Blackthorn Press: 164 books

Sir Hugh Cholmley (1600 - 1657) is the best remembered member of a family which for two centuries were overlords of an estate of 26,000 acres in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Thanks to his vivid and frank autobiographies, we know much in detail of an extraordinary life which ran from spendthrift...

Yorkshire in the Civil Wars is more than a history of the momentous events of the English Civil Wars as they affected Yorkshire but also a detailed and enthralling account of the economic and social impact of the conflict on England’s largest county. Jack Binns was born in Keighley in the West...

Lawrence wrote three drafts of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ between 1926 and 1928: ‘The First Lady Chatterley’, ‘John Thomas and Lady Jane’ and the final version, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’. All three books are published as ebooks by the Blackthorn Press. Although all three...

Lawrence wrote three drafts of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ between 1926 and 1928: ‘The First Lady Chatterley’, ‘John Thomas and Lady Jane’ and the final version, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’. All three books are published as ebooks by the Blackthorn Press. Although all three...

‘The Christening’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1911. It was the ninth of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. Lawrence is at his best in this story, taken from the scenes of his childhood and based on characters he...

‘Goose Fair’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1910. It was the seventh of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. Lawrence sets his story against the backdrop of the industrial troubles caused by the Franco-Prussian war...

‘Love Among the Haystacks’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. It was the eighteenth of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. In this story, Lawrence returns to the scenes of his young manhood with farming scenes and...

‘The Horse Dealer's Daughter’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1922. It was the forty-third of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. The story, gripping in its content, encompasses the terror of death and disgrace, redeemed...

‘In Love’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1927. It was the fifty-sixth of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. 'In Love' handles a serious subject in a light, almost comic way. A couple are engaged but have no ...

'Lessford's Rabbits' was written by D H Lawrence in 1908. It was the second of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. The story is set in a local school and gives an insight into the poverty and spirit of working class children as well as a glimpse of Lawrence's time as a teacher.

'A Lesson on a Tortoise' was written by D H Lawrence in 1908. It was the third of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. The story is set in a local school and shows how Lawrence was ground down by the tiresomeness of teaching and longed to be free.

‘The Primrose Path’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1922.  It was the forty-second of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. 'The Primrose Path' looks at what can be the ephemeral nature of man and woman love and...

The stories published in this ebook were chosen as the ten best from the many entries for the 2018 Ryedale Book Festival short story competition, sponsored by the Blackthorn Press. The authors range from the established writers to new-comers who are seeing their words in print for the first...

‘The Old Adam’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1908. It was the fifth of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. The story is set in lodgings in Croydon and the incident may be autobiographical but the story examines for...