This book also explores Alastair's life outside of films, including his marriage to Naomi Sim (whom he first met when she was twelve), his career as an... Læs mere
At the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from the Repton school to join Churchill's new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos.
Wicklow is full of stories, from the farmer returned from market to find he was dead and buried, to the mysterious bird who turned into a beautiful wife long missing from the glens. In... Læs mere
Discovered in 1811, Bignor is one of the richest and most impressive villas in Britain, its mosaics ranking among the finest in north-western Europe. Now, after 200 years, the remarkable story of Bignor Roman Villa is told in full in this beautifully illustrated book.
This book draws on the long and unique heritage of the county of Somerset, bringing to life seventy of the little known but fascinating and unusual aspects of a much-loved... Læs mere
Authors Derek Hunt and John Mulholland also explore the myth of the `beer bottle VC’ (in which Speakman was said to have fended off the Chinese Communist Army by... Læs mere
A history of Tiverton
A day-by-day account of explosions, murders, disasters, suicides and accidents from Bristol's past.
Birkenhead is essentially a 19th-century `new town’, its planned grid of streets still stretching westwards from the Georgian elegance of Hamilton Square. The ferry meant there was... Læs mere
A history of Lichfield in Staffordshire
A history of Windsor & Eton