The dramatic, newly researched story of an enigmatic institution where 125,000 children were admitted, and 100,000 died or disappeared.
This book tells the story of the extraordinary link between actual murder and the greatest detective story writer of all time.
How the Home Service utilised radio to win over the wartime public
A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world
Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written. Prize-winning biographer Oliver Soden combines meticulous research with passages of dazzling invention to recount the life of the cat praised as 'a mixture of gravity and waggery'. The narrative roams from the theatres and bordellos of Covent Garden to the cell where Smart was imprisoned for mania. At once whimsical and profound, witty and deeply moving, Soden's biography plays with the genre like a cat with a toy. It tells the story of a poet and a poem, while setting Jeoffry's life and adventures against the roaring backdrop of eighteenth-century London.
The glittering, poignant and sometimes shocking story of the love affair between two members of the Souls, the group of unconventional aristocrats at the heart of late Victorian society
From May 1940 the Children's Overseas Reception Board began to move children to safety abroad to Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand.
In this fresh approach to railway history, Rosa Matheson explores the grim and grisly railway past.
The British Army were aware of the threat to Singapore and Malaya from the first days after Pearl Harbor, but they viewed the Japanese Army as an inferior fighting force, incapable of standing up to the defences and trained troops of the British.
The life and genius of Henry Royce, the outstanding, retiring, and often tyrannical founder of Rolls-Royce
The first book to examine the truth behind the legend of the Krays, written by bestselling Kray family biographer Jacky Hyams
Guildford's history dates from Saxon times, and the town has been the residence of kings and many famous men and women, particularly since Henry II turned the Norman Castle into a luxurious palace in the 12th century.
Established in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the company and its ships
A 'user-friendly' and up-to-date investigation of Welsh Iron Age communities, incorporating new and exciting discoveries
Fast-paced and fact-packed, this compendium revels in the history, places and people of Wales' largest county. This whistle-stop tour through the 'Garden of Wales' covers both celebrated characters and murky pasts, taking in the county's breathtaking castles, nature reserves and famous landmarks along the way.
Everything you could possibly want to know about Wales in one handy, pocket-sized book!
One man's personal travelogue of his journeys throughout BR's Western Region, Wales and the Welsh Marches during the final months of steam
Over a century of the modern touring caravan
Traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the rivers, streams and lakes of Britain and Ireland
Illustrated history reveals the many experiences of Mauretania (1907) across an illustrious career
A compendium of historical facts and figures, perfect for dipping into. Full of information that will make you say, 'I never knew that'
Cricket Banter is all the rage among the cricketing cognoscenti and the chat, the sledging and the humour behind the game is all covered here, by those boys at The Middle Stump, in conjunction with Factor 50.
Previously untold stories and unpublished photographs of Norwich in wartime
Stories of people who worked and lived on and by the Thames and its hidden tributaries flowing through London
The gruesome history of the Congo-Ocean Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial Africa
Prenumerera på vårt nyhetsbrev för att få fantastiska erbjudanden och inspiration för din nästa läsning.
Genom att registrera dig accepterar du vår personuppgiftspolicy.
