24 Home Entertainment heir it was his great-grandson, James VI of Scotland,


who became James I of England. 339pp, 18 b/w plates. £16.99 NOW £7


72272 TEA BY THE NURSERY FIRE: A Children’s Nanny at the Turn of the Century


by Noel Streatfeild


The author will be well-known to readers as the author of the famous book Ballet Shoes and as one of the best-loved children’s writers of the 20th century. Here she takes quite a different tack by writing the compelling biography of a girl called Emily Huckwell who was born in a


tiny Sussex village in the 1870s. She began as a nursery maid, progressed to under nurse and, finally, head nanny - looking after two generations of children. One of the children in her care was Noel Streatfeild’s father. Drawing on fact plus family legend, Noel writes Emily’s story creating an endearing portrait of Victorian and Edwardian life above and below stairs. 218 paperback pages. £6.99 NOW £3.50


73537 ADVENTURES OF ARTHUR CONAN


DOYLE: A Biography by Russell Miller During his lifetime, Conan Doyle wrote more than 1,500 letters to members of his family, revealing his innermost thoughts, fears and hopes. The doctor/writer/intelligence officer had a fascinating life. He grew up in relative poverty in Edinburgh, where the mental illness of his artistically gifted but alcoholic father cast a shadow over his early life, qualified as a doctor, tried to sell short stories, fought in the Boer War, fell in love with another woman while his wife was dying of tuberculosis, campaigned against injustice and eventually converted to Spiritualism. 516 pages, archive photos and chronology.


£17.50 NOW £5 73724 MRS ROBINSON’S DISGRACE: The


Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale


Isabella Robinson’s husband travelled abroad very often and, when he was home, was cold and remote. Over five years, she recorded in passionate, sensual, suggestive detail her infatuation with a married man. Very unfortunately, her husband found and read the revealing diary and petitioned for divorce on the grounds of adultery. The trial became a cause célèbre. This account brilliantly re-creates the stifling, restrictive world in which Isabella lived and the avidity with which she tried to escape it. 303 pages with family trees, list of lawyers in the Robinson divorce trial. $26 NOW £6.50


74056 FRED DIBNAH’S VICTORIAN HEROES by David Hall


Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the magnificent age of British engineering, the 19th century, and his heroes were the great industrial engineers of that period. This is a book that tells the life stories of some of those men, including George and Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Joseph Whitworth. What were their backgrounds and where did their drive and vision come from? Most like Fred were colourful, larger-than-life characters for who no challenge was too great. Here too are William Fairbairn, the Iron Man, Joseph Locke the great railway engineer, Daniel Gooch, and his battle of the gauges, and James Nasmyth with his machine tools and steam hammers. Colour and mono photos, 496pp, paperback.


£7.99 NOW £4


71300 DISCOVERING FAMOUS GRAVES by Lynn Pearson


Find out where Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles is buried (Hendon), the many famous names in Highgate Cemetery like Lizzie Siddal and Jacob Bronowski, John Wesley in Islington and Arnold Bennett in Burslem, Agatha Christie, the Churchills, John Buchan, Jerome K. Jerome, Max Beerbohm, Pocahontas, John Betjeman, Capability Brown, Rob Roy, Ian Fleming, Screaming Lord Sutch, Edith Nesbit and many others on this unique touring guide. With location specifics. 1,000 graves of famous Britons at home and abroad, and also of a few foreigners buried on British soil. 80 photos and woodcuts. 152pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4


72470 THE REAL FALSTAFF by Stephen Cooper


Here is the first full biography of one of the most famous English knights of the Hundred Years’ War which explores the connection between Fastolf and Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff. It brings insight into the French campaigns of Henry V and the Duke of Bedford and covers Fastolf’s later life - Caister Castle, the Paston family and his posthumous reputation. Sir John Fastolf was a famous military commander who spent almost 30 years fighting the French and lived long enough to witness both the triumphs of Henry V’s reign and the disasters of Henry VI. His role in holding on to Normandy and Maine, in the face of mounting French resistance, and bewildering royal diplomacy, and his rivalry with the more famous Talbot, are the central themes. 210pp, maps and illus. £19.99 NOW £5


72618 LIVES LIKE LOADED GUNS: Emily Dickinson And Her Family’s Feuds by Lyndall Gordon


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Unanswered questions resonate in the wake of lives, and no one more elusive than the famous poet Emily Dickinson. The first step was to map her social landscape - New England in the 1880s. Gordon takes the lid off the violent emotional life. What she exposes is a seething Peyton Place of adultery, betrayal and lifelong feuding. It opens the way to an entirely new reading of Dickinson’s life and poetry. The book rescues Dickinson from the image of the passive, heart-broken recluse. Maps and cast list. 491pp, photos. $32.95 NOW £5.50


74181 GREAT OUTDOOR ADVENTURES by Bear Grylls


Published in association with Channel Four Books, here is the ultimate guide to the best outdoor pursuits be it skiing and tobogganing, kite making and flying, tree climbing and tree houses, hiking, navigation, scrambling, foraging, camp building, fishing, caving, swimming and surfing, diving, rafts and rafting, rock and sea cliff climbing and mountain climbing. Here too is all about knots, camouflage, legendary climbers in history, famous expeditions, underwater life and even an explanation of ‘the bends’. If you long to sleep under the stars and enjoy the natural world, even from the comfort of your armchair, you can experience the world’s most extreme terrain or go paragliding in your imagination. 256pp packed with colour photos, many of this handsome modern day hero himself, Bear Grylls. Diagrams. £14.99 NOW £6.50


74090 BLACK OUT BOOK: 500 Family Games by Evelyn August


Francis Bacon said ‘Some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.’ Here is one definitely to dip into time and again as we appreciate here in facsimile form a 1939 book published to provide the average family with sufficient amusement and entertainment for one hundred and one black-out nights. You can’t black out the stars and it begins with a planetary look at Mars, Ursa Major before revealing thousands of facts not just about uniforms and rations, sandbags and tea but also recollections, kiddies corner, poems, jewels of superstition, prayers of the greats like Henry VIII and Lady Jane Grey and William Blake, as bald as a..., little stories, conjuring tricks - in all 500 games, puzzles, jokes and literary snippets for comfort and distraction during the long nights of the Blitz. 216 well illus pages. £9.99 NOW £4


24416 NATURE COLOURING BOOKS SERIES 1 This set of four outsize (11½”× 9") softbacks includes animals to colour, birds to colour, flowers to colour and countryside to colour. Each depicts a beautiful colour drawing on the left hand side and the black and white equivalent on the right for you to colour yourself, including two beautiful butterflies on lilac flowers, a harbour with boats, a bat by moonlight and an owl in woodland. Per set of four ONLY £2.50


72322 PLAY BETTER CHESS


by Rosalyn Katz and David Lawrence Katz If you are ready to go beyond the basics, open this book and consider the strengths and weaknesses of each piece. For the book to work best for you, you need to know how to move the pieces, check, mate and draw, and read and write your games. Have your chess board handy to follow the big diagrams. 96pp. £11.99 NOW £2.25


72810 BOOST YOUR IQ: MENSA by Carlton Books


MENSA has put together this series of puzzles to challenge your thinking and help exercise your brain. The tests begin on an easy plane and gradually rise to a more difficult one. They measure speed and accuracy of thought and you can check the answers when the time is up, total up the correct answers and see how well you did on the results table. 222 page paperback with one test per page. £5.99 NOW £2


73860 ENIGMAS CELTIC by Maguy Ly, Nicole Masson et al Puzzles, chain reactions, dice games, poems, double paradoxes, magic diamonds and squares, necklaces and embroidery, the Spend Thrift Druid, Helix Aspersa and the Four Daughters of Druid O’March are among the 100+ rather special puzzles for you to solve. Each page has a beautiful Celtic design or border in line art and there is gold decoration on the end papers and a padded cover to this enigmatic publication of magic squares, brain teasers, riddles and more to perk up and bend your grey matter. Foil the traps of these tricky games. With answers, 180pp. £5.99 NOW £2.75


71868 ONLY A WOMAN: Henrietta Barnett by Alison Creedon


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The author shows how a brief experience of education inspired a pretty, petulant and pampered child to develop into a shrewd, irreverent and energetic woman. She traces Henrietta Barnett’s earliest work with the street urchins of Dover through to the many years spent in the labyrinthine courts of a Whitechapel. But the pinnacle of a lifetime spent campaigning for housing, educational and social reform was her role as the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb. 194 pages, illus, map. £20 NOW £4


72469 RAGLAN: From the Peninsula to the Crimea by John Sweetman


On the strength of his association with the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade, many historians have dismissed FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, first Baron Raglan as, at best, an indifferent and, at worst, an incompetent commander. His achievements over a career spanning 50 years should not be judged so simplistically. It is true that, as Commander of the Expeditionary Force to the Crimea, but the fact remains that Raglan never lost a battle for which he was fully responsible. Commissioned in 1804, he served under Sir Arthur Paget and the Duke of Wellington throughout the Peninsular War, and lost an arm at Waterloo and served for an astonishing 25 years as Military Secretary and Master General of the Ordnance. 384 pages illus, maps and family tree. £25 NOW £7


HOBBIES


I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.


- Jonathan Swift


HOME ENTERTAINMENT DVDs AND CDs


73583 SCHUBERT LIEDER CD


by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Here is the late great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at the beginning of her recording career and Edwin Fischer at the end of his, making a magical partnership. The 18 tracks have a


total playing time of over 73 minutes, tracks one to 12 with Edwin Fischer on piano, 13 and 14 with Carl Hudez, 15 and 16 with Gerald Moore and the final tracks 17 and 18 by Beethoven. They include Ah! Perfido Opus 65 (1954) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan and Marzelline’s aria from Fidelio recorded in 1950 with the Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra. ONLY £6.50


73604 BRIDESHEAD REVISITED


COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD by Evelyn Waugh Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Ryder, a disillusioned army captain who is moved to reflect on his languid days in the enchanted castle that was Brideshead, home of the aristocratic Marchmain family whose acquaintance Charles made in the company of an Oxford classmate, the charming wild-child Sebastian. Anthony Andrews co-stars as the doomed Sebastian who takes Charles under his wing. Diana Quick stars as Julia in the distinguished ensemble cast including Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom and John Gielgud as Charles’s estranged father. Grand locations and a haunting musical score. 663 minutes, all 11 episodes on ITV DVD.


£39.99 NOW £15


72401 THE ROYAL BOX: Three DVD Set by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush The Young Victoria, The King’s Speech and The Queen are the three much acclaimed films presented in a rather regal black and gold box set running time 100 minutes, 113 minutes and 98 minutes respectively, all in colour on DVD. Emily Blunt blossoms in her love affair with Albert (Rupert Friend) in The Young Victoria. Colin Firth plays Bertie who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life and is suddenly crowned King George VI. His wife Elizabeth, played by Helena Bonham Carter, seeks out the help of an eccentric speech therapist. With an outstanding performance from Helen Mirren, The Queen is an engrossing and intelligently witty portrait of our monarch’s darkest days. Cast and crew biographies and deleted scenes. £24.99 NOW £14


72853 GUNPOWDER PLOT 1605 DVD: The


History File by Cromwell Productions The murder of the newly crowned James I was plotted in 1605 by a group of high-born soldiers of fortune, with Guy Fawkes being entrusted to light the fuse in the House of Commons’ cellar. The plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament will live forever as one of history’s most audacious acts of treason. After an 11th hour tip- off, the plotters were discovered, tortured and hung. Narrated by Peter Twist, the film is 55 minutes in length and covers anti-Catholic laws, Robert Cecil, Catholic plotters and the bloody end. £9.99 NOW £4.50


72855 ANCIENT EGYPT: Lost Treasures of the


Ancient World DVD by Cromwell Productions 48 minute film which features new location footage, stylish period reconstructions, groundbreaking colour 3D graphics and animation sequences and interpretation and analysis by not only himself but also Egyptologists John Baines, Peter Clayton and Professor G. A. Gaballa of Cairo University. The programme visits, explores and restores such wonders as the temples at Al Karnak and Luxor, the temple at Abu Simbel and the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. With test your knowledge and ask the expert special features. £9.99 NOW £3.75


73438 GREAT RIVER JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD: Four DVDs


by Reader’s Digest Romantic Rivers is the first DVD directed by Alain Dayan in the footsteps of the Dutch and Flemish masters travelling deep into the heart of eternal Russia to stop at Moscow’s Red Square. We navigate the beautiful Danube from


Vienna to Budapest and finally admire Melk Abbey, a masterpiece of Austrian Baroque architecture. We meander along the sun-drenched Douro to the majestic cities of the Italian Renaissance from the River Po. We visit Cremona and its Bell Tower, Mantua with frescoes by Mantegna and then to Venice. Finally we set sail from Paris to Honsleur along the magnificent Seine. We head for the Americas and navigate the St Lawrence in the company of whales, meet the Warao Indians in the Orinoco delta and sail to discover the highest waterfall in the world. Visit the island of Marajó and see the largest estuary in the world. Along the Tibetan Yang Tse River, we pass through the lochs of the famous Three Gorges Dam, admire the monastery of the Holy Mountain, travel along the Mekong River and its floating markets and discover Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat. Our cruise of a lifetime ends in the holy waters of the Nile. 4 DVD set. ONLY £12


73582 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 CD by The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan, here is the Tragic Overture and St. Anthony Variations on a theme by Haydn, Opus 56 performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. The six tracks have total playing time 77 minutes on digitally mastered CD. ONLY £5


fortnightly by the


CLASSIC DRAMA DVD COLLECTION From the BBC


74330 CRANFORD: Set of Three DVDs Episodes 1-2, 3- 4 and 5 by


Elizabeth Gaskell and the BBC


Partworks 56, 57 and 58, each published at £7.99 in this classic drama DVD collection which was published


BBC. The first magazine


looks at Victorian Cheshire, advances in surgery and has an interview with Imelda Staunton in part 56, literary circles, May Day celebrations and an interview with Lisa Dillon the actress in part 57 and an interview with Simon Woods, and articles on the dangers of work, Victorians and their pets in part 58. Enjoy the series featuring Judi Dench and a host of famous actors at your own leisure, taking tea breaks and toilet breaks when you wish now that you have your own DVD video collection. Fantastic value and exclusive to Bibliophile, three DVDs and part works.


£23.97 NOW £8.50


74329 THE PICKWICK PAPERS: Set of Two DVDs Episodes 1-12 by Charles


Dickens and the BBC A partwork paperback each published at £7.99 and produced every fortnight, parts 44 and 45 include all 12 episodes on DVD of the BBC TV mini-series of the Pickwick Papers. The first


magazine includes an interview with actor Clive Swift and articles on debtors’ prisons and scandalous marriages. Part 45 includes an interview with Patrick Malahide and looks at sport in Victorian times and political campaigning. Exclusive to Bibliophile we have these newsagents’ returned copies in mint condition to offer to our readers at a heavily discounted price. £15.98 NOW £6


74331 TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES: Set of 2


DVDs Episodes 1-2 & 3-4 by Thomas Hardy and the BBC


Partworks 54 and 55 in the Classic Drama DVD collection series each published at £7.99 and produced by the BBC including top quality DVDs of the television film. Part 54 includes an


interview with actress Gemma Arterton and articles on England’s ancient landscape and losing faith in religion. Part 55 magazine looks at Victorian murderesses, a tour of Wessex and has an interview with starring actor Eddie Redmayne. Exclusive to Bibliophile. £15.98 NOW £6


74153 A TALE OF TWO CITIES DVD by Charles


Dickens and the BBC The full length feature film classic DVD drama as broadcast by the BBC is produced on this disc and presented together with a partwork numbered 41 which includes an interview with the actor Paul Shelley, and articles on the French Revolution and a visit


to Georgian London. The classic tale brought to life on screen.


£7.99 NOW £3.50


74161 THE MOONSTONE DVD by Wilkie Collins and the BBC


The classic BBC TV drama film is reproduced in full on this DVD which comes with an accompanying partwork numbered 49 and published at £7.99. The magazine articles include an interview with actor


Greg Wise, an article on the birth of detective fiction and Victorian jewel thieves. One of a marvellous bargain DVD collection. £7.99 NOW £3.50


74328 EMMA: Set of Two DVDs Episodes 1-3


and 4-6 by Jane Austen and the BBC Parts 42 and 43 in the Classic Drama DVD collection series published by the BBC fortnightly at £7.99 each. The first magazine looks at shopping Regency style, the art of letter writing and has an interview with starring actor John Carson. Part 43 takes us on a tour of Emma’s village, looks at health worries and has an interview with actor Robert East. The two DVDs enclosed


reproduce in full the BBC drama in colour.


£15.98 NOW £6


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