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  • 1922

    Scenes from a Turbulent Year

    by Nick Rennison ...
    1922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest of the twentieth century and still affect us today, 100 years later.Empires fell. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British Empire had reached its greatest extent but its heyday was over. The Irish Free State was declared and demands for independence in India grew. New ... Read more

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  • 1974

    Scenes from a Year of Crisis

    by Nick Rennison ...
    1974 was a year of major changes around the world.Presidents resigned, emperors were deposed and new governments came to power.In society, the second wave of feminism grew in strength and the rights of gays and ethnic minorities were more powerfully asserted.The arts and the entertainment industry were in the midst of a period of great creativity and innovation.The roots of many aspects of today's ... Read more

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  • Sherlock Holmes

    The Unauthorized Biography

    by Nick Rennison ...
    "An in-depth biography of the world's most famous detective that will intrigue Sherlockians and non-Sherlockians alike." — Publishers WeeklyHe has been called a genius and a fraud, a hero and an addict, but who really was Sherlock Holmes? With an attention to detail that would make his subject envious, Nick Rennison combs the literature for clues, omissions, and inconsistencies in Dr. Watson's ... Read more

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  • Supernatural Sherlocks

    by Nick Rennison ...
    The ghost of a poor Afghan returns to haunt the doctor who once amputated his hand. A mysterious and malignant force inhabits a room in an ancestral home and attacks all who sleep in it. A man who desecrates an Indian temple is transformed into a ravening beast. A Tyrolean castle is the setting for an aristocratic murderer's apparent resurrection.In the stories in this collection compiled by Nick ... Read more

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  • 100 Must-read Science Fiction Novels

    "A reliable guide to what science fiction is" Christopher Priest, award-winning science fiction author"A really good introduction to the genre" SFX Magazine"Perceptive and glorious" Ian Watson, author of the screenplay for Steve Spielberg's A.I.Want to become a science fiction buff? Want to expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the ... Read more

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  • Robin Hood

    Myth, History & Culture

    by Nick Rennison ...
    An informative, lively guide through the rich mythology of Robin Hood, across all mediumsEveryone knows the story of England's greatest folk hero, the outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. This highly entertaining book begins with the search for the historical Robin, looking at the candidates for the "real Robin Hood" who have been proposed over the years, from petty thieves to ... Read more

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  • Sherlock's Sisters

    by Nick Rennison ...
    Sherlock Holmes was the most famous detective to stride through the pages of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, but he was not the only one. He had plenty of rivals. Some of the most memorable of these were women: they were 'Sherlock's Sisters'. This exciting, unusual anthology gathers together 15 stories written by women or featuring female detectives. They include Dorcas Dene, Lady Molly of ... Read more

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  • The Rivals of Dracula

    by Nick Rennison ...
    Bram Stoker's Dracula, still the most famous of all vampire stories, was first published in 1897. But the bloodsucking Count was not the only member of the undead to bare his fangs in the literature of the period. Late Victorian and Edwardian fiction is full of vampires and this anthology of scary stories introduces modern readers to fifteen of them. A travel writer in Sweden unleashes something ... Read more

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  • Riots and Rebels

    Popular Protest in Britain from the Peasants' Revolt to Extinction Rebellion

    by Nick Rennison ...
    An accessible narrative account of popular protests, demonstrations and riots in Britain from the Middle Ages to the present dayIn 1381, a large army of people marched through the south-east of England to London, demanding an end to unfair taxation and threatening the rule of the boy-king, Richard II. During the eighteenth century, food riots, riots in protest at land enclosure, and riots ... Read more

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  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    by Nick Rennison ...
    Sherlock Holmes is the most famous fictional detective ever created. The supremely rational sleuth and his dependable companion, Dr Watson, will forever be associated with the gaslit and smog-filled streets of late nineteenth and early twentieth century London. Yet Holmes and Watson were not the only ones solving mysterious crimes and foiling the plans of villainous masterminds in Victorian and ... Read more

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  • Victorian Tales of the Weird

    A curated anthology of Victorian and Edwardian weird tales, supernatural horrors and uncanny fiction

    by Nick Rennison ...
    From a dancing automaton running amok at a ball, to a prehistoric beast lurking in the depths of a Yorkshire cave, this anthology explores the nature of the 'old weird', and unordinary stories which go outside the boundaries of everyday life.The anthology includes not only stories by well-known writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Jerome K. Jerome, but also by long-forgotten authors such as D. ... Read more

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  • 100 Must-read Crime Novels

    Want to become a crime novel buff, or expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular, Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of the some of the finest crime novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly become an expert on the world of crime. The book also allows you ... Read more

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