A gently satirical verse portrait of eighteenth century dress and manners, from the critically acclaimed author of The New Bath Guide. 
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When Christopher Anstey published his New Bath Guide in 1776, his humorous and gently satirical portrait of fashionable Bath society became an instant success, transforming this shy Cambridgeshire squire into a national celebrity.
His name has been as 
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This collection contains some of Llewelyn Powys's finest country essays. In his introduction, Philip Larkin wrote: 'To open almost any of his books is to find him talking, in an extraordinary blend of modern English with Urquhart and Thomas Delo 
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Powys's first Africa book, the Ebony chapters being based on the young Englishman's response to the Dark Continent. An uncompromising honesty required Powys to portray brutalities than even today shock with their callousness. 
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Close on 225 years after his supposed death by suicide, Bristol's boy-poet Thomas Chatterton remains a fascinating and controversial figure. This challenging collection of essays questions long-held assumptions about Chatterton's life and offers  
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A biography of Joseph Cottle of Bristol, best known as the publisher of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Publisher, editor and author, he was, effectively, the first to publish the work of Wordsworth and Coleridge, Southey and Charles Lamb.  
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Myths is a visual and written exploration on the subject of myths. It contains contributions from writers, illustrators, designers, photographers and artists from around the world who have each responded to the theme in their own unique way. 
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A selection from the wealth of short stories, poetry, essays and criticism published in the first series of Denys Val Baker's celebrated magazine. 
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A wide-ranging survey, from early Cornish literature, exploring the importance of figures such as King Arthur and Tristan and Isolde, through the centuries to contemporary literature today, from Kneehigh Theatre to indigenous Cornish film. 
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The celebrated novel of political life and intrigue in the 1950s, set in the years of Harold Macmillan's 'wind of change' sweeping through Africa. The author was a well-known Labour MP. 
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