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Engeland, Engelse geschiedenis

Mike O’Connor – The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

Mike O’Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het boek met verhalen uit het Engelse graafschap. Op 3 juli 2025 verschijnt bij The History Press het boek The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall. Het boek is geschreven door Mike O’Connor.

Mike O’Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall review en recensie

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Mike O'Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

  • Auteur: Mike O’Connor (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: boek met verhalen over Cornwall
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Reeks: The Little History
  • Verschijnt: 3 juli 2025
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 12,99 / £ 6,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over verhalen vertellen in Cornwall

Cornwall’s storytelling tradition stretches back a thousand years. Before TV and radio, stories were told among the flickering shadows at the fireside. They whiled away the travellers’ miles, long hours in the fields, and days at sea. They gladdened brief moments of relaxation for miners and bal-maidens. Travelling storytellers wandered from village to village swapping words for supper, and a rich local dialect brought the tales to life. Classic Cornish tales such as the Mermaid of Zennor and Jan Tregeagle are wonderfully entertaining, and collectively tell us much about Cornwall, its people, and its history.

Join accomplished storyteller, scholar and writer Mike O’Connor as he explores the ‘when, where, and why’ of Cornish folk tales and celebrates the rich traditions and cultural legacy of hwedhlow.

Mike O’Connor is a powerful and engaging storyteller who performs at many events across the country. An important researcher into Cornish music and folklore, he has been awarded the OBE and made a bard of the Gorsedh of Kernow.

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Giles Chapman – Lost Cars of the 1960s

Giles Chapman Lost Cars of the 1960s review, recensie en informatie boek over vergeten auto’s uit de zestiger jaren. Op 12 november 2025 verschijnt bij The History Press het boek van Giles Chapman het boek over een aantal vergeten automodellen uit de jaren 60. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Giles Chapman Lost Cars of the 1960s review en recensie

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Giles Chapman Lost Cars of the 1960s

Lost Cars of the 1960s

  • Auteur: Giles Chapman (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: autoboek over jaren 60 modellen
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Verschijnt: 12 november 2025
  • Omvang:
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 19,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek Lost Cars of the 1960s

Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, just one uniting factor: they’re all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics.

What is that car? Think you know it? Take another look; is it really what you remember? The 1960s may be regarded as the cradle of the classic car, but these are the tantalising ones that got away. Giles Chapman has assembled a line-up of contrasting automobiles here, which quickly became obscure. Each of the cars you’ll discover here tells an unusual story, and the endings are often surprising. In this turbulent decade, brave new engine technology was championed and then rejected, design trends suddenly exploded, and car-buyers became unpredictable. The cars in this book sometimes suffered as a result – although some of them were actually just plain odd!

Lost Cars of the 1960s is the final part of a trilogy that includes Lost Cars of the 1940s and ’50s and Lost Cars of the 1970s, recording the intriguing sideshows of motoring history from around the world.

Giles Chapman is an award-winning motoring writer. He has edited and written for numerous car magazines, and contributed to national newspapers. His books include My Dad Had One Of Those, Chapman’s Car Compendium, Cars We Loved in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and 100 Cars Britain Can Be Proud Of. He lives in Kent.

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R.A.J. Waddingham – First Kings

R.A.J. Waddingham First Kings review and information, Forged by Vikings in England and Norway. History Press will publish this book by R.A.J. Waddingham, the British historian on January 29 in 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

R.A.J. Waddingham First Kings review

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R.A.J. Waddingham First Kings

First Kings

Forged by Vikings in England and Norway

  • Author: R.A.J. Waddingham (England)
  • Book type: English history, Viking history
  • Publisher: History Press
  • To be released: January 29, 2026
  • Length: 192 pages
  • Format: paperback / ebook
  • Prize: £ 22.99 / £ 12.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book about the history of Medieval Viking England

Forget 1066 – the making of England began over a century earlier.

When Viking armies first over-wintered in England, they opened a century of conflict and ambition. In Norway, Harald Fairhair rose from a regional chieftain to become its first king, while in England Alfred the Great preserved Wessex from conquest and laid the foundations for unity. His successors, Edward the Elder and Athelstan, extended that vision, leading to the creation of a single English kingdom after Athelstan’s decisive victory at Brunanburh in 937.

Meanwhile, Harald’s heirs struggled for Norway. Eric Bloodaxe briefly claimed the crown before being overthrown by his brother Hakon, fostered at Athelstan’s court. Exiled to Britain, Eric ruled in York until his violent death in 954, ending Norse kingship in England.

This is the turbulent century when kings rose and fell, and when England and Norway first took shape amid rivalry, warfare and shifting alliances.

R.A.J. Waddingham is a retired consulting actuary and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway, University of London. He was awarded a CBE in the Birthday Honours of 2012 for services to pensions. In 2019 he completed a Graduate Certificate in Historical Research, with merit, at Birkbeck, University of London.

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