Manufacturer: Pitkin Guides
Written By: Dulcie M. Ashdown

Manufacturer: Readers Digest
Written By: Lise Hull

An illustrated guide to the Scottish tartan, including a brief history of the costume and a comprehensive listing of the major clans and their tartans.

Manufacturer: Lutterworth Press
Written By: James Scarlett, James Desmond Scarlett

Now re-releasing as a part of the Lives of Faith series, this is Douglas Gresham’s delightful memoir of the true story that inspired the critically acclaimed film Shadowlands.

Manufacturer: MacMillan Publishing Company
Written By: Douglas H. Gresham

The Tyne's river crossings lie at the heart of the region, not only as pivotal parts of the road, rail, cycle and footpath networks which link our communities, but also as potent symbols of the North East, held in great affection by its inhabitants. "Crossing the Tyne" explores the history of the bridges, tunnels, ferries and fords on the tidal reaches of the Tyne, from Ryton to the river mouth. ...

Manufacturer: Tyne Bridge Publishing
Written By: Frank Manders, Richard Potts

In 1898, the youngest daughter of a Scottish retired admiral and MP emerged from obscurity to become the publicly acknowledged mistress of the portly, fun-loving Prince of Wales, later crowned Edward VII. Hailed as one of the beauties of the "naughty nineties", Alice Keppel became a leader of the fashionable set, and as The Hon. Mrs George Keppel was one of the best-known society hostesses of the ...

Manufacturer: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.
Written By: Raymond Lamont-Brown, Agnes Keyser, Raymond Lamont Brown

Who were your ancestors? Where did they live? How did they earn their living? At what age did they marry, and how large were their families? Throughout the ages and across the world people have had a natural curiosity about their ancestors, but only recently have amateur historians begun to trace their forebears with such fervor and delight. Written by a leading authority in the field, The ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: David Hey

Manufacturer: PITKIN GUIDES
Written By: ANGELA ROYSTON (EDITOR) JOHN NORRIS

This vivid pictorial history gives a fascinating insight into the ways Londoners have dealt with death over the last 100 years. The city's rich cultural, social and religious character is reflected in approaches to death, and in funerals and burial rituals. Brian Parsons has brought together a wide-ranging collection of historical photographs to show the growing variety of ceremonies that ...

Manufacturer: The History Press
Written By: Brian Parsons

An American couple travel to the small Welsh hamlet of St. David's to trace their family tree and are welcomed as members of the picturesque community, which harbors a small miracle in the mysterious Preseli Hills.

Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
Written By: Jane Maas, Michael Maas