Published Books

A compelling and vivid account of two twins and their wartime experiences as evacuees.

235 x 156 mm | paperback | 96 pages | 50 b&w illustrations

A collection of Lady Ashcombe’s writing which looks at aspects of castle life and Cotswold life with warmth and humour.

235 x 156 mm | paperback | 128 pages | 40 black and white and 16 colour illustrations

A moving account of what life was really like for women in a German internment camp.

235 x 156 mm | hardback | 192 pages | 100 drawings and photos

The diaries of Ruth Ozanne give us a remarkable eyewitness account of daily life throughout the German occupation of Guernsey from 1940 to 1945. At the beginning of the occupation, there is an atmosphere of good-humoured defiance on the island. The relatively few German soldiers are on their best behaviour and the islanders were bolstered by a stream of optimistic rumours. Life gradually darkens, however, as vastly more arms and troops arrive, supported by Organisation Todt labourers, to make the island part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall.

235 x 156 mm | paperback | 160 pages | 40 b&w illustrations

A striking diary representing a lost element of country life, profusely illustrated with line illustrations throughout accompanied by family photographs.

235 x 156 mm | paperback | 176 pages | 200 line illustrations and photographs

The year is 1953 and the North of England, like everywhere else, is full of women ‘keeping house’ for their husbands. Washing must be scrubbed by hand over the sink, socks must be darned by hand and tea must be on the table by five o’clock sharp.

The Diary of a Young Wife 1953 provides a fascinating glimpse into the trials and tribulations of a young couple, trying to make it in the 1950s.

235 x 165 mm | paperback | 96 pages | 180 b&w illustrations

Letters from an officer on the Turkish Arabian Front to his mother in rural Upper Slaughter in Gloucestershire — worlds apart.

Edited by Jasper Hadman.

235 x 156 mm | hardback | 384 pages | 100 b&w photographs