First three volumes of Hugh Lupus’ amazing re-imagining of the Second World War are now out with the 4th concentrating on the recapture of Gibraltar in preparation. What Hugh does is extrapolate small changes of circumstance and shape an entirely different wartime scenario for both Allied and Axis powers. And he writes very lyrically too even about the bloodiest elements of human conflict.
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Four years work – over 160 titles. For copy email APSBooks@virginmedia.com
TV alert – BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM Yesterday TV 8pm Thursday 6th December – featuring Andrew Sparke, Pete Merrill, and Peter Douglas-Oborn. It’s one of six episodes in a new series ‘Nazi Murder Mysteries’ starting on 15th November – running order is .
1. HITLER’S NIECE 15th Nov
2. DUKE OF WINDSOR 22nd Nov
3. SERIAL KILLER IN BERLIN (The S-Bahn Murderer) 29th Nov
4. BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM 6th Dec
5. HERMANN GOERING 13th Dec
6. RUDOLF HESS 20th Dec
No publisher seems to have taken up the challenge of producing quality reprints of this brilliant man’s hilariously daft comedies. So three published this week and seven more on the way.
Been a busy first half of 2018 with 30 books published:
NON-FICTION
Tales From Pinfold Farm: growing up in Yardley in the early 1990s Helen Pitt
The Blue Nile: Complete Recordings Illustrated A P Sparke
Can: Complete Recordings Illustrated A P Sparke
Jamaican Music In England Eric Doumerc
Stress To Success Stories Hansa Pankhania
Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm: The Crime Scene Revisited Alex Merrill
More Swings Than Roundabouts John Wright
POETRY
Fluid Edges David Hamilton
Pipe Dream Kokumo Noxid
The Gathering Malachi Smith
Shining Lights Dark Matters Ian Meacheam
CHILDREN’S STORIES
Twelve Eggs In A Box Lee Benson and Gary Craven
Jakrack Elliott Finn George
FICTION
Traitor Lodger German Spy Tony Rowland
Abducted By Faerie Michel Henri
Pandemic Jean Harvey
Where’s Your Art Gallery Now? Lee Benson
A Place Between The Mountains Paul C Walsh
Damage Limitation T F Byrne
A Different Shade Of Love Nargis Darby
PLAYS
A Shattered Rose Michael Harvey
Twenty Pieces Of Silver Michel Henri
PHOTOGRAPHIC
Elsewhere Joanna Leszczynska
Dresses To Die For Edie Ruskin
Perfect Legs Pete Sears
REPRINTS
A Man and His Bees Harold Lund
Ballet Changed My Life – Ballet Hoo! The Story of the Channel 4 TV Series Rod Morgan and Andrew Sparke
The Club of Queer Trades G K Chesterton
Moonfleet J Meade Falkner
The Bishop’s Jaegers Thorne Smith
