s strangest placenames Dominic Greyer

A beautifully photographed book featuring the quirkiest of Britain’s placenames, from Login to Flash via High Back Side. Photographer Dominic Greyer spent twenty years roaming the British landscape in search of the country’s most unusual placenames . He has an eye for quirky, rude and downright ridiculous name signs, and has photographed them all . Dominic’s atmospheric photography, featuring the landscapes in which the signs sit, make the images special and often beautiful . Placenames include the famous Twice Brewed (Northumberland), Fryup (North Yorkshire), Long Length (Kent) and Camptown (Borders) .

a HistorY oF tHe world in 100 limericks Mick Twister

A history of the world, from the big bang to the present day, in 100 lively limericks accompanied by wonderful illustrations. These 100 humorous limericks take us back to before the beginning of time itself and right up to the present day . Covering everyone’s favourite history lessons (and a few surprising ones too!), Mick Twister has cleverly raided the tomes of the past, picked at the bones of the world’s greatest fi gures, moments and events and condensed the most complex of human activities into fi ve funny rib-tickling lines for your amusement . From a geezer called Caesar to What a Load of Bankers (about the fi nancial crisis), this is the funniest way to learn about the past .