It’s #armedforcesday2024 and so time for a quick relevant update. @historybowsh @aspectsofhistory @badgerbeers @daleyfitnessuk @big.daveroy @lindanissensamuels #scottleigh #jamesleasor #forgottenarmour #boardingparty #theseawolves #britisharmy #royalnavy #royalairforce #diepperaid #dday #DDay80
It's a busy week for Chiselbury Publishing. We have three new titles coming out on Friday: 'When Henry VIII Came to Dinner' by Paul Wreyford Author, 'Natural Causes' by Stephen Mills and 'Closer to Paradise' by Scott Leigh. Three completely different genres: young adult fantasy fiction, autobiography and good old-fashioned military thriller. But all superb reads.
And not forgetting this evening, when Jimmy Burns is speaking at LSE on his great book, 'A Faithful Spy'.
All these books, and many, many more are available from Chiselbury direct, Amazon or all good bookshops.
Great to see a spitfire in US colours. At Chiselbury we haven’t done an air forced book yet (although we did publish Not The Red Baron about a stunt pilot). This will change in 2024 when we will publish a ground breaking and controversial study of RAF Bomber Command in WW2. Watch this space for more details. #iwm #iwmduxford #spitfire #lancaster #raf #rafbombercommand #ww2 #nottheredbaron @iwm #independentpublisher
2023 has been a helluva year for Chiselbury. 13 new books from 9 new authors. And 2024 is shaping up to be even bigger. Watch the review!
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This weekend will see the fifth book by Chris Parker published by Chiselbury‘, Conversations with my Dog’.
In this video Chris discusses the background about his other four Chiselbury books: Monk, the city fox & others in the community, the Celebrant and Living in the Moment: The Sayings & Wisdom of Epiah Khan. Each is very different, all are compelling reads.
All are available from Chiselbury, Amazon and all good bookshops.
Earlier this week I had a chance to catch up with Chiselbury author Chris Parker to talk about his new book, 'Conversations with my Dog' which is due to be published on 1 October.
Watch the video to hear what he had to say about the lessons he has got from Sam, his Staffordshire bull terrier/communications guru.
'Seaton's Orchid' by Chips Hardy.
“A finely-paced and haunting story of a man – himself haunted and unsettled by the events of his past – coming to terms with the growing disorder of a world between the wars starting to fracture around him and already drawing towards its own unhappy conclusion. Part Joseph Conrad, part L.P.Hartley, Seaton’s Orchid will appeal to fans of both.”
Robert Edric, prizewinning author
https://www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/seatons-orchid-by-chips-hardy
'Seaton's Orchid' by Chips Hardy.
“A finely-paced and haunting story of a man – himself haunted and unsettled by the events of his past – coming to terms with the growing disorder of a world between the wars starting to fracture around him and already drawing towards its own unhappy conclusion. Part Joseph Conrad, part L.P.Hartley, Seaton’s Orchid will appeal to fans of both.”
Robert Edric, prizewinning author
https://www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/seatons-orchid-by-chips-hardy
Margaret Ford’s latest book, “A Soldier’s Wife”, published by Chiselbury
World’s oldest debut author has now written her second book
Chiselbury is pleased to announce the publication of “A Soldier’s Wife” by Margaret Ford. She had been described in 2019 as the world's oldest debut author after penning her first book at the age of 93. Now 96, her second book tells the full story of her long and fascinating life. From humble beginnings in a terraced house in Blackburn in the 1920s, she has witnessed nine decades of change and challenge in contemporary Britain and its once mighty Empire.
As a teenage girl during the Second World War, she had to come to terms with the tragic death of several boyfriends. She watched them join up and leave to fight for King and Country, only to be told that they wouldn’t be coming home.
After a chance meeting in Blackburn, a whirlwind romance and an avalanche of impassioned letters from far-off lands, Margaret married Jim Ford in 1947.
Jim was a British Army veteran of one of the war’s most ferocious campaigns, against the Japanese in Burma, and had fought at the legendary Battle of Imphal.
She then travelled the world and became part of an era that is now long gone: army life in Britain’s colonies, the end of an Empire, upon which the sun never set, and the disturbing tensions of the Cold War.
Jim’s many letters home to Margaret offer us a detailed account of the trials and tribulations faced by its soldiers as Britain’s power waned.
Then, for six decades, Margaret became an army wife in Africa, Asia, and Europe. She was in Egypt in the early 1950s, where she faced not only the heat and dust of British Army quarters but got caught up in the Suez Emergency. She witnessed the bitter conflict at close quarters, when, more than once, she had to duck as bullets flew overhead.
Margaret then returned home to Blighty when Jim was posted to Korea, which was only just coming to terms with the anguish of the tragedy
A quick pre-Christmas spin around South London for JL50, the SS100 car in James Leasor’s Aristo Autos book series. Not too much traffic, no rain and going brilliantly, belying her 84 years of age! #ss100 #ssjaguar100 #jaguar #classiccars #jl50 #goodbooks #bestsellers #goodreads
