Author: David Lassman

The Great Fire of London, in September 1666, is one of those events forever etched in the collective psyche. It is on the national curriculum and i...

Frome was historically one of the largest towns in Somerset and is rapidly growing today. Its wealth was built on wool and cloth industries, later ...

In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for...

Frome at War 1939-1945 is a comprehensive account of this Somerset market town's experience of the conflict, covering in detail life on the Home Fr...

Every inch of legendary Somerset is steeped in history, from the towns of Dunster and Taunton in the west, to those of Shepton Mallet and Frome in ...

Before Road there was Frome ...before Whicher there was Smith ...before the heartless slaughter of four year old Saville Kent there was the brutal ...

When a teacher and pupil are found dead at an exclusive girls school in Bath, Jack Swann, the Regency Detective, becomes involved in one of the mos...

The Somerset town of Frome might top national polls as a great place to live and enjoy a reputation as the epitome of cool, with Hollywood A-lister...

To all appearances Jack Swann is a typical gentleman of the Regency period; educated, cultured and affluent. In his early thirties, he is an attrac...

The Somerset town of Frome is something of a paradox. Since being founded at the end of the sixth century its fiercely independent nature has been ...