Books from Sutton

  • Paul Martin's Britain
    Paul Martin's Britain
    By Paul Martin

    Paul Martin's Britain is the book for which the fans of Flog It! have been waiting.

  • Margot Fonteyn
    Margot Fonteyn
    By Alastair Macaulay

    As prima ballerina of the Royal Ballet for over 40 years, Margot Fonteyn inspired generations of younger ballerinas with the characteristics of her dance style. This biography covers those aspects...

  • Report on the Loss of the S.S. Titanic
    Report on the Loss of the S.S. Titanic
    By Great Britain. Parliament

    This report which has been out of print for many years, illustrated with archive photographs of the ship and of survivors who gave evidence at the enquiry, will enable the...

  • The Slave Trade
    The Slave Trade
    By James Walvin

    In the four centuries before the 1860s, the Atlantic slave trade transformed the face of the Americas, enhanced the material well-being of the West and wrought enormous damage on Africa....

  • New Worlds: The Great Voyages of Discovery, 1400-1600
    New Worlds: The Great Voyages of Discovery, 1400-1600
    By Ronald H. Fritze

    This is a narrative history of the great voyages of discovery. The author starts his survey with a portrait of medieval Europe, its economy, its geography and the developments in...

  • Oscar and Bosie: A Fatal Passion
    Oscar and Bosie: A Fatal Passion
    By Trevor Fisher

    The love story of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas surely ranks among the world's greatest romantic tragedies. After Wilde's tragic bid to sue the Marquis of Queensberry for libel...

  • English Local History: An Introduction
    English Local History: An Introduction
    By Kate Tiller

    This guide is designed as an introduction to local history for anyone who wants to know how local communities lived in the past and how to find out more about...

  • The Churn, Coln and Leach Valleys in Old Photographs
    The Churn, Coln and Leach Valleys in Old Photographs
    By Edwin Cuss, Philip Griffiths

    The Churn, Coln and Leach Valleys in Old Photographs

  • A Book of Verse: The Biography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
    A Book of Verse: The Biography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
    By Garry Garrard

    A Book of Verse beneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness - Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!...

  • Memory, Wisdom and Healing: The History of Domestic Plant Medicine
    Memory, Wisdom and Healing: The History of Domestic Plant Medicine
    By Gabrielle Hatfield

    The author gathers together a wealth of material from mmanuscripts, letters, diaries and personal interviews which collectively reveal a detailed picture of the use of domestic remedies in Britain.

  • The German Army Handbook, 1939-1945
    The German Army Handbook, 1939-1945
    By James Lucas

    From the opening shots of World War II in Poland in September 1939, through the blitzkrieg to the fall of France and the Low Countries, the German Army was at...

  • The Mysterious Miss Marie Corelli: Queen of Victorian Bestsellers
    The Mysterious Miss Marie Corelli: Queen of Victorian Bestsellers
    By Teresa Ransom

    "'Who was Marie Corelli?' shrieked the news headlines after she died in 1924, but no-one really knew: her past was obscured by such a fog of lies and concealment that...

  • Breaking the Panzers: The Bloody Battle for Rauray, Normandy, 1 July 1944
    Breaking the Panzers: The Bloody Battle for Rauray, Normandy, 1 July 1944
    By Kevin Baverstock

    This work describes the vital defensive fighting on 1 July 1944 at Rauray in Normandy. Although the 1st Tyneside Scottish battalion gained a battle honour for their victory against the...

  • War and the Media: A Random Searchlight
    War and the Media: A Random Searchlight
    By Miles Hudson, John Stanier

    In this study of the impact of the media on war, all the major wars and many of the minor conflicts fought by Britain - as well as many by...

  • Portsmouth in Old Photographs
    Portsmouth in Old Photographs
    By David Francis, Peter N. Rogers

    Portsmouth in Old Photographs

  • Fascism in Modern Britain
    Fascism in Modern Britain
    By Richard C. Thurlow

    A history of Fascism in 20th century Britain using the latest findings and research, including extensive use of intelligence records and oral history. Focusing on the BUF, the National Front...

  • The Landscape of Roman Britain
    The Landscape of Roman Britain
    By Ken R. Dark, Petra Dark

    The Landscape of Roman Britain is the first book to combine the latest advances in the archaeology of the period with new scientific approaches to environmental reconstruction. It brings together...

  • Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages
    Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages
    By R. H. Britnell

    What was life like in the towns and villages of medieval England? The full range of medieval life is covered, from the town life of medieval York and London to...

  • The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Capital
    The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Capital
    By Stephen Halliday

    In the sweltering summer of 1858 the stink of sewage from the polluted Thames was so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of...

  • For King & Parliament: Bristol and the Civil War
    For King & Parliament: Bristol and the Civil War
    By John Lynch

    This study argues that when the Royalists captured Bristol in July 1643 they gained not only the city but also the materials and facilities that quite literally allowed them to...