Books by Ken Pye

A look at the dark side of life in Liverpool in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Explore the fascinating history of Liverpool in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Liverpool was once the epitome of 'the city with a pub on every corner', but no longer. As social habits and communities continue to radically change, hundreds of pubs continue to disappear annually, and mostly without trace except in memories. However, not all have been lost. Right across the heart of this European Capital of Culture and UNESCO World Heritage City, Liverpool still boasts many outstanding and historic pubs, each with fascinating tales to tell. Every year, millions of people from around the globe come to visit this world-class city and Liverpool's pubs feature high on their lists of essential places to visit. Here, they enjoy some of the finest ales, and experience one of the most hospitable places in Britain. In Liverpool Pubs, and with fascinating stories and pictures, respected local historian Ken Pye provides an indispensable guide, and a temptation, for even more people to come and discover the very best of these alehouses for themselves.

This fantastic collection of true tales celebrates the strange and curious secrets of Merseyside history. The 50 stories inside--from the tight-rope walking lion at the zoo to the 12 young women "smothered by the incurable malady they caught of some sailors," the true tale of "man in the iron coffin," and the strange and sanguineous saga of the Liverpool men who took on Mount Everest--uncover some truly amazing and extraordinary facets of history and heritage. Richly illustrated and compiled by Liverpool's own historian Ken Pye, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

Here is the LOATHSOME, LURID and DOWNRIGHT LAMENTABLE history of Liverpool!Beginning with the mysteries of the Druids and featuring astonishing tales of bloodshed, battles and the Black Death, Viking assaults, Victorian gangland riots, the mud, blood and bullets of the Western Front and the falling bombs of the Blitz, read it if you dare!