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Congratulations to John Symons whose book The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved is a finalist in The People’s Book Prize. “John Symons states that he ‘turns on its head the history of [...]
On the 21st of January 1924 Lenin died. The Conservative government in Westminster collapsed on the same day when Stanley Baldwin lost a vote in the House of Commons. The [...]
The People’s Book Prize finds, supports and promotes new and undiscovered works in three categories, fiction, non-fiction and children’s, with the winners voted for exclusively by the public. Publisher [...]
A guest post by Coryne Hall In November 1918 the armistice ended the First World War. The German army now had to evacuate the Crimea, which they had occupied since [...]
Congratulations to Marika Henriques whose book The Hidden Girl is a finalist in The People’s Book Prize. The book clearly resonated with many. Marika received a large number of outstanding [...]
Congratulations to Tessa West whose book Lady Sue Ryder of Warsaw is a finalist in The People’s Book Prize. This award is chosen by a public vote, with readers [...]
Princess Olga’s memoirs, Princess Olga, A Wild and Barefoot Romanov, caused a stir when they were published last year. Readers were amused by her: “bitingly funny memoir and history of [...]
We are delighted to have three recent titles included in the 2018 People’s Book Prize. The books are by authors Tessa West, Stan Hazell and John Zametica. We have already [...]
By John Symons The last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, was born one hundred and fifty years ago. One hundred years ago, on 17th July 1918, he, his wife [...]
By Coryne Hall News of the murder of Nicholas II hit the 69-year-old Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna like a thunderbolt. In the summer of 1918 she was living in German-occupied [...]