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Author talk: D-Day Landings

Last week we hosted a really interesting event with Mary Ann Evans and Alastair McKenzie as they spoke about their new book D-Day Landings: a Travel Guide to Normandy’s Beaches and Battlegrounds.

Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the military mission that changed World War II, this is Bradt’s new guidebook to visiting beaches, memorials, museums, battlefields and other sites associated with D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord). A simple-to-follow, portable guide for independent travellers, it includes maps and driving instructions to help visitors go back in time to explore World War II history.

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Book Launch: ‘The Tower’ by Flora Carr

Last night we hosted the launch of debut author Flora Carr’s historical novel The Tower.

Three women cross a loch. It is 1567, one of them is pregnant, two of them fretful. The boat takes them to Lochleven castle in the middle of the water. Awaiting them are courtiers braying for blood, hellbent on keeping one of them under lock and key: Mary Queen of Scots.

In the tower, Mary’s maids Frenchwoman, Cuckoo and watchful Scot, Jane are her only allies, and the chamber their entire world. A new reality sets in where they are at the mercy of not only their keepers, but of raging Scotland itself.

In the outside world, Mary’s kin, Queen Elizabeth claims she can do little but write. Downstairs, the shrewd jailor-courtier Margaret Erskine places her daughter-in-law Agnes in the chamber as her pair of eyes. Hope seems futile until the bewitching Lady Seton arrives. Seton’s power shifts everything in the tower and soon a plan is hatched.

But which of them will risk it all to save their mistress? Which woman loves her queen best? The Tower is a triumphant story of desire, grit, God-given power and wiles from a striking new voice in historical fiction.

The Tower is available now for £16.99

Watch the 2021 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival

Ordinarily the Stanfords team spend the beginning of the year setting up their map clad stage at Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show at Olympia. For obvious reasons the in person show did not happen this year so we took the show online.

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Events this autumn at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

The Royal Geographical Society’s programme of events this autumn includes something for everyone, with a wide range of talks, discussions and exhibitions at venues across the UK. Continue reading Events this autumn at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke

What better way to explore the city than through its canopy of trees? Jack Cook, author of The Tree Climber’s Guide tells us why we should leave terra firma every now and then and take to the trees: Continue reading Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke

Britain from the Air exhibition opens in Nottingham

The Society’s remarkable exhibition of aerial photographs, Britain from the Air, is now on display in Nottingham city centre. The free exhibition forms part of a wider initiative by the Society to engage the public with the UK’s places, environments and people. Brecon Beacons, Wales. Credit: Adrian Warren and Dae Sasitorn

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World War maps go on display at RGS

This coming Monday, the Royal Geographical Society delves into their archives to share contemporary maps covering not just the well-known battles but also some more obscure areas of conflict, including Togoland, Tanganyika Territory, Tsing-Tau and the Trans-Caspian Theatre. Continue reading World War maps go on display at RGS