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Jeremy James 1949-2023 RIP

Posted by Lydia Unwin on October 2, 2023

We were sad to learn that our author Jeremy James died in Shropshire on Monday 25 September 2023 after bravely enduring a long illness. Jeremy’s masterpiece, The Byerley Turk, has been printed in many editions and translated into Turkish, Slovakian and found fame on both sides of the Atlantic. Flamboyant at times, but also happy in his own company, Jeremy loved people, horses and dogs, wine and old friendships. He will be missed.

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Tags: Byerley Turk, Horse Books

Books celebrating Shropshire!

Posted by Lydia Unwin on September 28, 2023

As Shropshire-based publishers it is fitting that we offer a range of books on the county. This list of books shows what the region has to offer, from the stunning scenery captured by local photographers, to local authors, editors and historians who have compiled works on the local people and places than inspired them.

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Meet the bad boy of Edwardian aristocracy - The Yellow Earl is a true story of a life well lived!

Posted by Lydia Unwin on September 27, 2023

The Yellow Earl (£20) - Almost an Emperor, not quite a Gentleman

The 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, was perhaps the most famous English Lord in the world by the 1880s. His reckless spending of his vast fortune, his womanising, his love of fast-living, horses, hunting and boxing rocked the Edwardian aristocracy and has endeared him to risk-takers and bon-viveurs the world over ever since.