Author: David Brandon

The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file tr...

The Making of London explores the rich history of the Metropolis from the Roman settlement established 2,000 years ago in the area that came to be ...

York, founded by the Romans as Eboracum, the capital of Britannia Inferior, is considered one of Europe's best-loved cities. It boasts a wealth of ...

Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as ...

On the south bank of the Thames and demarcated by Blackfriars and Tower Bridges lies the district known as Bankside, the Borough and Southwark. Its...

Edinburgh is a city rightly famed world-wide. It is perhaps the only large British city which can be described as beautiful. It always seems to hav...

Crypts, catacombs, tunnels, tombs, cellars, bunkers, vaults and underground chambers... Buried roads and buildings hidden beneath the city conjure ...

Ernest Marples revolutionised three UK government departments. At Transport (1959-1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and c...

Explore the secret, quirky and curious history of Londons well-known squares. Authors Alan Brooke and David Brandon have made some strange discover...

Ghosts traditionally make their presence felt in many ways, from unexplained footfalls and chills to odours and apparitions. This fascinating volum...

The East Anglian Coast is a place of diversity: it has sandy beaches, shingle and pebble beaches and it has mud. There are crumbling cliffs, stripe...

This book contains all manner of grim and ancient punishments from Londons long and bloody history. Over the centuries, many hundreds have expired ...

This book is a unique record of a journey along the beautiful and often dramatic Yorkshire coastline, tracing the regions diverse industry, the his...