Author: John van der Kiste

When Hereford group Silence teamed up with songwriter Ian Hunter in 1969 to form a group that aimed to be a cross between Bob Dylan, the Rolling St...

1970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more blurred. More ambitiously-constructed epics, heavy ...

In February 1685, James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne. His popularity had soared and fallen during his brother's reign....

In 1860 the Australian interior was unmapped and unknown to European settlers. When the Victorian Exploring Expedition tasked Robert OHara Burke, W...

Home to all three armed services, Plymouth was greatly affected by both major conflicts of the twentieth century. Between 1914 and 1918, Devonport ...

This fact-filled volume includes UK and US discographies with full track listings and chart positions, a complete list of live performances from 19...

This chilling follow-up to Devon Murders brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout th...

Kaiser Friedrich III and his consort Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, had six children who lived to maturity, the eldest being Kaiser Wil...

A compendium of fascinating information about Cornwall past and present, this book contains a plethora of entertaining facts about the countys famo...

David Jacobs, Alan Freeman, John Peel, Tommy Vance and Roger Scott were in their different ways five of the greatest pioneering British disc jockey...

Steeleye Span have been at the forefront of British folk-rock for almost half a century. Formed in 1969 by Ashley Hutchings after his departure fro...

Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha in 1893, was the second son of Queen Victoria and Pri...