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Railways' Strangest Tales
A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history.Right from the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked over and …
Kensington Palace
For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. A stone's throw from the bustling streets of …
Science's Strangest Inventions
The history of science is littered with mad, bad and delightfully dotty inventions, from the bicycle that relied for its momentum on the rider waggling his head back and forth …
Backstairs Billy
"e;William Tallon was a creature of extremes: though intensely loyal, he was also a dangerous risk-taker; though charming, he could also be vicious; though considerate and …
London's Truly Strangest Tales
More extraordinary but true stories from London's history.In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London's Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the …
Shooting's Strangest Days
Mad old colonels who took their trousers off before going elephant hunting, women poachers with terriers sewn into their underskirts, duck shooters chasing their quarry in …
London's Strangest Tales
London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities. This fascinating book is …
Maid's Tale
Praise for Lives of the Servants: Reading this fascinating book is likely to unleash almost anyone s Inner Bolshevik !' Daily Mail ...a fascinating portrait of the drudgery and …
Fishing's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true stories from over two hundred years of angling history.Fishing's Strangest Tales gathers together choice stories and bizarre fishing tales from all over the …
new focus on...The British Empire, c.1500 present for KS3 History
It's time to tell the story of the Empire from the perspectives of peoples who were colonised.Understand the nuances of the British Empire in different periods and places as you …