Of Queen Victoria's four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess,...

Princess Alice was born in 1843, the second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was...

More Somerset Murders

Princess Victoria Melita played a colourful role from her birth in 1876. Using previously unpubli...

This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provide...

Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gothain 1...

The little book of Devon

Upminster and Hornchurch in old photographs

The first book to explore, in depth, the myths and legends surrounding this notorious criminal.

Nineteenth century crime and punishment in Durham.

Queen Victoria's children

Mary (1662-1694), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said t...

Throughout most of the twelve years between their formation and disbanding after the death of dru...

Kaiser Friedrich III and his consort Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, had six children ...

Cornish Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but als...

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Ivy...

Taking you through the year day by day, The Plymouth Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, a...

A unique and charming look at Dartmoor, through a fascinating collection of beautiful photographs.

George V's children

Steve Winwood was successively lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with the chart-topping Spe...

A grim almanac of Hampshire

ELO (The Electric Light Orchestra) were devised by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne of The Move as a fusio...

Imperial Austria weathered the year of revolutions in 1848 when Ferdinand abdicated in favour of ...

Somerset Murders

Singer-songwriter Kate Bush's eclectic style with its diverse lyrical themes defies easy categori...

1970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more b...

This book examines the downfall of James II, how the monarch came to forfeit the goodwill of the ...

When Hereford group Silence teamed up with songwriter Ian Hunter in 1969 to form a group that aim...

Free were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. After two critically acclaime...

Having moved from jazz, Blues and R’n’B to out-and-out pop in his various 1960s bands, keyboard p...

This book portrays the life and character of 'Good King Billy', one of Britain's most endearing s...

Eagles began as a backing group for Linda Ronstadt, then realised they had the potential to strik...

Of Queen Victoria's four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess,...

Released in 1969, Let it Bleed was The Rolling Stones’ eighth studio album (tenth in the USA). Th...

Sometimes acclaimed as Scotland's finest-ever singer-songwriter, Gerry Rafferty was born in 1947....

A biography exploring the dramatic, scandal-tinged lives of King Charles II's illegitimate childr...