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Independent British publisher of non-fiction and fiction since 2006.
Exeter and London
Joined April 2009
The way I met Tom Stoppard was unforgettable – over twenty years ago: a producer wanted to make a movie of one of my earlier books, Stalin: the Court of the Red Tsar and he said he wanted me to meet the script writer. I was already wildly overexcited because the producer was Mick
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Lancashire - England's most underrated county, argues Chris Moss in @Telegraph Chris's LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that made the Modern World is out in February. @Traveloguer
telegraph.co.uk
From moors to music and mills, this vibrant corner of the North offers depth and delight in equal measure
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In the 1st century AD, it's estimated that 1 in 3 people in the Italian peninsula were enslaved. Ross King, author of The Shortest History of Ancient Rome, interviewed by David Freeman on The Author Archive podcast:
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Apply for….my job!! After four years and editing (I think) more than one thousand pieces I’m leaving to finish my book and return to writing 💔
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Lesley Downer, author of The Shortest History of Japan, will be talking about her book on Tuesday 9 December at the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution. @LesleyDowner In person and online tickets available here:
hlsi.org.uk
Members: Free, Online or Victoria Hall Non-Members: £10, Online or Victoria Hall Please book, for online link only, by 1pm on the day of the event Court ladies, women warriors and courtesans:...
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Here Nicholas chooses his top five books on Austria. https://t.co/TVVg053uKb.
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Today, the Republic of Austria is a small country in Central Europe, but for centuries, it was the fulcrum of events going on in Europe, as the Habsburgs led the Holy Roman Empire—and later the...
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Nicholas T. Parsons will be discussing (and signing copies) of his book THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF AUSTRIA on Tuesday 25 November at Shakespeare & Co in Vienna.
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Das Problem hat sich in den neun Jahren, seit ich dieses Buch schrieb, nicht geändert. Auch diese dringende Notwendigkeit nicht:
If the US for business reasons sells out Ukraine and European security, siding with Putin instead, then this would mean the destruction of the West as we know it.
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Ian Mortimer discusses his A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY on the @howtoacademy podcast. Listen free here: https://t.co/jTuH4Lmlaz
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Ian Mortimer discusses his A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY on the @howtoacademy podcast. Listen free here: https://t.co/jTuH4Lmlaz
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We are delighted that @LesleyDowner's The Shortest History of Japan has been chosen as one of @Waterstones non-fiction paperbacks of the year. https://t.co/3rZf9NapAD
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'Linda Jaivin puts her formidable, deep experience both of Chinese history and language to excellent use, conveying in 100 pages what most would struggle to achieve in a 1000' KERRY BROWN on BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! The Cultural Revolution in China. @Bkerrychina @SOAS_CI
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Sheila Fitzpatrick talks about her book The Death of Stalin on ABC National Radio Australia: https://t.co/9ah4XKNacW
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'Rich, readable ... Jones is a compelling tour guide through time' Russell Williams in @TheTLS on Colin Jones's The Shortest History of France @rwilliamsparis
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At a moment when many are speculating about the future of North American hegemony, Emmanuel Macron continues to strive at positioning France as an
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David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE: A MISS MERKEL MYSTERY What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in retirement? Why, she becomes a super sleuth, of course. Read by @LisaArmytage
https://t.co/Rui2v7GxB6
audible.co.uk
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The Number 1 German Bestseller FORGET MISS MARPLE. HERE COMES MISS MERKEL... After a gruelling stint as the most powerful woman in the world, Angela can...
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Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! The Cultural Revolution in China 'Jaivin’s narrative flair and sense of drama give new life to what is almost certainly the sorriest period in recent Chinese history.' —Wanning Sun @ConversationUK
https://t.co/lLv3VTAV1K
audible.co.uk
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In 1966, with the words 'Bombard the Headquarters!' Mao Zedong unleashed the full, violent force of a movement that he called the Great Proletarian...
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Sheila Fitzpatrick's THE DEATH OF STALIN '‘Fascinating… Perhaps the world’s foremost historian of the Soviet era gives us the full darkly comic but grisly details of Stalin’s last days’ CHRISTOPHER HART, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY https://t.co/o9v78TLBj7
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. 'Wise, comprehensive and brilliantly succinct' OWEN MATTHEWS, author of Stalin's Children When Joseph Stalin died in 1953, he had been the unchallenged...
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Four audiobooks from Old Street Publishing. Just out: Time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer's MORTIMER's A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY - from the Middle Ages to the Elizabethans, the Restoration to the Regency Read by the author https://t.co/qFTtTXGhNp
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. From the bestselling author of the Time Traveller's Guides In these sparkling A to Zs, time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer visits four classic periods...
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1923 Liverpool Old Empire Theatre with Noblett's Toffee Shop visible on the left.
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