Politics – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

Little Mother of Russia

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:05 +0000

Empress Marie (1847-1928), born Princess Dagmar, was the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, Edward VII’s wife. She was betrothed to Tsarevitch Nicholas of Russia, a love match on both sides, but tragically he died months before the wedding. A year later, out of duty she married his brother the new Tsarevich and sailed for Russia in 1866.

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Hoodwinking Churchill

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:05 +0000

A finalist of Non-Fiction Category of THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE (2011/2012). Grasping the opportunity of the new information recently come to light, some of which he contributed, the author reveals how Britain’s staunchly anti-communist Prime Minister was deceived into giving his full backing to the communist Tito and cutting all aid to the anti-communist forces resisting the Germans in Yugoslavia.

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The Advancement of Civilisation in the Western World – Volume 2: The Medieval World

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:04 +0000

This is a series of 3 books. Each are available to purchase separately or can be bought together for a discount. Volume 1: Egypt, Greece & Rome Volume 2: The Medieval World Volume 3: The Modern World “History is the essence of innumerable biographies.” Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian “Histories make men wise.” Francis Bacon, English courtier and essayist The Middle Ages saw the…

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The Advancement of Civilisation in the Western World – Volume 3: The Modern World

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:04 +0000

This is a series of 3 books. Each are available to purchase separately or can be bought together for a discount. Volume 1: Egypt, Greece & Rome Volume 2: The Medieval World Volume 3: The Modern World “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.” Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA “Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike…

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Standing for Justice

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:04 +0000

“I suppose that for a very long time men will be emotional and sentimental. They will shed sad tears when they see men moving down the centre of the stream. They will devise well-meaning schemes to pull those fellows out of the stream, but they never think of going up the stream to see who threw them in.” HANSARD, 6th May 1931 “Poverty is not a normal state of society. It is a disease produced…

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Long Way from Adi Ghehad

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:02 +0000

Chosen for Summer 2018 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Non-Fiction. With immigration and asylum seekers high on the agenda of governments throughout Europe, the life story of Dr Teame Mebrahtu is a timely reminder of a positive side of what has become a contentious and potentially divisive issue. It is a truly remarkable and inspiring story. Dr Mebrahtu, born in the village of Adi Ghehad in…

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Visitors

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:55 +0000

Chosen for July 2009 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Fiction More an allegory than a novel, Visitors describes the impact of beings from a distant planet on the political, economic and spiritual life of Britain and the world A year into office and the Prime Minister’s only bonus was frustration. The swelling demands of welfare and security were like juggernauts, demolishing his reforms and…

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The President

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:53 +0000

The President goes missing. Every corner of the White House has been searched and double-checked, without success. The Vice President is in Europe, so the decision of whether to go public or not falls upon the Chief of Staff. Just then the phone rings: a journalist has spotted the President sitting on a park bench near the Lincoln Memorial, his only disguise a baseball cap pulled well down over…

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Prime Minister

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:53 +0000

The country is in crisis. Unrest and inner city tensions feed on unemployment. And as the Government struggles to contain the soaring debt, no one listens. Most are tired of ‘PR-savvy’ words, tired of the ‘blame-game’ that poses as debate. Divisions in the Cabinet force the premier’s resignation. Because circumstances are too dire to afford the luxury of an election, the Queen calls a meeting of…

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The Greatest Briton

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:49 +0000

After several decades of historical revisionism, Winston Churchill, the ‘Greatest Briton’ remains one of the most controversial figures in modern history. Critics allege he was a diehard imperialist and warmonger, a bitter opponent of the working classes and a maverick opportunist with an insatiable appetite for power. Despite his record as ‘the man who won the war’, he is often accused of being a…

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