This collection contains stories from the 60s 70s & 90s. 1962-1963 Roy makes his England debut against South American side Caragua. England win 3-1 (Roy 2). 1966 Whilst on tour in Australia during the real 1966 World Cup Rovers found themselves representing England in an alternative tournament organised by a wealthy sheep farmer where their opponents included a team of Italian acrobats! 1977-1978 Roy takes over as caretaker-manager of England & after defeating Holland 5-1 turns down the full-time job. 1991-1992 Roy appointed player-manager of England B team & wins a four-nation tournament v USA France & Segovia. ...

When Kate Kray wrote Pretty Boy " she interviewed scores of people. Almost without exception as she was leaving they would say to her " Ill tell you something about Roy--but dont tell him I told you..." These stories were too shocking & close to the bone to include without Roys permission & now that permission has been granted. " Roy Shaw Unleashed" is a collection of those stories as told by Roy himself & those close to him. It

Includes:: true stories of murder & violence & the final truth about his famous fights with Lenny " The Guvnor" Mc Lean."

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For nearly half a century Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon the scene as the revolutionary trendy young director of the National Portrait Gallery aged thirty-one. In this book he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins & the roots of his life-long passion for the culture & history of Engl&. He describes his childhood home in a suburban North London terrace revealing himself to have been a shy solitary child of melancholy temperament painting Elizabethan miniatures & Shakespearean set designs in his teens. It follows him through grammar school & university where together with a generation of postwar 'meritocrats' like A.S. Byatt & Alan Bennett his passion for learning was awakened & nourished. We catch glimpses of seminal experiences such as his first outings to the theatre opera & ballet & his first trip abroad to Italy which was to have a lasting influence on his sensibilities. He explores key sometimes painful relationships with his family his school teacher with whom he had a lifelong correspondence & his debt to such people as C.V. Wedgwood A.L. Rowse Frances Yates & Cecil Beaton. In it we glimpse a vanished world dominated by class & hierarchy up which he climbed. As a backdrop we have the transformation of London from the drab postwar world of the 1950s to the epicentre of fashion in the 1960s & the development of Sir Roy's distinctive sartorial style inspired by the burgeoning shops on Carnaby Street. Richly illustrated with drawings letters photographs & other archival material this is an honest & compelling portrait of a young man about to step into the limelight of the British cultural scene he helped to modernize & in which he played a leading role. ...

The second volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer series now reissued in gorgeous new livery. We are here Fitz you & I to change the future & the world... Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village leaving not a single man woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well. King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness & King-in-waiting Verity spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse & destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. & when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings Fitz is left alone & friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes & the King's Fool with his cryptic prophesies. ...

Babies are born every day but only once or twice in a lifetime a child arrives who will inherit the throne. This summer the nation will be watching as Catherine Duchess of Cambridge delivers our future monarch. There will be predictions expectations & a flurry of media attention around the new parents but apart from the flashing cameras & internet headlines this is nothing new. Royal babies have excited interest since before their births for more than a millennium. When a queen or princess conceived the direction of a dynasty was being defined & the health & survival of the child would shape British history. Amy Licence explores the stories of some of these royal babies & the unusual circumstances of their arrivals from the Normans to the twenty-first century. 1470 saw the arrival of Edward a longed-for son after three daughters born in sanctuary to Edward IV & his beautiful but unpopular wife Elizabeth Wydeville; he was briefly King Edward V at the age of twelve but would disappear from history as the elder of the two Princes in the Tower. In 1511 amid lavish celebrations Catherine Aragon gave birth to the future Henry IX whose survival would perhaps have kept Henry from having six wives; alas he was to die after just seven weeks. In 1817 came George the stillborn son of Charlotte Princess of Wales; had she not died as a result of the birth she would have been queen instead of Victoria. This book explores the importance & the circumstances of these & many other arrivals returning many long-forgotten royal babies to the history books. ...

The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921. It is now the countrys leading charity providing financial social & emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces & their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal the highest profile charity appeal in Britain. This superbly illustrated book has the full support of the Royal British Legion & will tell the complete story of its history through exclusive access to its archives thus providing a celebratory as well informative tribute to their work over the past 90 years. It will be the definitive history of this much-loved organisation charting its work with soldiers & ex-servicemen through the stories of its heroes famous as well as unknown during the highest-profile military campaigns of the past 90 years. The book will be divided into nine chapters each representing one decade in the RBLs existence. Each chapter will celebrate one hero per year; 1921 1922 1923 etc. giving an account of that particular person & what they achieved. Within each chapter will be special spreads that emphasise also the social history of the evolution of the RBL as a charity supported with iconic imagery & text. Each one of the heroes from 1921 right through to 2011 has been personally chosen by decorated royal marine & RBL ambassador Lance Corporal Matt Croucher GC. Men such as Major Robert Henry Cain VC (1909-1974) who destroyed six tanks during Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944 & was one of the only officers from his battalion to escape the German encirclement of the British 1st Airborne Division. The book will be published in late autumn to coincide with the 2011 Poppy Appeal which will be the biggest in the Legions history with events running nationwide TV advertising celebrity involvement & a high-profile marketing campaign. Matt Croucher will be involved in the campaign as an ambassador for the RBL. For any serving member of the armed forces or those retired from service or members of the public who are keen to know about this beloved organisation; this will be a fascinating & valued purchase knowing that royalties will be going to the charity themselves. ...

A Royal Christmas is a Christmas pudding of a book full of silver threepenny pieces. Organised thematically it covers such topics as Christmas & conflict in the 20th century Christmas pastimes festive feasts Christmas & the Commonwealth & many more it looks at the many ways in which the Royal Family have celebrated Christmas through the ages. Jeremy Archer has delved into the royal archives to uncover the personal thoughts of many royals during the Christmas period. What comes over most strongly from Queen Victorias journals is the importance of family: the joys they shared the trials they endured & the carefully selected gifts they exchanged. Although there is much happiness tragedy is a common bed-fellow particularly in earlier times. & conflict is seldom very far away. But this is a celebration
- both of an enduring festive season & an extraordinary family.
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While Europe was buried in the Dark Ages the Maya were producing astonishing sculpture stelae & wall murals as well as building magnificent temples tombs & ball courts. This extraordinary volume pairs the leading Maya scholar & one of the worlds finest photographers of ancient sites to trace the rise & fall of Mayan civilization through its great royal cities. From El Mirador to the cities of the Maya Renaissance & finally to Chichen Itza where the 700-year flowering of the Mayan people came to a halt the riveting history of powerful dynasties political intrigues & a flourishing culture is illuminated through new research & evocative photographs. A new reading of artifacts reliefs murals maps & other archaeological evidence allows Coe to untangle the complex sequence of internecine ritual warfare that fatally weakened the late Maya era. Documented with specially commissioned maps & plans based on the latest research Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya" will be irresistible to everyone from the casual visitor to Pre-Columbian experts." ...

The monarchy has made many concessions to the modern age but the affirming rituals of the coronation
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This is the untold story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor. Paul Burrell fought to clear his own name. Now he reveals new truths about Princess Diana
- & presents for the first time as faithful an account of her thoughts as we can ever hope to read. He was the favourite footman who formed a unique relationship with the Queen. He was the butler who the Princess of Wales called 'my rock' & 'the only man I can trust'. He was accused of theft then acquitted following the historic intervention of the monarch. He was the Princess' most intimate confidante
- & is the only person able to separate the myth from the truth of the Diana years. Now at last Paul Burrell cuts through the gossip & the lies & takes us closer to the complex heart of the Royal Family then ever before.

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