Amberley imprint: 2705 books
Royal Exiles
From Richard the Lionheart to Charles II
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
‘I know there are but few steps between the prisons and graves of princes’ Charles I The experience of exile and captivity, usually in war, was not uncommon for medieval kings and princes. Many knew the joy of survival followed by the frustration of being caged; some tried to govern from exile;...
by Margaret Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
'The warrant of maid of honour to the Queen induces me to think that Your Majesty has some regard for me, since it gives me the means of seeing you oftener ...' Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII, c. 1527 Intimate Letters of England's Queens opens with the letters of Catherine of Aragon to her daughter, Mary,...
Royal Sex
The Scandalous Love Lives of the British Royal Family
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The current Prince of Wales, our future King, has married his mistress and she will become, barring an accident, our next Queen Consort. This is a unique situation and one that is unlikely to be repeated. Of course, only seventy years ago, his great uncle was in a not dissimilar predicament which...
by Margaret Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
‘… because I cannot in person be in your presence, I send you the thing which comes nearest that is possible; that is to say, my picture, and the whole device, which you already know of, set in bracelets, wishing myself in their place when it pleaseth you.’ Henry VIII in a letter to Anne Boleyn,...
Clough and Walker
Forest's Greatest Managers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
21 March 1935 was an important day in the history of Nottingham Forest Football Club. It was the date that one Brian Howard Clough was born. Following a prolific goalscoring career with Middlesbrough and Sunderland, Clough retired from playing to manage Hartlepool United. Eleven years later he was...
by Rob Burman
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Since he first appeared on the scene in Detective Comics No. 27 in May 1939, Batman has been a massive influence on popular culture. He has inspired comics, blockbuster films and television series and was second only to Superman in the top comic book heroes of all time. Alongside all of these, he...
by Rob Burman
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
This book covers the whole range of collectables from the Gerry Anderson shows, from the 1960s to the present day. Ranging from Four Feather Falls (1959–60), Supercar (1961–62), Fireball XL5 (1962) to the iconic Thunderbirds (mid-1960s) and Captain Scarlet, Rob Burman provides a detailed analysis...
The Middle Ages Unlocked
A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050-1300
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
To our modern minds, the Middle Ages seem to mix the well-known and familiar with wildly alien concepts and circumstances. The Middle Ages Unlocked provides an invaluable introduction to this complex and dynamic period in England. Exploring a wide range of topics from law, religion and education to...
by Paul Chrystal
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
From what the Ancient Greeks might have talked about in bed to women’s health and the intricacies of Greek marriage, Paul Chrystal shines a much-needed light on sex and sexuality in ancient Greece, one of the world’s most influential civilizations. This is a balanced, comprehensive and well-researched...
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilots Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain
A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across France, Pilot Officer Tom Neil had just received his first posting to 249 Squadron.
Nineteen years old, fresh from training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes...
A Girl Aboard the Titanic
The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
We went on the day on the boat train…I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big... everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would...
The Loss of the Titanic: I Survived the Titanic
I Survived the Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
A grieving world has already recognised Lawrence Beesley as the chief recorder of the Titanic wreck. The sports master at an English public school, who was going West for a tennis tournament, he had no special qualifications for performing the task that fell to him alone out of nearly a thousand survivors...
Black Markers
Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Edinburgh has a unique history, darker and more unexpected than you might imagine. Fortunately, it also has a set of graveyards to match. Ancient, modern, beautiful, haunted – they are the perfect reflection of the city’s amazing past with astonishing stories of their own. Greyfriars Graveyard...
by Derek Tait
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
For over seventy-five years, Butlin's have been entertaining families of all ages. Billy Butlin opened his first holiday camp in Skegness in 1936 and continued to expand with camps at Clacton, Ayr, Pwllheli, Bognor Regis, Mosney, Minehead and Barry Island. In post-war Britain, families could enjoy...