Abacus imprint: 104 books
Wallis and Edward, Letters: 1931-37
The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Michael Bloch's edition of the intimate correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, from the moment they met in 1931 up to their marriage in 1937, also containing Wallis Simpson's diary of their affair in form of her weekly letters to her aunt in Washington, was a sensational bestseller when...
by Michael Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
In this brilliant and authoritative work, based on their private correspondence and papers, Michael Bloch describes the feud which developed between the Duke of Windsor and the British royal establishment after the Abdication, the humiliations which were suffered by the ex-King and his wife, and the plots to ensure that they remained in exile.
by Michael Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Michael Bloch gives a new twist to the oft-told story of King Edward's short reign.Drawing on a decade-long study of the King's personality, and on privileged access to his papers, he sees the King's abdication partly as the result of a plot to get rid of him by men who mistrusted his modernity and...
by Michael Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Michael Bloch's biography of the woman Edward VIII renounced kingship to marry drew on his previous publication of their intimate corespondence, and presented a picture of her which was often startlingly at variance with previous accounts.It brings vividly to life the qualities which captivated her...
by Ted Simon
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle...
Full Hearts and Empty Bellies
A 1920s Childhood from the Forest of Dean to the Streets of London
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
Winifred Foley grew up in the 1920s, a bright, determined miner's daughter - in a world of unspoilt beauty and desperate hardship, in which women were widowed at thirty and children died of starvation. Living hand-to-mouth in a tumbledown cottage in the Forest of Dean, Foley - 'our Poll' - had a loving...
Smoke in the Lanes
Happiness and Hardship on the Road with the Gypsies in the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In the 1950s the Romani people lived on the brink of great change. In their bright wooden wagons they journeyed between horse-fairs and traditional stopping places - stoic, humorous and wild, often poverty-stricken but protective of their freedom - on the fringes of a society that was soon to close...
Shiny Pennies and Grubby Pinafores
How We Overcame Hardship to Raise a Happy Family in the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
After her years in domestic service, Winifred Foley married and started a family. But, while scraping a living as a charwoman in a rundown north London tenement, she continued to long for her home in the Forest of Dean and the cherished relatives she had left behind. Determined to give their children...
The Audacity of Hype
Bewilderment, Sleaze and Other Tales of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
In THE AUDACITY OF HYPE, Armando Iannucci cuts straight to the heart of the insanity and sherbet-headed nonsense of modern life. THE AUDACITY OF HYPE brings together his views on diverse subjects, ranging from wickedly funny pen portraits of the sometimes loveable, usually despicable chumps who like...
Made In Britain
How the nation earns its living
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
What are countries famous for making? For Japan, the answer might be electronic goods. For Germany, automobiles. For France, perhaps a Louis Vuitton bag. But what about Britain?
Here, Evan Davis sets himself the task of finding out. Offering a fascinating look at our manufacturing industries...
Attention All Shipping
A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms...
by Gordon Bowker
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
'Adds enormously to our understanding of the man' Evening Standard
George Orwell was one of the greatest writers England produced in the last century. He left an enduring mark on our language and culture, with concepts such as 'Big Brother' and 'Room 101.' His reputation rests not only on his...
The Far Corner
A Mazy Dribble Through North-East Football
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
A book in which Wilf Mannion rubs shoulders with The Sunderland Skinhead: recollections of Len Shakleton blight the lives of village shoppers: and the appointment of Kevin Keegan as manager of Newcastle is celebrated by a man in a leather stetson, crooning 'For The Good Times' to the accompaniment...
Bit of a Blur
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was a dream coming true.'
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more eventful life. But as bass player of Blur - one...