History West Midlands imprint: 5 books

The Birmingham Political Machine

Winning elections for Joseph Chamberlain

by Andrew Reekes
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018

The British electorate swelled dramatically with the passing of the Second Reform Act in 1867. This presented the political class with a significant challenge. Here was a large, new electorate which needed to be understood, managed, enthused, and persuaded to vote for the right candidate in local...

Warriors, Warlords and Saints

The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia

by John Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016

Anglo-Saxon Mercia was a great power in its day, although many aspects of it have been shrouded in myth and mystery. However, recent discoveries, such as the Staffordshire Hoard and the Lichfield Angel, have shone a fascinating light into the world of Mercia and the Mercians. In Warriors, Warlords...

Speeches that Changed Britain

Oratory in Birmingham

by Andrew Reekes
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2015

A fascinating and richly illustrated book exploring speeches made in Birmingham that changed history. Meet some of Britain’s most famous orators. The book reflects the importance of oratory in making a political argument. It may in a sound-bite era be a dying art but these speeches...

Two Titans, One City

Joseph Chamberlain and George Cadbury

by Andrew Reekes
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017

Two famous and powerful men of the late Victorian and early Edwardian era, Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) and George Cadbury (1839-1922), towered over one of the great cities of the British Empire - Birmingham. Together, they offer a fascinating window into the rapidly changing world in which they...

More than Munich

The forgotten Legacy of Neville Chamberlain

by Andrew Reekes
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018

In 1938 rapturous crowds greeted Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain when he proclaimed “Peace for our time” on his return from meeting Adolf Hitler in Munich. Yet today Chamberlain is vilified as a naïve appeaser – an image cynically cultivated by Winston Churchill for his own political gain. What...
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