2016 Highlights
1966
From Good Vibrations to World Cup Victory Paul Feeney 1966 was an iconic year in an incredible decade. The Beatles were at the height of their fame, programmes such as Ready Steady Go! and Top of the Pops dominated the television screen, and England won the World Cup in nail-biting fashion against West Germany at Wembley. For those of us who were around during this incredible year it still seems like yesterday. But now, 50 years later, this collection of memories by bestselling author Paul Feeney will be enjoyed by anyone with a passion for football and the glory days of the Three Lions, whether they experienced 1966 for themselves or not.
July 2016 ÂŁ9.99 978-0-7509-6828-7 paperback/ebook 174x111mm, 224 pages 40 b&w illustrations
Paul Feeney was born in 1948 and is the bestselling author of A 1950s Childhood and A 1960s Childhood, as well as several other books for The History Press. He lives in Surrey.
The Secret Queen
Eleanor Talbot, the Woman Who Put Richard III on the Throne John Ashdown-Hill When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the ‘Princes in the Tower’). The crown therefore passed to Edward’s undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainty, since those who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV’s children viewed Richard III’s own accession with suspicion.
July 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6846-1 paperback/ebook 198x129mm, 352 pages 40 colour illustrations
John Ashdown-Hill MBE is a freelance historian and bestselling author with a PhD in history. A Channel Four TV documentary, based upon Ashdown-Hill’s DNA research and his History Press book The Last Days of Richard III, was screened earlier this year, and Ashdown-Hill has been heavily involved in the DNA testing of Richard III’s remains.
From the day when Edward IV married Eleanor, or pretended to do so, the House of York, previously so secure in its bloodline, confronted a contentious and uncertain future. John Ashdown-Hill argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV, and that therefore Edward’s subsequent marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate. This fully revised paperback also offers a solution to one of history’s great mysteries, putting forward groundbreaking new evidence calling into question the identity of Westminster Abbey’s ‘bones in the urn’, believed for centuries to be the remains of the ‘Princes in the Tower’.
Battling with the Truth
The Contrast in the Media Reporting of World War II Ian Garden ‘Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.’ Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda The general assumption is that the Allies were the ‘good guys’ during the Second World War and always told the truth in their media coverage while the Nazis, through their Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, deliberately misled their people.
July 2016 £17.99 978-0-7509-5632-1 paperback/ebook 234x156mm, 256 pages 60 b&w illustrations
Ian Garden has previously written The Third Reich’s Celluloid War (The History Press) and has become an acknowledged authority on war film propaganda. He gives regular lectures and classes to universities, clubs and local interest groups in the UK and abroad.
But to what extent is this borne out by the facts? Did the Allies always tell the truth? Did the Nazis always tell lies? How is it possible to tell the truth and still tell a lie? How did each side portray the bombing of the likes of Dresden and Coventry? How could the Nazis turn defeats in North Africa and at Stalingrad into the same sort of triumphs as the Allies tried to create out of Dunkirk and Dieppe? Asking how both sides could have believed they were fighting a just war, Garden exposes the extent to which their peoples were told downright lies or fed very carefully worded versions of the truth. Often these ‘versions’ gave completely false impressions of the success or failure of missions and entire campaigns.
Prof
Alan Turing Decoded Dermot Turing Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by his unappreciative country, and it has become hard to disentangle the real man from the story. It is easy to cast him as a misfit, the stereotypical professor. But actually Alan Turing was never a professor, and his nickname ‘Prof’ was given by his codebreaking friends at Bletchley Park.
August 2016 £9.99 978-1-84165-660-1 paperback/ebook 198x129mm, 288 pages 100 b&w illustrations Sir Dermot Turing was educated at Sherborne and Cambridge, like his uncle, Alan Turing, before him. After completing his DPhil in Genetics at New College, Oxford, Dermot moved into the legal profession, working first for HM Treasury Solicitor’s Department and then for Clifford Chance, where he was a partner from 1999 to 2014. Dermot is a serving Trustee of Bletchley Park.
Now, Alan Turing’s nephew, Dermot Turing, has taken a fresh look at the influences on Alan Turing’s life and creativity. Dermot’s vibrant and entertaining approach to the life and work of a true genius makes this a fascinating read.
The History of Rock in Fifty Guitars Bruce Wexler
Although the guitar as we know it has only been around for a short time, it has changed the sound of popular music more than any other instrument. From the 1920s, when music was crying out for a guitar sound that was more dominant, through early experiments with steel cones or resonators, Hawaiian electric guitars and the first electric Spanishstyle six-string guitar in 1936, musicians were gradually coming to realise that it was possible to produce notes that could be amplified to any desired volume. This gave birth to the new, less restrained style of playing, and finally the guitar could take the main role, leading to the dawn of rock music as we know it.
August 2016 ÂŁ12.99 978-0-7509-6988-8 paperback 227x172mm, 192 pages 190 b&w illustrations
Bruce Wexler has written books of American cultural history including The Hatfields and the McCoys, The Wild West Catalog and The Illustrated Directory of Muscle Cars.
This stunning book traces the development of the guitar and the artists who achieved fame with it over seven decades, from Bill Haley to Jimi Hendrix.
Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History A Nautical History of the World
Ian Graham
From the Stone Age to the present day, no technology has had a more profound impact on mankind than watercraft. Boats and ships made possible the settlement and conquest of new worlds. They determined the victors of history-changing wars and aided the spread of new philosophies, technologies and religions. Even today, virtually everything we purchase and consume depends on seaborne trade.
August 2016 £14.99 978-0-7509-7044-0 hardback 227x170mm, 224 pages 150 colour illustrations
Ian Graham is an author of popular science, technology and history books. He has worked as a freelance writer for many years, and has written over 200 books on a wide range of topics. He was joint winner of the Royal Society of Young People’s Book Prize (2012) and shortlisted for the Educational Writers’ Award (2014).
Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History is more than just a delight for lovers of the sea – it’s a virtual history of the world told through the boats and ships that influenced how and where people lived, the ideas they exchanged and how they won and lost the battles that set the course of later generations and millennia. Beautifully illustrated with art and photographs, it is a guide to how men and women went to sea in every age and place.
Britain’s Toy Car Wars Dinky vs Corgi vs Matchbox Giles Chapman
Meccano was first on the scene with its die-cast Dinky Toys of 1933. Lesney’s Matchbox series arrived twenty years later, at genuine pocketmoney prices. And then in 1956 Mettoy’s Corgi Toys appeared, packed full of astounding gimmicks. From incredibly humble beginnings – Lesney started life in a derelict north London pub – the British toy car industry grew into a lucrative worldbeater, with fierce rivalry developing between the three main brands: Dinky, Matchbox and Corgi.
July 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6594-1 paperback 226x248mm, 128 pages 56 b&w, 72 colour illustrations
Giles Chapman is an award-winning motoring writer. He has been editor of Classic & Sports Car, the world’s bestselling classic car magazine, and, since 1994, he’s worked freelance across a huge variety of media. His books include My Dad Had One Of Those, Cars We Loved in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, and 100 Cars Britain Can Be Proud Of.
For the first time, Giles Chapman reveals the fascinating story behind the battle to dominate Britain’s toy car industry, and the decline that drove it into history. Jam-packed with nostalgic photographs, Amazon bestseller Britain’s Toy Car Wars opens a particularly vibrant and cherished chapter in British cultural memory.
Earls Court Motor Show An Illustrated History Russell Hayes
For decades the Earls Court Motor Show was the annual pilgrimage for car dreamers and buyers. Millions jostled to see the latest models, gadgets, showgirls, celebrities and with any luck grab armfuls of brochures. The Earls Court exhibition centre may be undergoing demolition and redevelopment, but the love of the show remains and the Goodwood Revival still has its own Earls Court Motor Show recreation every year. Now the glory days of the show return in this colourful history, with archive images of British, European and American cars at their finest, landmark models for each year, heroic failures and one-offs.
August 2016 ÂŁ25.00 978-0-7509-6527-9 hardback 226x248mm, 128 pages 90 b&w, 40 colour illustrations
Russell Hayes is a motoring journalist and has worked for TV programmes such as Top Gear, The Car’s the Star and Driven. Since 2007 he has written Haynes books on Lotus, TVR and the Ford Cortina and for his day job he works as a press officer at the High Court in London. He is an associate member of the Guild of Motoring Writers.
The Ration Book Diet
Mike Brown, Carol Harris, C.J. Jackson Rationing was a vital part of fighting the Second World War on the Home Front. The Ministry of Food enlisted the cartoon characters Potato Pete and Doctor Carrot to promote the benefits of fresh fruit, vegetables and cereals, and helped families to make the most of meat, fat, sugar and dairy products. As a result, the health of the nation soared. This book uses the wartime diet as a model to reproduce delicious healthy recipes for today.
September 2016 ÂŁ14.99 978-0-7509-6822-5 hardback 210x160mm, 144 pages 40 colour illustrations
Mike Brown and Carol Harris are experts on the Second World War Home Front and coauthors of The Wartime House. C.J. Jackson is a freelance food consultant, writer and cook. She has written for BBC Good Food magazine and is the author of The Times Food for Feasts and Festivals.
The Tudors in 100 Objects John Matusiak
If actions speak louder than words, then so too at times do inanimate objects – and never more than when a bygone age is involved. The Tudors in 100 Objects sets out to examine the material remains of a seminal period in English history and explore the values, hopes, achievements, fears and habits of the men and women who helped to make it what it was. The result is a compelling journey into a far-off world where limited life expectancy, back-breaking work, grinding poverty, violence, cruelty, inequality, intolerance, harsh justice, superstition and widespread illiteracy went hand in hand with untold opulence, intense religious faith, high moral principle, cultural refinement, bravery, tenacity, inventiveness and an unbridled zest for living.
August 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6180-6 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 352 pages 100 colour illustrations
John Matusiak studied at the universities of London and Sussex before embarking upon a thirty-year teaching career. He was a frequent contributor to History Review before being invited to write Henry V (Routledge 2012) and further critically acclaimed biographies of Henry VIII, Thomas Wolsey and James I for The History Press.
From birthing chairs and prosthetic arms to witches’ stools, pocket watches, fuming pots, codpieces, ear scoops, flushing lavatories, bollock daggers and ducking stools, the whole vivid panorama of Tudor life is laid bare in a provocative and frequently myth-shattering narrative, firmly founded upon contemporary accounts and the most up-to-date results of modern scholarship.
House of Spies
St Ermin’s Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage Peter Matthews St Ermin’s Hotel has been synonymous with British espionage ever since the 1930s, when the SIS (MI6) was situated nearby at 54 Broadway. Through to the cloak and dagger days of the Cold War, St Ermin’s has not only acted as a safe house for spies to meet with their handlers, but also as a clandestine recruitment centre.
October 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6401-2 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 288 pages 32 b&w illustrations
Peter Matthews is Secretary of the Foreign Press Association. He has written numerous articles on military history and international relations. He served in the army in Berlin post-WW2 and developed an active interest and role in Signals Intelligence. He is currently completing a PhD in European Studies and is working with the Imperial War Museum.
Bristling with intelligence officers such as Ian Fleming and Nöel Coward, the hotel was initially revealed by the notorious double agent Arthur Owens, codenamed SNOW, to be a covert base for the SIS’s Section D, before three gloomy private rooms on the third floor became the birthplace of Winston Churchill’s SOE in the early days of the Second World War. During the late 1940s, the traitorous Cambridge spies Kim Philby and Guy Burgess would hand over intelligence to their Russian counterparts when they regularly met in the hotel’s Caxton Bar, whilst St Ermin’s proximity to government offices ensured its continued use by both domestic and foreign secret agents throughout the following decades. In this first book on the history of the hotel, historian Peter Matthews reveals the remarkable stories of the spies who met there and the secrets they were sharing.
Agente
Female Secret Agents in World Wars, Cold Wars and Civil Wars Douglas Boyd
October 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6694-8 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 256 pages 32 b&w illustrations
Douglas Boyd is a critically acclaimed author of both fiction and non-fiction. He was made an honorary ex-legionnaire by past and serving members of the Foreign Legion for his history of their unique army. His previous books have been translated into 17 languages.
Women volunteering to become secret agents or spies risk the same torture as men if caught, plus sexual violence. Many of their male colleagues mistrust them for ‘emotional unreliability’. Some have indeed gone to bed with their captors, seeking leniency. Mathilde Carré was caught by the Abwehr in occupied France and betrayed everyone in her Resistance network to her new lover. At her trial, she said, ‘Women do not have the same choices as men.’ Yet female agents of SOE saved thousands of Allied soldiers’ lives. In the Comintern’s 70-year war against the West, Moscow’s many female agents seduced soldiers and politicians, got divorced and married following orders, financed revolutions and stole nuclear secrets – many settling in the countries they betrayed to avoid being shot on return to the USSR. This book records the lives of the ‘agentes’ and investigates the powerful motives – patriotism, ideology, love and revenge – that drove them to undertake such dangerous work.
Nelson’s Spyglass
101 Curious Objects from British History Sophie Campbell Nelson’s spyglass, Florence Nightingale’s shoes, Anne Boleyn’s portrait of Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s signature on a deed. This book contains 101 curious items, each with an extraordinary story to tell. From the last letter that Dickens ever wrote to a handwritten report on the sinking of the Titanic and the return ticket to Epsom of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, each item offers a fascinating new perspective into Britain’s amazing history.
September 2016 £12.99 978-0-7509-7003-7 hardback 190x170mm, 160 pages
Sophie Campbell (www.love-london.com) is an accredited London Blue Badge Guide who writes a regular travel and heritage column for the Daily Telegraph. She also presented a series of BBC2’s The Travel Show.
A Dangerous Place
The Story of the Railway Murders Simon Farquhar In September 1970, two boys met in the playground on their first day at secondary school in North London. They formed what would be described at the Old Bailey thirty years later as ‘a unique and wicked bond’. Between 1982 and 1986, striking near lonely railway stations in London and the Home Counties, their partnership took them from rape to murder. Three police forces pooled their resources to catch them in the biggest criminal manhunt since the Yorkshire Ripper Inquiry.
October 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6589-7 paperback/ebook 198x129mm, 256 pages 20 b&w illustrations
Simon Farquhar is a writer and broadcaster. His plays include Rainbow Kiss, which played at the Royal Court Theatre in London and has since run in New York and Rome. He has also written and presented documentaries, including A Sympathetic Eye for BBC Radio 4, and writes regularly for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent.
A Dangerous Place is the first fulllength account of the crimes of John Duffy and David Mulcahy. Told by the son of one of the police officers who led the inquiry, exhaustively researched and with unprecedented access, this is the story of two of the most notorious serial killers of the twentieth century and the times they operated in. It is the story of the women who died at their hands. It is the story of the women who survived them, and who had the courage to ensure justice was done. And it is the story of a father, told by a son.
History of Britain in 100 Dogs Emma White
As the ultimate dog-loving nation, our history is inextricably entwined with that of our dogs. Through history they have sniffed, rolled, shaken and pawed their way into our hearts, and behind almost every great Briton is a faithful hound.
October 2016 ÂŁ20.00 978-0-7509-6489-0 hardback 210x210mm, 256 pages 150 b&w illustrations
Emma White has a Masters degree in British First World War studies and is now studying for her PhD in the use of dogs in the First World War. She worked on the Great War West Sussex project, and has previously worked in two Greater London archives. She gives numerous talks on dogs in history and has appeared on radio.
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Britain from Roman times to the present and looks at our native British breeds and the extraordinary roles they played in society, from providing entertainment to herding livestock to guiding the visually impaired. Dogs have fought with us in war, searched for us in trouble, aided us in industry and offered companionship with no reward. They crop up in almost every aspect of history, and offer a fascinating insight into the shaping of our nation.
99 Ways to Die in the Movies The Kobal Collection
There have been many spectacular, tragic, shocking and downright gruesome deaths in Hollywood films over the years, and this little compendium brings together 99 of the most memorable through famous stills collected by the renowned Kobal Collection. From Hans Gruber’s famous fall from the Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard, to the Wicked Witch from the East being crushed by Dorothy’s farmhouse in The Wizard of Oz and the shocking murder of Marion Crane in the shower in Psycho, 99 Ways to Die in the Movies brings together these iconic cinematic moments for the first time in one gift book.
October 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-7053-2 paperback 190x170mm, 112 pages
99 Ways to Die in the Movies has been published in collaboration with the Kobal Collection, the leading film and cinema photo library.
A Signaller’s War
The Sketchbook Diary of Pte L. Ellis Edited by David Langley As the First World War roared into its second year, 17-year-old Lawrence Ellis marched into his recruitment office and signed up, eager to fight for King and Country. Underage, as so many were, it wasn’t until he had cut his teeth in the Royal Field Artillery that Ellis joined the Corps of Royal Signallers.
October 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6494-4 paperback/ebook 226x248mm, 192 pages 300 b&w illustrations
David Langley is a drama teacher at a school in Bath, where he was presented with Ellis’ diaries and sketches during show and tell in a history class he was covering. With a lifelong interest in First World War history, Langley has endeavoured, alongside the Ellis family, to present the signaller’s experiences to the audience it deserves.
It was some years after the war, however, that the private began to commit his memories to art and words. A Signaller’s War includes a poignant selection of Ellis’ images, portraying the conditions, experiences and hopes of the common soldier in the trenches of the Western Front. Often humorous, sometimes horrific, always honest, this collection is a unique insight into the life of a young volunteer who grows from a boy to a man during his service, after witnessing the aftermath of the Somme and action at Cambrai. He was not a trained artist, writer or diarist, yet his work demonstrates a skill and sensitivity that will leave the reader breathless.
The ‘Big Four’ of the White Star Fleet Celtic, Cedric, Baltic & Adriatic Mark Chirnside
The ‘Big Four’ served the White Star Line for a collective 110 years and carried around 1.5 million passengers to and from Liverpool and New York. Arguably, they were the most successful series of ships the company ever produced, but have been entirely overlooked in maritime literature. Many features of the ships were trialled before their use on Olympic and Titanic and, in many ways, the ‘Big Four’ can be seen as the forerunners of the famous ‘Olympic’ class ships. Celtic met her end on the rocks off Ireland in 1928, and her sister ships fell into the red during the early 1930s. Mark Chirnside tells their stories in detail in this groundbreaking new book.
October 2016 £25.00 978-0-7509-6597-2 hardback 226x248mm, 192 pages 230 b&w, 50 colour illustrations
Mark Chirnside is a well-known maritime expert and author. He has previously written RMS Aquitania: The Ship Beautiful, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic: The Olympic Class Ships, RMS Majestic and RMS Olympic: Titanic’s Sister for The History Press. He lives in Warwickshire. www.markchirnside.co.uk
The Mistress of Mayfair
Men, Money and the Marriage of Doris Delevingne Lyndsy Spence
November 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6715-0 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 224 pages 16 b&w illustrations
Lyndsy Spence is the author of The Mitford Girls’ Guide to Life (The History Press, 2013) and Mrs Guinness: The Rise & Fall of a Thirties Socialite (The History Press, 2015). She is the founder of The Mitford Society, a popular online community dedicated to the Mitford sisters.
The plot could have been inspired by Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, but unlike Waugh’s novel – which parodies the era of the ‘Bright Young Things’ – The Mistress of Mayfair is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption and promiscuity at the heart of 1920s and ’30s high society, focusing on the wily, willful socialite Doris Delevingne and her doomed relationship with the gossip columnist Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse. Marrying each other in pursuit of the finer things in life, their unlikely union was tempestuous from the off, rocked by affairs (with a whole host of society figures, including Cecil Beaton and Winston Churchill, amongst others) on both sides, and degenerated into one of London’s bitterest, and most talked about, divorce battles. This story follows the rise and fall of their relationship, exploring their decadent society lives in revelatory detail and offering new insight into the lives of some of the mid twentieth century’s most prominent figures.
Donald Campbell
300+ A Speed Odyssey – His Life with Bluebird David de Lara
November 2016 ÂŁ30.00 978-0-7509-7008-2 hardback 250x250mm, 224 pages 150 b&w, 300 colour illustrations
David de Lara is a writer, producer and director who has written widely on, and made TV programmes about, the Campbell family and is involved in the development of a six-part drama on the subject for Broadcast Television.
Donald Campbell was born into the world of record-breaking, the only son of the legendary Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous in the inter-war years as the ultimate record breaker with nine Land and four Water Speed Records. This richly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the life of Donald Campbell, a brave and intense man obsessed with doing better than his father and flying the flag for Britain as the pioneering nation of speed record breakers and leading-edge designers. With much new and rare material, it reveals the record attempts made with the Bluebirds on land and water, capturing the life-and-death dramas played out against the barren backdrop of Lake Eyre in Australia and the verdant hills surrounding Coniston Water in the English Lake District.
Sea Eagles of Empire
The Classis Britannica and the Battle for Britain Simon Elliott The Roman war machine comprised land and naval forces. Although the former has been studied extensively, less has been written and understood about the naval forces of the Roman Empire and, in particular, the regional navies which actively participated in most military operations and policed the seas and rivers of the Empire.
August 2016 £25 978-0-7509-6602-3 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 224 pages 16 b&w illustrations
Simon Elliott is a historian, completing a PhD at the University of Kent in Archaeology. He has Masters degrees in War Studies and Archaeology. He is former editor at Jane’s Defence Weekly and Flight International. He has been published in journals including History Today, RUSI Journal and British Archaeology.
Until the mid third century, in a British context, this navy was the Classis Britannica – a strong fighting force in its own right. The composition, ship types, roles, tactics and technology have never been studied at length. Here Elliott tells the story of this illustrious naval force in their metal-beaked galleys and their exploits defeating enemies of the Empire and keeping the peace around the British Isles.
Lindell’s List
Saving British and American Women at Ravensbrück Peter Hore Mary Lindell, the Comtesse de Milleville, was British-born but a largely forgotten agent. She combined a passion for adventure with blunt speech and persistently displayed the greatest personal bravery. The Germans denied that American or British prisoners were imprisoned in Ravensbrück but Lindell smuggled out a secretly compiled list that detailed women who were agents of British Military Intelligence, Special Operations Executive (SOE) or the French Resistance. Lindell’s List details their survival and rescue under Mary’s heroic leadership. The work includes firstperson testimony that has never been published before.
September 2016 £20 978-0-7509-6621-4 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 288 pages 25 b&w illustrations
Peter Hore is an award-winning author and journalist. He served a full career in the Royal Navy and is now a Daily Telegraph obituary writer and biographer. He is the author of HMS Pickle, Nelson’s Band of Brothers and other works. In 2011 he was elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Pocket Giants series
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A series about people who changed the world – and why they matter.
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I Love series I Love Kings & Queens 400 Fantastic Facts Richard Smyth February 2016 £10.00 978-1-84165-695-3 paperback 150x180mm, 160 pages 150 colour illustrations
I Love Shakespeare 400 Fantastic Facts Warren King February 2016 £10.00 978-1-84165-696-0 paperback 150x180mm, 160 pages 150 colour illustrations
I Love the Tudors 400 Fantastic Facts Mickey Mayhew February 2016 £10.00 978-1-84165-697-7 paperback 150x180mm, 160 pages 150 colour illustrations
The Sister Queens
Red Roses
Isabella and Catherine de Valois: daughters of a mad man; wives of kings; political bargaining chips who inadvertantly instigated the Tudor dynasty. The Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, exile and conflict in a time when even royal women had to fight for survival.
The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were women whose lives and influences helped shape this most dramatic of conflicts. Here focusing on the Lancastrian side, read how these incredible women survived in extraordinary times.
January 2016 ÂŁ18.99 978-0-7509-6420-3 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 288 pages 12 b&w, 8 colour illustrations
March 2016 ÂŁ20.00 978-0-7509-6400-5 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 384 pages 18 b&w illustrations
Isabella & Catherine de Valois Mary McGrigor
Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort Amy Licence
In Search of Anne Brontë
Shakespeare’s Bastard
Anne Brontë, the youngest and most enigmatic of the Brontë sisters, remains a bestselling author nearly two centuries after her death. This revealing biography opens Anne’s most private life to a new audience and shows the true nature of her relationship with her sister Charlotte.
Sir William Davenant is one of the most influential and neglected figures in the history of British theatre, who often boasted of writing with ‘the very spirit’ of Shakespeare. Was Sir William’s mother actually the ‘Dark Lady’ of the Sonnets and was he Shakespeare’s ‘lovely boy’?
March 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6525-5 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 288 pages 16 b&w illustrations
February 2016 £12.99 978-0-7509-6107-3 paperback/ebook 234x156mm, 256 pages 20 b&w illustrations
Nick Holland
The Life of Sir William Davenant Simon Andrew Stirling
Somme
Kitchener’s Mob
The Battle of the Somme was one of the most costly campaigns of the First World War, with tens of thousands of casualties on both sides. To describe each day of the battle, 141 fallen casualties have been chosen and through their eyes the full scope of the horror of the Somme emerges.
The amazing story of Kitchener’s Army and the men of the ‘First Hundred Thousand’ and the many Pals’ battalions that were raised across Britain. Through artefacts and original documents, this moving tribute bears witness to the impression this ‘mob’ made on British history.
June 2016 £25.00 978-0-7509-6532-3 hardback/ebook 226x248mm, 240 pages 150 b&w illustrations
May 2016 £25.00 978-0-7509-6495-1 hardback 250x250mm, 224 pages 200 colour illustrations
Alexandra Churchill
The New Army to the Somme Peter Doyle, Chris Foster
Sisters of the Somme
True Stories from a First World War Field Hospital Penny Starns
With casualties mounting, there was an appeal for volunteers to train as front-line medical staff and many women heeded the call. Based on previously unpublished stories of its medical staff, this is a heart-warming account of the joys and sorrows of an extraordinary Somme field hospital.
May 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6162-2 paperback/ebook 198x129mm, 224 pages
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Who Betrayed the Jews?
Spynest
Who Betrayed the Jews? is a groundbreaking study that examines the various ways Jews were betrayed by their fellow countrymen during the Holocaust. Grunwald-Spier reveals, among other accounts, the impact of Nazi policies on Agatha Christie, Margaret Thatcher and Coco Chanel.
During the First World War, Holland became a breeding ground for secret agents and spies. Ruis brings to light the unexplored and well-guarded histories of this intelligence. But even this is only half the story. The truly successful spies, who were never found out, remain a mystery to this day.
January 2016 £30.00 978-0-7509-5364-1 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 640 pages 16 b&w illustrations
February 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6506-4 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 256 pages 16 b&w illustrations
The Realities of Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust Agnes Grunwald-Spier
British and German Espionage from Neutral Holland 1914-1918 Edwin Ruis
Brick History
Insurrection
Brick History is a journey into the most pivotal moments in world history. Using LEGO bricks, artist Warren Elsmore and his team recreate stunning historic scenes, from the beginning of life in the pre-historic era right through to the inauguration of Barack Obama.
With the Dissolution of the Monasteries under way, Henry VIII turned a blind eye to the resentment of his people, which culminated in the largest spontaneous uprising against a Tudor monarch: the Pilgrimage of Grace. Here Loughlin explores the motives and methods used by the monarchy to crush the opposition.
March 2016 £14.99 978-0-7509-6757-0 paperback 227x170mm, 256 pages 500 colour illustrations
April 2016 £20.00 978-0-7509-6733-4 hardback/ebook 234x156mm, 224 pages 16 colour illustrations
Amazing Historical Scenes to Build from LEGO Warren Elsmore
Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace Susan Loughlin
Modern Crimes A WPC Lottie Armstrong Mystery Chris Nickson
1924: Still reeling from the effects of the Great War, life in the city of Leeds is hard: poverty is rife, work is scarce and crime is becoming more sophisticated. Bravely entering this maelstrom is one of the city’s first policewomen to walk the beat, the resourceful, inquisitive and practical WPC Lottie Armstrong. Eager to prove herself and determined to succeed, Lottie faces apathy from colleagues and the general public alike until she suddenly finds herself on the trail of a missing girl that leads to the underbelly of the city and to murder.
September 2016 £8.99 978-0-7509-6983-3 paperback/ebook 198x129mm, 288 pages
March 2016 £8.99 978-0-7509-6362-6
Chris Nickson is a popular crime novelist whose fiction has been named best of the year by Library Journal. Specialising in historical crime, Chris is the author of the Dan Markham and WPC Lottie Armstrong series, both set in Leeds, as well as the John the Carpenter series set in medieval Chesterfield, all The Mystery Press.
August 2016 £7.99 978-0-7509-6614-6
May 2016 £8.99 978-0-7509-6296-4
The ’70s Colouring Book
October 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-7048-8 paperback 246x167mm, 96 pages 45 b&w illustrations
The 1970s were creative, cool and, above all, colourful! This collection of funky illustrations is a celebration of this unique decade and the fashion, games, music and hairstyles of the period. From disco dancers to lava lamps, ABBA to sideburns, each picture is full of intriguing detail sure to fire the imagination and make you reach for your most vibrant colouring pencils.
September 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-7024-2
March 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6762-4
March 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6811-9
August 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6806-5
Squares of London John Coulter
London’s garden squares distinguish it most clearly from other great cities. All have their ceremonial and market squares, but none the quantity, quality, and variety of residential squares that sets London apart. The history of the London square began in 1631 with the great name of Inigo Jones, whose houses and church in Covent Garden were both started in that year. Lincoln’s Inn Fields followed from 1638, before the Restoration and the Hanoverian Succession gave the political impetus to the first and second great waves of square building.
April 2016 £50.00 978-0-7509-6068-7 hardback 263x194mm, 576 pages 200 b&w, 200 colour illustrations
John Coulter worked in the Lewisham Local History Centre for many years, where he was Local Studies Librarian. He has written sixteen books on London history. He lives in Norwood.
March 2016 £12.99 978-0-7509-5587-4 paperback 246x170mm, 128 pages 125 colour illustrations
May 2016 £14.99 978-0-7509-6766-2 paperback 224x248mm, 144 pages 400 colour illustrations
The Anthology of English Folk Tales Various
Carefully selected stories from our celebrated Folk Tales series have been gathered here for this special volume. Herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers performing in the country today. From hidden chapels and murderous vicars to travelling fiddlers and magical shape-shifters, this book celebrates the distinct character of England’s different customs, beliefs and dialects, and is a treat for all who enjoy a good yarn.
November 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-7043-3 hardback/ebook 198x129mm, 192 pages
September 2016 £9.99 978-0-7509-6843-0 hardback 150x180mm, 160 pages 100 colour illustrations
The authors are all professional storytellers active in their respective areas, and all have previously published a volume of Folk Tales for The History Press. Some notable contributors include Taffy Thomas, who was the first storytelling laureate, and Hugh Lupton, who has long been an important name in this field.
October 2016 £16.99 978-0-7509-6587-3 paperback/ebook 234x156mm, 256 pages 32 colour illustrations
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