Northumberland

Northumbria at War explores war and conflict in Northumberland and Durham from the Celtic age to modern times. Rebellion, feud and civil disorder have smoldered and crackled across …

Stan Beckensall has lived and worked in Northumberland for 35 years and this is first and foremost an insider's book. The outstanding natural beauty and distinctive geology of the …

With a history as rich, yet bloody, as Northumberland has, it comes as little surprise that the county is widely regarded as being one of the most haunted in Britain. In Paranormal …

This is a unique and visual companion to the best-known and most spectacular monument to the Roman Empire in Britain. A fascinating look at Hadrian's Wall uses James Irwin Coates …

'A poignant, emotional story' - Sunderland EchoThey were meant to be together. Feeling the way they did, nothing could come between them . . .As her mother takes her final breath, …

The 1960s was the decade that began in black and white and ended in colour. In Newcastle, as elsewhere, it was a time when everything was possible and everything was changing. From …

A masterclass in slow-burn tension, Burial of Ghosts is a haunting standalone mystery from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope and Two Rivers series.'A …

Two young ladies - very different, but physically identical - meet at a boarding school once attended by Jane Austen. Joan Aiken's Deception is an engrossing regency novel is …

One man's life in the plague, his record of the calamitous decimation of a city where nearly half the people died, and its sometimes surprising impact on families and communities …

Newcastle, the largest city in the North East, has a long and proud history stretching back to Roman and Saxon times. Its position defending the mouth of the River Tyne gave it an …