Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes & Watson? Professor Morley`s guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England; quaint villages, eccentric locals
- & murder! It is 1937 & disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is stony broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where `intelligence is essential`, he applies. Thus begins Sefton`s association with Professor Swanton Morley, an omnivorous intellect. Morley`s latest project is a history of traditional Engl&, with a guide to every county. They start in Norfolk, but when the vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church`s bellrope, Morley & Sefton find themselves drawn into a rather more fiendish plot. Did the Reverend really take his own life, or was it
- murder? Beginning a thrilling new detective series, ` The Norfolk Mystery` is the first of The County Guides. A must-read for fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Agatha Christie, every county is a crime scene & no-one is above suspicion!

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An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful & unified kingdom in Christendom. It is an invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest & most decisive battles ever fought. This riveting book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful & yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror`s attack. Why the Normans, in some respects less sophisticated, possessed the military cutting edge. How William`s hopes of a united Anglo-Norman realm unravelled, dashed by English rebellions, Viking invasions & the insatiable demands of his fellow conquerors. This is a tale of powerful drama, repression & seismic social change: the Battle of Hastings itself & the violent ` Harrying of the North`; the sudden introduction of castles & the wholesale rebuilding of every major church; the total destruction of an ancient ruling class. Language, law, architecture, even attitudes towards life itself were altered forever by the coming of the Normans. Marc Morris, author of the bestselling biography of ” Edward I, A Great & Terrible King”, approaches the Conquest with the same passion, verve & scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, a pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation. ...

With their 70th anniversary just around the corner, the D-Day landings have lost none of their impact. Even today the vestiges of Hitler s Atlantic Wall speak of the huge undertaking necessary for the Allies to gain a foothold in Normandy. In this beautiful new full-color book, the reader goes on-site to the sacred battleground from its scarred medieval villages to the remains of modern means of destruction. The huge armada that attacked from Britain left behind many signs of their passage: from the huge caissons of the mulberry harbor around Arromanches, the gun emplacements at Longues & Merville, to the multitude of hardware used as memorials tanks, artillery, pillboxes & the many graves & cemeteries that honor those who died on both sides. It is in memory of the dead that much of what can be seen on the ground survives, but as the last few survivors reach their 90s, a new audience requires information about the events of the past that can only come from seeing the ground where the battle was fought. Today, the beaches are a fascinating mixture of the new & the old, including the new visitors center at Colleville & the renovation & expansion of the Utah Beach museum even as further new memorials jostle with the older sites that have changed little in 70 years. The Normandy Battlefields details what can be seen on the ground today using a mixture of media to provide a complete overview of the campaign. Maps old & new highlight what has survived & what hasn t; then-&-now photography allows fascinating comparisons with the images taken at the time particularly the aerial views & computer artwork provides graphic details of things that can t be seen today. The book describes the area from Cherbourg to Le Havre by way of the key D-Day locations, providing a handbook for the visitor & an overview for the armchair traveler. It covers, wherever possible, the forces from both sides & the memorials to those young men who fought so many years ago.” ...

Chronicling the `other Norman invasion`, The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, & in particular Robert Guiscard, perhaps the most extraordinary European adventurer between the times of Caesar & Napoleon. In one year, 1084, he had both the Eastern & Western Emperors retreating before him & one of the most formidable of medieval Popes in his power. His brother, Roger, helped him to conquer Sicily from the Saracens, & his nephew Roger II went on to create the cosmopolitan kingdom whose remaining monuments still dazzle us today. The Normans in the South is the first of two volumes that recount an extraordinary chapter in Italian history. ...

Who were the Norse gods
- the mighty Aesyr, led by Odinn, & the mysterious Vanir? In The Norse Myths we meet this passionate
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A guidebook to walking the North Downs Way National Trail, a 130 mile (208km) walk between the high downland of Farnham & the historic city of Dover on the Kent coast, with an optional visit to Canterbury. The route is described in 11 stages, & is fully illustrated with colour photographs & OS map extracts. The North Downs Way is one of the easier national trails with a modest number of steep (but short) ascents & descents & long sections with no noticeable height gain or loss. Several historic sites including Neolithic burial chambers, Roman roads & Norman churches are passed & much of the route follows The Pilgrims` Way. The area also boasts many literary connections with some of the most celebrated voices in English literature. A separate pocket-sized map booklet is included & shows the full route on 1:25, 000 scale OS maps. ...

A ship sets sail with a killer on board.. .1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with his reputation in tatters, Patrick Sumner has little option but to accept the position of ship`s surgeon on this ill-fated voyage. But when, deep into the journey, a cabin boy is discovered brutally killed, Sumner finds himself forced to act. Soon he will face an evil even greater than he had encountered at the siege of Delhi, in the shape of Henry Drax: harpooner, murderer, monster. ...

The Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty have been described as the jewels of the English landscape & the North Wessex Downs, the third largest AONB, is no exception. Its predominant feature is its underlying chalk geology & it covers one of the most continuous tracts of chalk downland in Engl&. As well as its treasures in the form of chalk & ancient woodl&, the North Wessex Downs also has a fascinating human history, stretching back some 5, 000 years. The archaeology of the area is both rich & varied, with a number of impressive monuments, including the Neolithic stone circle at Avebury
- which forms part of a World Heritage Site, the truly beautiful Uffington White Horse & the magical Wayland`s Smithy, plus a myriad of Bronze Age barrows & Iron Age hill forts. Despite being located in southern England
- a densely populated region
- the North Wessex Downs is surprisingly unspoilt & sparsely populated, giving it a true sense of the idyllic England of old. Hidden amongst the folded contours of this chalk countryside are picture-postcard villages with thatched cottages, historic churches & magnificent stately houses, while out on the open downs breathtaking views stretch over rounded chalk hills, with wide open skies above. Explores the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in depth, covering the landscape, prehistoric treasures & more modern developments, from the Kennet & Avon Canal to crop circles Takes you on a journey through a landscape steeped in 5, 000 years of history Illustrated throughout with more Approx. 150 colour photographs Written by a local author who has explored the area over many years

Includes:: useful visitor information so that readers can more easily explore & enjoy for themselves, the many places mentioned in the book




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The North-West Highlands, which for the purposes of this book

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The North West Trail Cycle Route at 1:125, 000 in a series of cycling maps from Sustrans, the charity behind developing UK’s National Cycle Network. The map is printed on light waterproof synthetic paper & presents several routes in the western part of Northern Irel&, taking in Strabane, Omagh, Enniskillen & the Upper & Lower Lough Erne. The routes also cross over to Donegal & Sligo in the Irish Republic Each title in the Sustrans series of cycling maps covers either a single route, presented in sections on separate strip maps, or a wider area with the main cycling route (s) prominently highlighted but other recommendations for cyclists also marked. The area covered each map is shown on our website on its individual “coverage” image. The route has markers indicating steep gradients, controlled access, distances & possible danger points. Route profiles indicate riding surface & the density of traffic (main road, minor road & traffic-free) &, where appropriate, street plans show the course of the route across towns & cities. On maps covering a wider area around the main National Cycle Route suggestions of possible day ride excursions are also marked. A range of symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including tourist information centres, youth hostels, cafes & pubs, grocery shops, cycle shops & hire, historical & natural sites, etc. For access by rail, the rail network is shown with stations &, where appropriate, metro stations are also marked. Topography is shows by altitude colouring. Unless specifically indicated in the individual description, the maps do not show British National Grid lines for GPS. Each title also contains contact addresses for various useful organizations, etc. Many titles are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. ...