Books published by Amberley Publishing

Explore the fascinating story of England's emergence as a major maritime trading power, from 1400 to 1540.

Explore the true story of a real-life Jane Austen heroine in this intimate portrait of a Regency family.

A colourful photographic overview of the independent bus operators found in and around Liverpool on Merseyside.

Former Chief Pilot and Director of British Airways takes the reader on a tour of the airline's history of culinary delights, from lounge treats to sumptuous in-flight meals. Featuring a wealth of recipes and unpublished images, this is a unique history of a truly iconic brand.

A lavishly illustrated celebration of half-cab buses in north-west England. A fascinating period in the region's transport history.

With previously unpublished photographs comes a pictorial celebration of the Wirral's famous electric railways.

Tragic tales of misfortune and disaster in historic Cheshire. This book will fascinate anyone who want to know more about the history of the area.

One of the the leading historians of British history, Jeremy Black, turns his trenchant eye to the development of English culture since the eighteenth century - how does it reflect political and social conditions of the time? Here, Black looks at this question while offering an important and original account of English history.

This book is an engaging and indispensable guide to the remarkable Morgan Three-Wheeler.

A fascinating history of conferring the Freedom of Edinburgh, and the influential individuals and organisations honoured by the civic authorities of the city over more than 500 years.

The author of The Tudor Socialite and Plantagenet Socialite looks at the life and movements of Mary, Queen of Scots, with diary-style entries offering a fascinating insight into the life of history's most tragic queen.

Former Archdeacon of London David Meara celebrates the beautiful churches designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor.

A fascinating exploration of international relations at a time when Western powers exploited Eastern resources and sought to dominate the economic and political landscape. This is a powerful insight into the history that helped shaped the current political and economic realities of the region.

Lavishly illustrated throughout, this book tells the story of the North of Britain railways in locations across the north of Britain that were once served by more than one station - and then, eventually, by none.

Discover the lesser-known and secret hidden illustrated heritage of Burnley and Pendle in Lancashire.

A stunning collection of images from photographer Dave Zdanowicz revealing the beauty of Yorkshire's villages in all their many faces.

With a wealth of photographs, take a colourful look at the buses and coaches used on touring holidays.

The fascinating history of Cornwall's remarkable literary heritage as well as being a guide to the locations where that heritage can still be found.

Illustrated throughout, a fascinating exploration of Tring's notable buildings and landmarks from across the centuries.

A fascinating exploration of some of the architectural heritage of the Bedfordshire town of Dunstable.

An amazing story that is still largely unknown in the English-speaking world - the plot to blow up Napoleon, an early terrorist attack on Europe's most powerful man, with striking parallels to today.

Tudor London was a vibrant capital city, the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, at the long established Tower of London and Westminster, and later at the palaces of Whitehall, Bridewell and St James's, built by Henry VIII to host his glittering court. Anne Boleyn was assigned a house in the Strand, with gardens running down to the river, while Elizabeth I stayed occasionally at Somerset House. The great and the good gravitated to the city too: Erasmus lodged with Sir Thomas More and his family in Bucklesbury, off Cheapside; Sir Walter Raleigh wrote poetry in his study in Durham House, overlooking the Thames and William Shakespeare lodged in Silver Street. Like today, streets and areas grew up with their own distinct personality: Bankside and Shoreditch were the first theatre and entertainment districts where the Globe Theatre was built to sit alongside the bear-baiting rings. Londoners themselves, and the many immigrants who flocked from the continent, created a lively, raucous society in the streets, markets and the hundreds of inns and ale-houses. Everyday Life in Tudor London vividly recreates this colourful city.

The bitter civil war for the English throne, which drew in Scotland and Normandy, when a princess's rightful throne was seized by her male cousin, and plunged England into 'the Anarchy'.

For centuries, the Celtic peoples of Britain stood fast against invasion and oppression. Theirs is a fascinating and exciting story that includes the deeds of some of the most tenacious and heroic leaders in history - from Caratacus and Boudicca to William Wallace, Owain Glyndwr and the legendary King Arthur. What was it that gave first the Britons, and then the Welsh, this fanatical will to hold out against overwhelming odds through so many centuries?Martin Wall explores the mythology and psychology of this unyielding and insular people; their devotion to charismatic leaders they believed to be sent from God, and their stubborn determination 'ne'er to yield' to oppression and injustice, whether Roman, Saxon, Norman, Viking, or later, the ravages of industrialisation. This fascinating book explores Celtic Britain from before the onslaught of the Roman Empire, through rebellion and open war, to the Act of Union passed under the Tudors and on to the Victorian era.

Rare and previously unpublished images showcasing the fascinating changes in the National Bus Company in the early- and mid-1980s.

A lavishly illustrated history of this fascinating part of the United States military in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations of PACAF and AAC in the 1980s.

Lavishly illustrated throughout, this book tells the story of the South of Britain railways in locations that were once served by more than one station - and then, eventually, by none.