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A knowledgeable and informative text showing the changing styles and fashions for each decade of the long reign of Queen Victoria.

The 4th and 5th Battalions, the Norfolk Regiment were formed in the early days of The Great War as part of the Territorial Force and deployed with 54th (East Anglian) Division to Gallipoli in 1915. Most significantly the 1/5th Battalion was unique in that it contained The Sandringham Company, the only unit to be raised entirely from a Royal Estate.Tragically the Company, along with King George V's Agent Captain Beck, disappeared without trace ...

The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life.

Bram Stoker: Author of Dracula is an affectionate and revealing biography of the man who created the vampire novel that would define the genre and lead to a new age in Gothic horror literature.

A knowledgeable and informative text showing the changing styles and fashions for each decade of the long reign of Queen Victoria.

Reveals the scale of Nazi subversion and spying in Britain during WW2.

Neil Storey's research sheds new light on wartime homicides and reveals a compelling case to finally identify the Colne Strangler after 80 years of the Lancashire murder remaining unsolved.

An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nation's wartime need for munitions, armour, shipping, uniforms and aircraft. During the Second World War (1939-45), Britain stretched every sinew of its industrial might to fend off a Nazi invasion. As the nation stood alone against Fortress Europe, it harnessed, coordinated and maximised its resources, firstly to defend...

Previously untold stories and unpublished photographs of Norwich in wartime

This book explores the British styles and clothing throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria, from the late 1830s to the first years of the 20th century.

Remarkable collections of many previously unpublished original photographs of people and events during the Second World War.

A nostalgic photographic look at Newcastle upon Tyne in the first half of the 20th Century. Using rarely seen photographs from the library's archives to illustrate how 'Geordie's' used to live and what made the city so great. Features 200 photographs - many scanned directly from the glass plates.

Hitlers Spies Saboteurs and Secrets in Britain 1940. Reveals the extensive planning and detailed measures taken to defeat the expected Nazi invasion. The result of meticulous research into the top secret arrangements rapidly put in place following the Fall of France. Reveals the Nazi organisation existing in Great Britain Draws on personal accounts and diaries and many unpublished images. Cover contingency plans for the Royal family, Governmen...

The whole of Britain's coastline was involved in the struggle against the Nazis. In the early days invasion was the main threat and the Channel counties and cities such as Plymouth, Portsmouth and Brighton suffered grievously from aerial attack. Dover and the 'Hell Fire Corner' in the South East were shelled by German coastal batteries. In the North, Greenock, Gourock and the Scapa Flow saw training of troops for Norway, D Day and other campai...

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Throughout the course of the Second World War, many millions of animals were enlisted to serve. Though they had no choice, yet they demonstrated loyalty, determination and bravery as they shared the burden of war with their human companions both on active service and on the Home Front. From the dogs trained to locate air-raid victims buried under rubble, to the mules that carried ammunition and supplies through the jungles of the Far East, eac...

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An account of conditions on the Home Front in Newcastle and Tyneside during the Second World War. Featuring previously unpublished photographs and first hand accounts, it tells the moving story of survival and struggle during this devastating conflict.

The mystery of the Vanished Sandringham Company is legendary.

Without the millions of women behind the lines, and behind the scenes on the home front the Second Word War could not have been won. This is the story of these women, from pilots to factory workers and members of the WI.