True Stories
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Add to BasketThe Barnsley Whale: The True Story Of The World's First Inland Whale Hunt - - Hardback
£9.99
The blue whale is the largest creature to have ever lived on this planet. Remember when one came to your town - on the back os a lorry? Steve Deput does, but why was it never recorded? Along with a handful of others, Deput set sails on the world's first inland whale hunt to uncover the truth. -
Add to BasketBeyond The Harbour Lights - - Paperback
£15.95
This volume supplements a selection of contemporary newspaper articles, mainly from the 1920s and 1930s, with background information from other sources such as extracts from ships' log books. The stories are all firmly based on true events as reported and recorded at the time. -
Add to BasketA Bunch Of Sweet Peas - - Paperback
£7.99
Based upon a true story, Henry Donald describes how a young parish minister wrote to the Daily Mail for entry forms for its competition to find the finest bunch of sweet peas in Britain in 1911. The top prize was £1000! Just two weeks before the deadline a drought threatened the whole country. -
Add to BasketChasing The Sixpence: The Lives Of Bradford Mill Folk - - Paperback
£9.99
Covering the period from 1920 to the 1970s, this work includes true-life stories of men and women who made their living in the Bradford mills. -
Add to BasketThe Estate: A Novel - - Paperback
£7.99
Hailed by the authorities as 'the future of housing', The Estate was opened by the Lord Mayor of London in the late 1960s. Based on true stories, this is a novel based around 11 different families living side by side in the Estate. -
£7.99Fatal Majesty: The Drama Of Mary Queen Of Scots - - Paperback
The story of Mary, Queen of Scots is a saga of political and sexual intrigue, with the then equivalent of MI5 pulling the strings behind the events that led up to her death. -
Add to BasketFerny Wood: The Story Of A Fallow Deer - - Paperback
£14.99
Every November Sibley went to the New Forest to observe the rut, an exciting time in the deer world, when the great roars echoed out over twilight. 'Ferny Wood' is a closely observed, detailed account of a deer's first three years of life and also a portrait of a forest in all its moods. -
Add to BasketFrom Dogfight To Diplomacy: A Spitfire Pilot's Log, 1932-1958 - - Hardback
£19.99
This is a tale of human fortitude in a life shaped by a love of flying, military service, war, imprisonment, and diplomatic service. -
Add to BasketGlasgow: Tales Of The City - - Paperback
£9.99
Few cities in the world abound with so many extraordinary stories as Glasgow. This book offers a collection of stories about the city, with subjects ranging from footballers to criminals. -
Add to BasketGreat Hull Stories - - Paperback
£9.99
This text features true stories from the history of Hull in Yorkshire.