Amberley imprint: 2705 books
by Gavin D. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Many books have been written about The Lake Poets - those Romantic geniuses led by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who made their homes in the beautiful north-west corner of England known as The Lake District during the first half of the nineteenth century. Some of these volumes have...
by Mark Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
During the eighteenth century the plight of those considered insane was dismal. Many were locked up in madhouses or chained in the workhouse, their illnesses ignored. It was only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution that reform came into place. Within the West Riding of Yorkshire the first...
by Jan Bondeson
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
In that stately Fitzrovia house, the butler was murdered by a disgruntled pantry-boy; in that one, a king’s housekeeper lost her life. In that Kensington flat, a demented playboy murdered a prostitute for kicks; in that Gloucester Road basement, ‘Acid Bath’ Haigh was busy digesting the bodies...
Dostoyevsky
A Life of Contradiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s life and literature are still potent today, nearly two hundred years after his birth. He is credited with writing some of the greatest novels of all time; a compatriot of Tolstoy and a contemporary of Dickens, his struggle for recognition was long and difficult. He suffered...
by John Gannon
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
On 20 January 1931, Mrs Julia Wallace was brutally battered to death in the parlour of her home in Anfield, Liverpool. In April of that year, William Herbert Wallace, Julia's husband, was found guilty of her seemingly motiveless murder and sentenced to death by hanging. Yet on 19 May 1931, the sentence...
Beer and Spirits
A Guide to Haunted Pubs in the Black Country and Surrounding Area
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Beer and Spirits offers a fascinating insight into the stories behind some of Central England's most haunted pubs. With over 50,000 public houses in the United Kingdom, the local pub has become an essential part of British culture. Samuel Pepys described the inn as the heart of England. Pubs have...
Suffragettes
How Britain’s Women Fought & Died for the Right to Vote
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
A century ago, Britain was caught up in one of the most extraordinary events in the country’s history – the struggle of its women to obtain the right to vote. While there had been petitions and discussions of the subject throughout the Victorian era, by the beginning of the twentieth century it...
Great Tales from British History
Was Queen Victoria Ever Amused? and 39 Other Intriguing Historical Questions Answered
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Did King Cnut really believe that he could turn back the tide? Was Robert Bruce inspired by the perseverance of a spider? Was Queen Victoria never amused? In the 2,000 years of recorded British history, numerous stories have emerged and been passed down through the generations. Some reinforce or add...
by Keith E. Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Jersey is the largest of the British Channel Islands and is just 14 miles away from the French coast. Once part of the Duchy of Normandy, it became independent from France in 1204 and has governed itself ever since. St Helier is the historic capital of Jersey and the centre of its government. Named...
by Amanda Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Guernsey is the most western of the Channel Islands, with a proud maritime history spanning many centuries. Only 25 square miles, the island nevertheless has a great variety of landscapes, from the rugged cliffs in the south to the low-lying dunes in the north. The ten parishes, each with their own...
by Stephen Porter
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Thomas Sutton's reputation as the wealthiest commoner in England at the time of his death in 1611 was matched by the scale of the charity which he founded at the Charterhouse in Clerkenwell. It was the most lavishly endowed charity created between the Reformation and the eighteenth century, consisting...
Capital Punishment
London's Places of Execution
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
London had many places of execution: Tyburn, of course, but also Smithfield, Wapping, Kennington, Tower Hill and Charing Cross among others. All of these venues allowed the public to participate – whether in approval or opposition – and, in the opinion of the authorities, provided deterrence at...
The Princess's Garden
Royal Intrigue and the Untold Story of Kew
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The British enthusiasm for gardening has fascinating roots. The Empire and trade across the globe created an obsession with exotic new plants, and showed the power and reach of Britain in the early eighteenth century. At that time, national influence wasn’t measured by sporting success, musical...
The Who's Who of British Crime
In the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
The Who’s Who of British Crime spans the whole twentieth century, and covers an enormous range of crimes and misdemeanours – by turns appalling, brilliant, gruesome and audacious. All the nation’s most famous wrongdoers are here, from the mystery of Lord Lucan to the Great Train Robbery, the...