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	SAINT MARIE ANTOINETTE The last four years of Marie Antoinette’s life were spent in captivity as a prisoner of the French Revolution, a world away from the glittering life she had known at the court of Versailles.In her prison she was subjected to daily humiliations and a concerted campaign to undermine her health....	£3.99
	SCILLYBEAT - Memoirs of a Scilly Copper Roger Jacob’s long association with the Isles of Scilly began in 1966, when he arrived on St Mary’s for a six-month posting as a fledgling police constable. He grew to know the islands intimately and he has penned this memoir as a heartfelt tribute to the Scillonian community he loves....	£9.99
	SINGLE SALSA SURVIVOR In 2005 the bombshell dropped: Sharon Rose was diagnosed with breast cancer. From that day her life would never be the same again. Every day around 125 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer. Like Sharon they face an emotional roller–coaster ride coupled with the prospect of major...	£3.99
	SIX MONTHS TO LIVE? .... I DON'T THINK SO! Judi's Journals In July 2006 Judi Seall was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given six months to live. Did she give in to this horrible disease? Not at all, and now, nine years later, she has decided to publish the journals she wrote whilst undergoing treatment and beyond. These...	£10.95
	SOUTH LONDON ODYSSEY To be a real Londoner you have to have been born within the sound of Bow Bells. This well–known piece of propaganda has become an accepted fact in the minds of those with no knowledge of the demography of Britain’s capital. There are two ‘tribes’ of Londoners; those born...	£4.99
	STRAIGHT ALLEY, CROOKED ALLEY In South London Odyssey Peter Weston described his childhood through the 1930s until the end of World War Two. In this sequel his story continues into the 1950s with more recollections of South London life. As before he paints a vivid landscape filled with the sights, traditions and characters of...	£4.99
	SURVIVING SIBERIA The Diary of a Polish Girl 1939–42 In September 1939 the Germans and the Russians descended on Poland. Country houses and churches were stripped of everything of value. The people were terrorised, tormented and often murdered. Jozefa Eva Rataj was a young woman of eighteen when the Russians came to her village. With her parents, her...	£9.99
	TELLING TALES This collection of short stories is based on Sheila McMillan’s experiences trying to fit in as a ‘proper’ clergy wife in a country town in Northern Ireland. It was the 1970s, a time when the Troubles cast their shadow over every corner of the province, but the unrest is touched on...	£4.95
	THE SIGNALLER WREN ISBN 978–0–7223–3969–5 Paperback – 288 pages	£10.99
	THE TRODDEN WAY Brian Wilson was born in 1924 in Penang, then part of the Straits Settlements (now Malaysia), where his Irish father practised as a solicitor. The book looks at his colourful early life, followed by an upbringing in pre-war Ireland and the UK. It was a way of life that...	£5.95
	UP THE GANGWAY AND OVER THE WAVES Up the Gangway and Over the Waves is a compilation from the author's diaries and scrapbooks covering more than thirty years. It is a personal account of the ships, people and places she and her husband have encountered during numerous cruises. Sarah E. Francis was a teacher and she married a...	£5.95