Book reviews

THOMAS BEWICK: The Complete Illustrative Work, by Nigel Tattersfield. Published by the British Library (www.bl.uk). £160 Hardback.

THE culmination of 20 years of research by the author, this comprehensive 1,574-page, three-volume work on the Northumberland-born artist, naturalist and wood engraver contains more than 1,200 illustrations with images from archives ...


WOMEN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, by Collette Drifte. Published by Pen and Sword Books (tel: 01226-734555; email:enquiries

THIS Catton-based author has recorded the accounts of 31 women who served in the armed forces, or complementary services, during the Second World War and recall their experiences which span famous battles, such as Monte Cassino, to ...


COASTAL CASTLES OF NORTHUMBERLAND, by Stan Beckensall. Published by Amberley Publishing (tel: 01285-760030; email: orde

THIS book of captioned photographs provides an informative study of the development and strategic locations of six of the county’s finest castles, three of which remain occupied and three which have become emblematic, powerful ...


ARMSTRONG, THE LIFE AND MIND OF AN ARMAMENTS MAKER, by Kenneth Warren. Published by the author at Woodside, Floyds Lane

EXPLORING the issues in the life of “a fascinating but puzzling man” whom he acknowledges was one of the leading and most successful of Great Britain’s 19th century engineers, the author is disturbed by contrasts between “the ...


A BOOT UP THE NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK, by Anthony Toole. Published by Halsgrove (tel: 01823-653777; www.halsgrove.

A REGULAR contributor to The Northumbrian, Anthony Toole here offers a range of 10 leisure walks varying between two and 8_ miles in length with easy-to-follow directions, colour illustrations and sketch maps. The most northerly walk ...


FORCE 6 (INCREASING GALE 9), by the Windy Gyle Band. Produced by Hooky Mat Records. CD available from The Northumbrian

THIS six-piece pipe and fiddle band formed by Anthony Robb features musicians born in each decade between 1940 and 1990, the youngest being Alice Burn, a finalist in the 2008 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards. It offers 13 tune sets of ...


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