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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XII for Staffordshire covers Leek and the moorlands, the area of the Totmonslow Hundred. Off-mint.

Beginning with the Wife of Bath and what she can tell us of the wool trade and matrimony, each of Chaucer’s 23 pilgrims on the road to Canterbury illuminates several aspects of 14th-century life in this unusual social history. From close readings of the Ploughman, the Miller, the Reeve and the Franklin the practicalities of rural life are revealed; while other pilgrims, from ‘Mine Host’ to the Shipman, provide the detail and inspire discussion of city, religious and military life.

Kevin Flude’s history of Britain's kings and queens in bite-sized chunks includes legendary kings, Dark Age warlords, Scottish monarchs and kings of Wales as well as Normans, Plantagenets etc – up to the House of Windsor and Elizabeth II.

The German bombs that fell on British cities between September 1940 and May 1941 claimed 43,000 lives and left many more injured and homeless. Illustrated throughout with original photographs and plans, this handbook details the measures taken to withstand the onslaught, both military (anti-aircraft guns, searchlights and barrage balloons) and civilian (air-raid wardens and fire and ambulance services).

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Between the first English ‘Merchant Adventurers’ who voyaged to the New World opened up by European mariners such as Columbus and Vespucci, and the early 1700s, when British sea power was seen as the bastion of national liberty, stability and prosperity, this richly illustrated volume explores a formative period in our maritime history. Published to mark the opening of the ‘Tudor and Stuart Seafarers’ gallery at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, the book draws on the Museum’s unparalleled collections and comprises essays by 13 eminent historians.

Extending for 73 miles and built of more than 24 million stones, Hadrian’s Wall is one of the largest and most spectacular ancient monuments in Britain. This history of the Wall presents insights drawn from ancient texts and extensive archaeological researches to explain how and why it was built, how it affected the native peoples who lived in its shadow and what life was like for the soldiers stationed in its forts.

From the 15th to the early 17th century, the Scottish borderlands were the site of almost constant conflict between England and Scotland and the Borders people suffered at the hands of marauding armies wrecking crops and livestock. They responded by reiving – raiding over the border, taking cattle and supplies to ensure their own survival. Alistair Moffat tells the stories of the reivers and their exploits, and includes a selection of their Border Ballads.

From around 320 BCE, when a Greek explorer named Pytheas landed on the Isle of Lewis, through Roman times and the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ to 1000 CE, Alastair Moffat enters the ‘faded map’ of the lost kingdoms of Lowland Scotland. Gleaned from fragments of written records, from place names, language and landscape, this is the story of the forgotten Old Welsh-speaking dynasties, among them the Dalriada, Bernicia and Strathclyde Welsh.

Beginning with Shepton Mallet prison, which had been in use for 400 years when it closed in 2013, Michael Portillo investigates the stories hidden within the walls of twelve buildings that illuminate aspects of Britain’s modern history. Through structures including Brighton’s sewer system, Imber village in Wiltshire, a nuclear bunker in Cambridge and the New Victoria cinema in Bradford, he explores four themes: crime and emergency, life and death, defence, and ‘People’s Pleasure Domes’.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume VII continues the coverage of the Blackburn Hundred from Volume VI and gives the parish histories for the Amounderness Hundred. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The first volume for Lancashire covers its natural history (geology, palaeontology, botany, zoology), prehistory, Anglo-Saxons remains, the text and index of the Domesday survey of the county and the feudal baronage. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The whole of Volume VIII is given over to the Lonsdale Hundred, in sections on South and North, South of the Sands, and North of the Sands. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The first volume on Kent covers the natural history (geology, botany and zoology) and prehistory of the county, and describes its agriculture, forestry and sports. With line illustrations and gatefold maps. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. In the General Introduction, published in 1970, RB Pugh gives a full account of the Victoria History’s origin and its progress over the first 70 years, providing a conspectus of the 150 volumes published in the series up to 1970, a bibliographical survey, lists of the contents of each volume, and indexes of the titles of articles and authors. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. In this Supplement to the General Introduction (1970), the editor of the Victoria History gives an account of its character and progress over the 20 years to 1990, with information on works in progress, lists of contents for the 50 volumes published since 1970, and indexes of the titles of articles and authors. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XI continues coverage of the Ossulstone Hundred, with histories of Early Stepney, and Bethnal Green. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XV contains the parish histories for the Amesbury Hundred and Branch and Dole Hundred, and includes the topography and an architectural investigation by AP Baggs. Index. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XVI covers Kinwardstone Hundred, with histories of 15 settlements including Buttermere, Chute and Chute Forest, Savernake and Wooton Rivers. Index. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XVIII covers Cricklade and environs, with an architectural investigation and parish histories of Ashton Keynes, Eisey, Latton, Leigh, Lydiard Millicent, Marston Meysey, Minety and Purton with Braydon. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The second part of Volume V covers Littlehampton and district – the south-eastern part of Arundel Rape, or the twelve 19th-century civic parishes which made up Poling Hundred. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Part 2, Volume VI deals with the north-western section of Bramber Rape, including Horsham in the Singlecross Hundred and the East Easwrith and West Grinstead Hundreds. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The first part of Volume V covers the south-western part of Arundel Rape, including Arundel itself and the Avisford Hundred. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Off-mint

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XI covers the parishes of the North Staffordshire coalfield in the north-west of the county and includes the histories of Audley, Keele and Trentham. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIV is devoted to Lichfield, providing a history of the city and the surrounding area from Roman times to the late 20th century. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume IX for Somerset gives accounts of Glastonbury abbey, town and parish, and the histories of further parishes including Street, Walton and North Wooton. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XI for Somerset covers Queen Camel and the Cadburys (the southern division of Catsash Hundred). Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIII comprises the first part of the Bampton Hundred, covering the topography and parish histories of Bampton, Ducklington, Northmoor (Chadlington Hundred), Standlake and Telford. Index. Off-mint.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. After an account of ‘Henley and the Chilterns’ by SA Mileson, this volume contains 12 chapters on Henley parish and borough, covering topics such as boundaries, buildings, urban economic history and local government, followed by sections on the rural parishes of Bix, Harpsden, Rotherfield Greys and Rotherfield Peppard. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. In Volume XIX an overview of Wychwood Forest and environs is followed by parish histories for Shipton-under-Wychwood, Wychwood and Cornbury Park, and the outlying parishes, Bruern, Fifield & Idbury. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XVII is the fourth part of the Bampton Hundred, providing overviews and parish histories for Broadwell, Broughton Poggs, and Langford, which includes the village of Kelmscott, made famous by William Morris. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The twelfth volume on Middlesex, is a general history of Chelsea, plus accounts of landownership, economic and social history, local government and religious history. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume XIII of the Middlesex history provides an overview of the City of Westminster’s emergence as the capital of England, and full accounts of its land ownership and religious history. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Volume 13 on Gloucestershire covers the Vale of Gloucester and Leadon Valley, providing parish histories of Ashleworth, Bulley, Elmore, Hartpury, Lassington, Maisemore, Minsterworth, Norton, Rudford, Sandhurst, Tibberton, Twyning and Upleadon. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. This volume covers Newent and May Hill, an area of north-west Gloucestershire bordering the counties of Hereford and Worcester. The contributors deal with each of the area’s ancient parishes: Bromesberrow, Dymock, Huntley, Kempley, Longhope, Newent, Oxenhall, Pauntley, Preston and Taynton. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. After the early history of the north-east Essex seaside resorts and chapters on Walton-on-the-Naze, Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea, contributors trace the history of the resorts from the First World War to c.2009. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. This second supplement to the 1959 bibliography lists general works and subjects arranged alphabetically from agrarian history to witchcraft; biography and family history; and individual places and regions, published since the first supplement in 1987. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. A religious history of the county from Roman times to the Reformation (1560) is followed by a chapter on Celtic aspects of medieval Christianity in Cornwall by Oliver Padel, and a survey of religious houses after 1066. Off-mint. No jacket.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. Part one of Volume V is devoted to the topography and the general history of the City of Chester, from Roman times to the 20th century. Off-mint.

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Sir Laurence Gomme’s original idea for a county history was realized by the publisher Herbert Arthur Doubleday, who not only gained Queen Victoria’s consent that the History should bear her name, but secured a special arrangement with the Public Record Office. The first volume (Hampshire I) appeared in 1900 and new volumes continue to be published, now much improved and updated, but remaining comprehensive, factual, reliable and unbiased reference works, based on original research. The first part of Volume VI presents the topography and a general history of Shrewsbury, from 700 to the 20th century. Index. Off-mint. No jacket.

Sir Stamford Raffles' vision of a 'collection of living animals such as never yet existed in ancient or modern times' came to fruition in 1928 with the founding of London Zoo. Isobel Charman's novelistic retelling of the institution's first 25 years focuses on key figures, including Veterinary Surgeon Charles Spooner and Head Keeper Devereux Fuller – and notable residents such as Tommy the homesick chimpanzee and Obaysch the hippo.

Twelve very different views of London, from a 1750 painting of Westminster Bridge to the block of flats in David Hepher’s Camberwell Nocturne (1984).

From the movements of peoples in the 8th century to the modern politics of independence, this regional history records how England brought all the nations of Britain under its control between the 12th and 18th centuries. Including the stories of outlying islands such the Hebrides and the Channel Islands, it describes the conquests, rebellions and treaties that led to union and the campaigns that have sought to break it since.

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Andrew Marr's study of post-war Britain discusses how profoundly attitudes to various aspects of life including politics, manners, social inequality and sexuality have changed since the Queen came to the throne in 1952. Selecting notable figures in numerous fields of endeavour, from Roy Jenkins and Elizabeth David to David and Victoria Beckham, he traces the nation's transformation, describing how each personality helped shape contemporary perspectives.

Based largely on Dr Grigg’s study of the 100 or more early medieval dykes across Britain, this book argues that these earthworks were defensive, built to combat raiders, and that small-scale raiding characterized warfare in the period from c.400 CE to c.850 CE, when Viking raids became invasion attempts. Following his detailed investigation of early medieval raiding and the functions of the dykes, Grigg presents an illustrated, descriptive listing of the earthworks, with OS grid references.

Structured around 83 interviews he conducted with British veterans of the First World War in the 1980s and early 1990s, the Imperial War Museum's oral historian Peter Hart presents a detailed chronological analysis of the conflict, exemplified by unsanitized accounts from the soldiers, sailors and airmen who experienced it first-hand.

While writers, artists and visitors have long romanticized Ireland’s coastal islands as a refuge from modernity and materialism, the reality of life for the inhabitants of places such as Tory Island and the Skelligs was bleak. Drawing on state archives, newspaper reports as well as personal memoirs, this history paints a sobering picture of isolation, poverty and eventual depopulation.

Willie Orr tells of his struggle to emerge from the shadow of his domineering father, an Ulster Unionist politician, philanderer and would-be bigamist whose career ended in disgrace. Rootless and troubled, Willie labours in the Belfast shipyards before becoming an actor. After suffering a severe breakdown, he works as a shepherd before retraining as a teacher and eventually finding reconciliation with his father.

Len and Margaret Whatley left their home in the Midlands and moved to the tiny, uninhabited island of Pabay in the Inner Sound of Skye in 1950 and, despite their struggles with nature and misfortune, managed to eke a living out of the island until 1970. Making good a promise to Margaret, the author – her nephew – tells the story of their endeavours, setting it within the wider, previously untold history of this tiny, one-mile-long island.

Following the Peterloo massacre, a series of similarly dramatic events occurred across Glasgow, central Scotland and Ayrshire. Mass meetings were held, after which 60,000 weavers went on strike, radicals marched under a ‘Free Scotland’ banner, and militia clashed with a crowd approaching the ironworks to obtain cannons. Maggie Craig tells the detailed story of the uprising and its brutal suppression.

Many of the UK’s most common consumer products – Armitage Shanks, Pringle, Mother’s Pride, Baxter’s soups, The Beano – come from Scotland. Other famous Scottish brands, such as British Caledonian Airways, are gone but not forgotten. Illustrated with vintage advertisements throughout, each chapter in this book follows the history of a well known firm, introducing the people who built it and made it a household name.

The potato blight that ravaged Ireland in 1846–7 also caused widespread starvation in Scotland. This history records, for the first time, how people rose up in protest, seized grain carts and boarded ships; and though the army fired on rioters and savage sentences were imposed, the rebels succeeded in winning key concessions, above all, cheaper food.

An archipelago of around 500 islands on the north-western edge of Europe, the Hebrides are often regarded as remote and wild, yet these islands have been inhabited for more than 9,000 years and their landscapes shaped by human interaction. Looking at the Hebrides from above, through aerial photography, but also using written and oral histories, poetry and song, the authors reveal the islands' rich human and natural history.