Graham Phythian: 3 books
Manchester at War, 1939–45
The People's Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
This new book is a remarkable and moving account of life on the home front in Manchester during World War II. Based on transcripts of recorded interviews with senior civilians and former members of the Armed Services, this book provides a first-hand narrative of what it was like to live under the...
by Graham Phythian
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
In 1940, the Manchester and Salford Blitz saw the city and its surroundings targeted by the German Luftwaffe. The most destructive attack was launched in December 1940; it is remembered today as "the Christmas Blitz." Nearly 800 people lost their lives, and thousands more were injured, in...
Peterloo
Voices, Sabres and Silence
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
On 16 August 1819 on St Peter’s Field, Manchester, a peaceful demonstration of some 60,000 workers and reformers was brutally dispersed by sabrewielding cavalry, resulting in at least fifteen dead and over 600 injured. Within days the slaughter was named ‘Peter-loo’, as an ironic reference to...