The true story of royal intrigue and a fatal shipwreck on the shores of Restoration Britain
Carole Lombard was the very opposite of the typical 1930s starlet. A no-nonsense woman, she worked hard, took no prisoners and had a great passion for life. As a result, she became Hollywood's highest-paid star. From the outside, Carole's life was one of great glamour and fun, yet privately she endured much heartache. As a child, her mother moved Carole and her brothers across the country away from their beloved father. Carole then began a film career, only to have it cut short after a devastating car accident. Picking herself back up, she was rocked by the accidental shooting of her lover; a failed marriage to actor William Powell; and the sorrow of infertility during her marriage to Hollywood's King, Clark Gable.Lombard marched forward, promising to be positive. Sadly her life was cut short in a plane crash so catastrophic that pieces of the aircraft are still buried in the mountain today. In Carole Lombard, bestselling author Michelle Morgan accesses previously unseen documents to tell the story of a woman whose remarkable life and controversial death continues to enthral.
It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began. Alexander the Great used them, Hannibal took them over the Alps, and Kublai Khan encountered them in India. However, it is only the last hundred years that the existence of the African elephant has been threatened. Once the 'Great White Hunters' with their special elephant guns arrived, elephants in the south of the continent were decimated. 'Blood Ivory' tells the story of how the professional hunting fraternity were the first to realise the threat to the elephant and how they kick-started the whole conservation movement. It is not a story with a happy ending as a history of the conservation movement is essentially a tale of war - colonialists at war with traditional customs; newly-independent African countries at war with one another; poachers and smugglers at war with any kind of constraint; and international bodies fighting for the suppression of damaging information. Robin Brown paints a vivid picture of the impact of hunting on Africa's elephant population and the powerful personalities of those involved on both sides of the massacre - from Cecil Rhodes to Dennis Fitch-Hatton and Edward, Prince of Wales to David Sheldrick.
Celebrating more than 50 years of the ground-breaking Atom Heart Mother
Nostalgic book takes you back to a different age, remembering what life was like for those growing up in the 1930s.
Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle - and her husband was about to fall from grace. Jacquetta Woodville was a personal enemy of Warwick the Kingmaker, who was about to take his revenge. Elizabeth Woodville was the widowed mother of a child king, fighting Richard III for her children's lives. In Royal Witches, Gemma Hollman explores the lives of these four unique women, looking at how rumours of witchcraft brought them to their knees in a time when superstition and suspicion was rife.
An important record of ancient fishing traditions along Britain's coastal fringes, now rapidly dying out
A unique celebration of contemporary crafts around the Stroud ValleysA beautiful book for lovers of the handmade.
An Illustrated History. Bath Abbey has the largest and strangest collection of over 1,500 church monuments in the UK. This is their story.
From Clark's Pies and a heaped helping of `Half and Half' to the oddities of the `Kaairdiff' accent, this fact-packed compendium reveals the contributions Cardiff has made to the history of the nation and recalls some of its famous faces - Shirley Bassey, Charlotte Church and Frank Hennessy amongst them - and popular attractions.
An exciting set of tales from the Buddhist tradition to inspire, move, challenge and amuse
The return of the high successful biography of a modern legend by Alan Turing's nephew
The stories of the innocent; the survivors and those left behind, who paid the price of terrorism in Northern Ireland
New in paperback, a compendium of historical facts and figures, perfect for dipping into
The first book to tell the remarkable Studio Lisa story and showcase their unique Royal Family photographic collection
Based upon interviews with a wide-range of former German Army and SS soldiers, these unique personal episodes vividly depict the extraordinary circumstances of the Third Reich's final days as armies closed in from all sides. Le Tissier's interviews link the brutality of combat with the humanity of the desperate battles.
A comprehenisve illustrated guide to the workhouses in Wales and the border counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire
Inspiration for families to connect with nature using stories and the wisdom of our ancestors
A witty and unconventional biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in his centenary year - perfect for fans of The Crown
Showcasing the changing scene of locomotive power across the former LNER territories from Newcastle to North London
The incredible true story of an SOE station where false identities and documents were forged and an elite Polish fighting force underwent training
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