Lost London" is the story of the city as told through the buildings parks & palaces that are no longer with us. Places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens the leading venue for public entertainment in the city for over 200 years or the Palace of Whitehall whose 1500 rooms made it the largest royal residence in Europe until it was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century. From bull rings to ice fairs plague pits to molly houses this is a fascinating journey through Londons forgotten past unearthing the extraordinary stories that lie beneath familiar streets as well as shining a light in the citys darkest corners." ...

This fascinating compilation of early London photographs takes us on a tour of one of the world's greatest cities but rather than picturing the historic scenes dating back to the 1850s in the traditional sepia & black & white monochrome new realism is given here by reproducing the images in full colour. We can therefore explore not only some of London's world renowned landmarks but also less frequently pictured aspects of the capital including its street characters local markets shops theatres & early cinema & the historic River Thames by whose banks London began as a Roman town nearly 2000 years ago. There is also a look at some of the local neighbourhoods where Londoners live & at the city's transport as horse & steam traction gives way to electricity & the internal combustion engine. Great exhibitions & royal events are featured as are wartime photographs recalling the inferno of the Blitz in the 1940s while a further sequence recalls London's old docklands. Principally sourced from ancient albums & private collections Lost London in Colour unites a wealth of rare & unpublished images to reveal that the London of a century & more ago was as colourful & vibrant a city as it is in the present day. ...

In York Winter 1906
- two brothers have been shot to death. Meanwhile Jim Stringer meets the Lost Luggage Porter humblest among
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In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. He sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance while a ship called the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital food & fuel depots to supply the epic crossing. Yet all went tragically wrong when the Aurora broke free of her moorings in an Antarctic gale & stranded ten men ashore. Left with little more than the clothing on their backs & scavenged equipment the men vowed to carry on in the face of impossible odds. Meanwhile the rest of the Aurora crew cast adrift at the mercy of the elements battled for survival. The lost men struggled to save themselves & carry out their mission with little hope of rescue. ...

The 1920s were an amazing decade in motorcycle development. Lost Motorcycles of the 1920s" describes in as much detail as possible over 50 of these lesser known motorcycles providing a wealth of information on makes from Abbotsford & Alwin to Turner Weaver & the Xtra Car
- not forgetting the many transient but somewhat better known marques such as Blackburne Radco & Raleigh for example. Each model & make is described in detail & accompanied by as many illustrations as possible. " Lost Motorcycles" also offers some fascinating & helpful insights into the many facets of motorcycling during the 1920s
- the roads & garages suspension tyres & clothing for example
- all of which helps set these motorcycles in their period & gives a real feel for what motorcycling must have been like some 80 years ago. This title is absolutely invaluable to restorers & historians of early British motorcycles."


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In Lost Perthshire" Ann Lindsay takes us on a fascinating journey through the lost architectural geographical industrial & archaeological heritage of Perthshire. Perth has been the centre to a wide range of industries that flourished & then disappeared including printing ink making book binding boat building glove making salmon curing textiles bleaching dyeing cleaning & insurance (General Accident) many small whisky distilleries newspapers & small shops. All of these were fed by a network of mountain passes drove roads military roads & bridges ferries a flourishing harbour massive rail junction & a wartime aerodrome which have also vanished. Beyond this Ann Lindsay examines how Perthshires boundaries have moved over the last two centuries with much of the original Perthshire now lost due to its incorporation into different counties. Furthermore boglands have been drained glens have been flooded for Hydro electric dams forests have been planted rivers diverted & many upland villages farms & settlements have vanished while other previously sparsely populated areas now densely covered with buildings. In this fascinating yet poignant study Ann Lindsay introduces the many varied aspects of lost Perthshire showing how ancient & even relatively modern Perthshire landscapes
- from stone circles Roman ditches Pictish remains & monasteries to the Bridge of Earn hospital established for expected Dunkirk casualties
- have changed so dramatically often with little thought for conservation or preservation."

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Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded based on Scotts diaries turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent superb depictions of mountains & formations of ice & snow & photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen
- initially fought over neglected then lost
- until now that is. For the first time they are resurrected & are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

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A mysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars plagues & rebellions the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death & the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome & untimely end. ...

In a very readable style the author traces the history of the countys railway lines from their opening in the 19th century their heyday around the turn of the century & in many cases their closure in the 20th century. This work is illustrated. ...

FROM THE 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy
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