First authorised biography of one of the towering figures of Victorian exploration and mountaineering. Features many previously unknown sources and illustrations that have never been published before.
During the twilight years of the British Raj Trevor Braham spent much of his boyhood in India where, in the mid 1930s, he attended a boarding school in Darjeeling for four years. Dwelling within sigh
This is the revised third edition of the complete A-Z of the world of whisky. Definitions, derivations, sources and meanings of every conceivable whisky-related word are included from aftershots to w
A compendium of lesser-known murder stories involving cases spanning the larger part of the 20th century. Featuring 10 unsolved murders, it starts in 1919 with the East End Cop Killing and concludes w
First comprehensive and authoritative guide to the history and cultural significance of gold in Scotland. Accompanies the exhibition at The Hunterian which starts in February 2014 bringing the story o
