Secret Nottingham by Joe and Frank Earp
Nottingham’s unknown history told through its streets and below.
Father and son authors Frank and Joe Earp have collected little gems of
information about Notts and present many of them here in a book that’s perfect
to dip in and out of. Fill your stockings. Link
Dawn of the Unread by James Walker et al
The inventive interactive comic, which sees our literary
figures return from the grave, is now available as a glossy graphic novel and
it’s a sumptuous production. Fit for any coffee table it’s a perfect pressie
for anyone with breath in their lungs. Link
Faction is all the rage. These are novels based on a
historical figure or events that are woven together with fictitious elements. And
we have a couple of belters for you:
Bendigo – the Right Fist of God by Alan Dance and David Field
A novel based on the life of William Thompson, better known
as Bendigo. The story follows our sporting legend from the poverty of a
Nottingham slum to fame and fortune as champion bare-fist boxer of all England.
With many myths doing the rounds this work of fiction incorporated the facts in
an authentically set story that goes beyond the fighting years to the drinking,
law-breaking and religion that occupied the big man’s retirement. Link
The Lord of Milan by Robert Nieri
From Mansfield Road to founding AC Milan, this is the story
of Herbert Kilpin, a man that lived for his footy and died in obscurity 100
years ago. Finally, his story is being told. Our Lord of Milan, father of
Italian football. Link
