Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. The greatest living Yorkshireman according to Prime Minister Harold Wilson he couldnt help excelling at everything he did whether it was as a hostile fast bowler for Yorkshire & England & the first man to take 300 Test wickets in a career or as a fearlessly outspoken radio summariser for Test Match Special. He was famous for regularly spluttering that I dont know whats going off out there as well as for the amount of swearing he managed to incorporate into everyday speech. Beloved of cricket crowds who filled grounds to witness his belligerent way of playing the game & nothing but trouble to the cricket authorities Fiery Fred was the epitome of a full-blooded Englishman. But as Chris Waters reveals in this first full biography behind the charismatic exuberant mask lay a far less self-assured man
- terrified even that his new dog wouldnt like him
- & whose bucolic version of his upbringing bore no relation to the gritty & impoverished South Yorkshire mining community where he actually grew up. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues family & friends this life of Fred Trueman will surprise & even shock but also confirm the status of an English folk hero.

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Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. ' The greatest living Yorkshireman' according to Prime Minister Harold Wilson he couldn't help excelling at everything he did whether it was as a hostile fast bowler for Yorkshire & England & the first man to take 300 Test wickets in a career or as a fearlessly outspoken radio summariser for Test Match Special. He was famous for regularly spluttering that 'I don't know what's going off out there ' as well as for the amount of swearing he managed to incorporate into everyday speech. Beloved of cricket crowds who filled grounds to witness his belligerent way of playing the game & nothing but trouble to the cricket authorities ' Fiery Fred' was the epitome of a full-blooded Englishman. But as Chris Waters reveals in this first full biography behind the charismatic exuberant mask lay a far less self-assured man
- terrified even that his new dog wouldn't like him
- & whose bucolic version of his upbringing bore no relation to the gritty & impoverished South Yorkshire mining community where he actually grew up. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues family & friends this life of Fred Trueman will surprise & even shock but also confirm the status of an English folk hero.

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Freddie is desperate for a pet so when he rescues Bessie-Belle & she offers to grant his wishes he knows just what to ask for. The only problem is that Bessie-Belle can't hear very well & Freddie tends to mumble. Whatever can they do? Luckily the Fairy Queen is on hand to explain... This is a delightful tale full of Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyme & wit with a subtle message about hearing impairments. ...

Foreman's dramatic kidnap & arrest for Britain's biggest cash robbery made headlines around the world yet this daring raid was just the peak of the safe-blowing bank-robbing career that spanned decades. His story is a fascinating yet chilling account of life as a freelance enforcer for the Kray twins & as London's most feared gangster. Bloodshed aside Freddie's oftern humorous stories reveal a caring man who belives that violence is a last resort & who always treated people with respect. Revealed in these pages are the amazing details of the heists the double crossings the shoot-outs & the betrayals that accompanied life as a career criminal when the streets were controlled by fear. Exposed are the audacious plans behind the century's most famous crimes the damning evidence of police corruption & the eye-opening events that gave Freddie the most revered reputation. ...

Despite being in the limelight for over 20 years & selling nearly 200 million records Freddie Mercury was a very private person
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This is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury. Written by an award-winning rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the b&. Now having secured access to the remaining band members & those who were closest to Freddie from childhood to death Lesley-Ann has written the most in depth account of one of music's best loved & most complex figures. Meticulously researched sympathetic unsensational the book
- like the forthcoming film
- will focus on the period in the 1980s when Queen began to fragment before their Live Aid performance put them back in the frame. In her journey to understand the man behind the legend Lesley-Ann Jones has travelled from London to Zanzibar to India. Packed with exclusive interviews & told with the invaluable perspective that the twenty years since Mercury's death presents Freddie Mercury is the most up to date portrait of a legendary man. Fully revised & updated edition.

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This bright colourful book from award-winning illustrator Axel Scheffler is now available in a big fun bath book format
- complete
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Rich handsome darling of the ton the hope of ambitious mothers & despair of his sisters the Marquis of Alverstoke at 37 sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Until a distant connection ignorant of his selfishness applies to him for help. Plunged into one drama after another by the large & irrepressible Merriville family Alverstoke is surprised to find himself far from bored. The lovely Charis may be as hen-witted as she is beautiful but Jessamy is an interesting boy Felix an engaging scamp. & most intriguing of all their strong-minded sister Frederica who seems more concerned with her familys welfare than his own distinguished attentions- ...

' Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' Sunday Telegraph. A beautifully repackaged edition of one of the best of the best. Rich handsome darling of the ton the hope of ambitious mothers & despair of his sisters
- the Marquis of Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Until a distant connection ignorant of his selfishness applies to him for help. Plunged headlong into one drama after another by the large & irrepressible Merriville family Alverstoke is surprised to find himself far from bored. The lovely Charis may be as hen-witted as she is beautiful but Jessamy is an interesting boy & Felix an engaging scamp. & most intriguing of all their strong-minded sister Frederica who seems more concerned with her family's welfare than his own distinguished attentions.. .
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Whether dressed in her finery or disguised as a frump he wanted her just the same! How can plain Frederica withstand a Season's scrutiny after the five beauties before her have married so magnificently? The only solution is to run away from home... Disguised as a chambermaid Freddie soon finds her way into the household of the fashionable Duke of Pembury. But the wild gentleman is soon on to her tricks & finds himself escorting Freddie back to London where once again on the marriage mart her sisters make over the tomboyish runaway until even she cannot recognise herself! But a certain gentleman can & so it would seem that Freddie is not fated to be plain
- or unmarried
- after all...

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