Jacky Hyams: 11 books
by Jacky Hyams
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Elvis is waiting outside in a big pink Caddy.
Or rather, he would be if the dreams and fantasies of millions of teenage girls could only come true… And like so many other thirteen-year-olds, East End schoolgirl Jacky Hyams has fallen under the spell of the man with the swivel hips and sexy...
Bombsites and Lollipops
My 1950s East End Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
World War Two is finally over. Millions all over the country are starting to wonder if peacetime really is much of an improvement on the War. Food shortages, endless queues, power cuts, rationing, and freezing winters make it extremely difficult to make ends meet as husbands return from battlefields...
by Jacky Hyams
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The place is London, and the year is 1966. It's a time when anything seems possible, especially if you are a young, free-spirited, mini-skirted girl in search of adventure and independence. An incredible explosion of pop music, fashion and youth culture has turned London into the most swinging city...
Jennifer Saunders
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Jennifer Saunders is Britain’s best-loved comedienne, screenwriter, and actress. For the first time, author Jacky Hyams reveals the story behind Jennifer’s rise to fame, her successful career as the Queen of Comedy, and the highs and lows of her remarkable life. Jennifer was born July 6th 1958...
Real Life Downton Abbey
How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Fans of Julian Fellowes' hit show can step back 100 years to the world of the pampered, privileged upper classes and take a look at exactly what goes on behind the magisterial doors of their favorite stately home Using the characters and setting of the popular television show as a point of reference...
Female Few
Spitfire Heroines
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous, gifted women risked their lives as courier pilots, flying Lancaster Bombers, Spitfires and many other aircraft in hundreds of perilous missions across the country. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women...
by Jacky Hyams
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
The first full account of the beautiful, innocent young woman who married Reggie Kray - and became trapped in the violent and terrifying world of the Kray Twins.She was young, very beautiful and had everything to live for - but the life of Frances Shea, wife of Reggie Kray, remains one of the most...
Bomb Girls
Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives, mothers, and teenage girls, all "doing their bit" for the war effort, clocking in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping make the explosives, bullets, and war machines that would ensure victory for Britain. It was dangerous,...
Spitfire Stories
True Tales from Those Who Designed, Maintained and Flew the Iconic Plane
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Published in association with Imperial War Museums, this is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines of the Second World War. The Spitfire is the world’s most iconic aeroplane. Coming into its own during the Battle of Britain, it became famous during the Second...
Time to Help Your Parents
A Practical Guide to Recognising Problems and Providing Support
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
For the first time, pensioners outnumber children in the UK. With limited support for carers and no formal training, this book provides everything you need to know about caring for ageing parents
We're all living longer than ever. But there is, inevitably, a point when most of us have to face...
Frances
The Tragic Bride
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
She was young, very beautiful, and had everything to live for—but the life of Frances Shea, briefly married to Reggie Kray, remains one of the most tragic stories of the swinging sixties. Courted by Reggie as a schoolgirl, her eight-year relationship with him drew Frances into an outwardly glamorous...