`I am as Ambitious as ever any of my Sex was, is, or can be; though I cannot be Henry the Fifth, or Charles the Second, yet I endeavour to be Margaret the First.` When Margaret Cavendish addressed the Royal Society in 1667, Samuel Pepys recorded that her dress was `so antic & her deportment so unordinary, that I do not like her at all`. & indeed, here vividly brought to life by Danielle Dutton, the shy, gifted, & wildly unconventional duchess is wholly `unordinary`, & all the better for it. Exiled to Paris at the start of the English Civil War, Margaret meets & marries William Cavendish &, with his encouragement, begins publishing volumes of poetry & philosophy, which soon become the talk of London. After the Restoration, upon their return to Engl&, Margaret`s infamy grows. She causes controversy wherever she goes, once attending the theatre with breasts bared, & earns herself the nickname ` Mad Madge`. Yet while scorned by many, to others Margaret is a visionary, & to later readers
- including Virginia Woolf
- she was to become an early precursor of feminism. She was the first woman invited to the Royal Society
- & the last for 200 years
- & the first Englishwoman to write explicitly for publication. Unjustly neglected by history, Margaret the First
- as she styled herself
- was a bright, shining paradox. Here, she is brought intimately & memorably to life, tumbling pell-mell across the pages of this exhilarating novel
- an `unordinary` portrait of a woman whose ambitions, & marriage, were often centuries ahead of her time.






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An enchanting true story of one man`s 20 year odyssey on the beautiful Greek island of Zakynthos. Dennis Potter was the first to enjoy early tales of life at the olive press, which he found `diverting & properly flavoured with yoghurt & honey`. ` The house is in a wild place & stands on its own
- like its owner` is the introduction Rodney Shields is given to the remote house on the beautiful Greek island of Zakynthos, which is to become his obsession for the next twenty years. The universal dream of finding an island paradise & making it reality is explored with wit & detail, & sometimes high drama. Rodney sets out with a vision: to find a property on the Greek island which he & his family have come to love. During his search he builds lasting friendships with islanders, becomes involved in the often tricky minutiae of Greek marital relations, until finding the ideal property
- & meeting its formidable owner, Margarita. This is followed by complicated negotiations in Greek property law
- the outcome of which are frequently reliant on a carrier bag full of almonds. All set amid the brilliant blue Ionian sea & olive groves which have enticed travellers for centuries. Having secured the property
- or at least part of it
- the drama continues over the next twenty years; rendering the place habitable by the use of mules, achieving a natural source of water without interference from snakes. Finally Rodney & his family can enjoy the simple pleasure of their island paradise amid old & new friends alike
- until the dream is threatened by an approaching island fire.





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Margate North in 1896 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the northern part of Margate, including much of Cliftonville Ward, stretching from Marine Drive & the Harbour eastward to Fifth Avenue, & from the shore southward to Cecil Square. Features include Fort Green, Trinity church, gas works, harbour, the Pier, jetty extension, brewery, college, Chateau Bellevue, Marine Palace, Fort Point, Clifton Baths, St Paul`s church, Esplanade, Market Place etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents, entries A to H. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Margate South in 1896 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the southern part of Margate, stretching from Marine Terrace eastward to Northdown Avenue & from Union Crescent southward to Drapers` Farm. Features include SER Margate Branch with terminus, stretch of LC&D railway (but station cut off by margin), Tivoli Gardens, Shottendane House, Drapers Almshouses, Deaf & Dumb Asylum, St John the Baptish church, The Brooks, East Margate area, much of Cecil Ward, Hawley Square, Hall by the Sea, Royal Assembly Rooms etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents, entries J to Z. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

` Isla Fisher is hilarious` DAVID WALLIAMS` Charming, funny, delightful: Marge is the babysitter all children would wish for` DAVID BADDIELWhistles at the ready. Marge is off! Have you met Marge? She has rainbow hair, tells wild stories & she`s the best babysitter in the whole world. Things do SOMETIMES go off the rails when Marge is around but Jakey & Jemima don`t mind that. After all, no one else could rescue a train, help Jakey`s wobbly tooth or cause chaos at the zoo! The third fun family story in the MARGE IN CHARGE series, written by actor & comedian Isla Fisher & illustrated throughout by Eglantine Ceulemans. ...

Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring & unconventional Prime Minister`s wife in British history. Known for her wit, style & habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social & intellectual salon. Yet her last five years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional & political turmoil in her private & public life. In 1912, when Anne de Courcy`s book opens, rumblings of discontent & cries for social reform were encroaching on all sides
- from suffragettes, striking workers & Irish nationalists. Against this background of a government beset with troubles, the Prime Minister fell desperately in love with his daughter`s best friend, Venetia Stanley; to complicate matters, so did his Private Secretary. Margot`s relationship with her husband was already bedevilled by her stepdaughter`s jealous, almost incestuous adoration of her father. The outbreak of the First World War only heightened these swirling tensions within Downing Street. Drawing on unpublished material from personal papers & diaries, Anne de Courcy vividly recreates this extraordinary time when the Prime Minister`s residence was run like an English country house, with socialising taking precedence over politics, love letters written in the cabinet room & gossip & state secrets exchanged over the bridge table. By 1916, when Asquith was forced out of office, everything had changed. For the country as a whole, for those in power, for a whole stratum of society, but especially for the Asquiths & their circle, it was the end of an era. Life inside Downing Street would never be the same again.
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Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring & unconventional Prime Minister`s wife in British history. Known for her wit, style & habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social & intellectual salon. Yet her last four years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional & political turmoil in her private & public life. In 1912, when Anne de Courcy`s book opens, rumblings of discontent & cries for social reform were encroaching on all sides
- from suffragettes, striking workers & Irish nationalists. Against this background of a government beset with troubles, the Prime Minister fell desperately in love with his daughter`s best friend, Venetia Stanley; to complicate matters, so did his Private Secretary. Margot`s relationship with her husband was already bedevilled by her stepdaughter`s jealous, almost incestuous adoration of her father. The outbreak of the First World War only heightened these swirling tensions within Downing Street. Drawing on unpublished material from personal papers & diaries, Anne de Courcy vividly recreates this extraordinary time when the Prime Minister`s residence was run like an English country house, with socialising taking precedence over politics, love letters written in the cabinet room & gossip & state secrets exchanged over the bridge table. By 1916, when Asquith was forced out of office, everything had changed. For the country as a whole, for those in power, for a whole stratum of society, but especially for the Asquiths & their circle, it was the end of an era. Life inside Downing Street would never be the same again.
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2015 is the year the redoubtable Marguerite Patten celebrates her 100th birthday. In her honour & to mark this memorable occasion Grub Street is reissuing a new edition of the first book we published by Marguerite back in 1999, her comprehensive Century of British Cooking. In this book each chapter covers one decade of the 20th century giving both history & recipes. The entire book is illustrated throughout in colour & black & white. Marguerite Patten OBE has written over 160 cookery books, sales of which amount to over 16 million worldwide. Her long & distinguished career, which began before the war, has included regular appearances on radio & television, live & televised cookery demonstrations, lectures as well as extensive journalism & authorship of books & cookery cards. Marguerite is one of Britain`s best known & loved cookery writers & has often been described as England`s Cookery Queen. Ainsley Harriott dubbed her ”the cookery icon of our times”. Her Century of British Cooking pulls together her life`s work, with over 200 recipes & is truly an important work of culinary history. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Topographic survey of Denmark at 1:100, 000 from Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, the country’s national survey organization. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, with colouring and/or graphics showing various types of terrain & land use: woodlands, orchards, heath, sand & dunes, tidal flats, meadows & marshl&, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of the road & rail networks & other information expected of topographic mapping at this scale. No specifically tourist information such as waymarked cycling or hiking routes is shown. Standard size sheets cover an area of 56 x 45km / 35x 28 miles approx. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING:AVAILABILITY: all the maps are now printed on dem&. Delivery from Denmark can take over 4 weeks. Once an order has been placed we cannot accept any returns for credit.COORDINATES: although the maps are meant to have UTM coordinates for EUREF 89 (WGS 84) datum, sheets are sometimes delivered printed without any grid or margin ticks for UTM or latitude & longitude.

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