http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/ The Northern Echo /history/books/ en-gb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:30:22 +0100 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:30:22 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/4105562.Crossing_Hitler_by_Benjamin_Carter_Hett__OUP____14_99_/?ref=rss A STIRRING testimonial to trial lawyer Hans Litten who, in his prosecution of four Nazi storm troopers on trial for murder, dared to call Adolf Hitler as a witness. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:14:39 +0000 d16bf6a1bf8646c478b4458ed82300c3 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/4036113.The_Yorkshire_Dales_by_Tony_Waltham__Crowood____16_99_/?ref=rss Harry Mead appreciates the expertise of a writer who chips away at the history of the Yorkshire Dales, a landscape on the move. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:45:36 +0000 165d6d4fbb8738384410fbe9803ede5a http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3999806.Last_Chorus_by_Humphrey_Lyttelton__JR_Books____18_99_/?ref=rss ON July 17, 1975 Humphrey Lyttelton confided in his diary: “Final session of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:11:13 +0000 40bb4ebca3b49b174764586b3e87dc38 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3999804.The_Oxford_Companion_To_Family_And_Local_History__edited_by_David_Hey__Oxford_University_Press____25_/?ref=rss THE great questions “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Where Do I Come From?” can be easily answered with the aid of this guide, which is both comprehensive and consistently helpful. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:10:35 +0000 c71432440a219fb117e84653930e01ff http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3999798.The_Infinite_Reaches__Contact_Patrol__Sold_A_Pup_And_The_Great_Disservice_by_by_Pat_Cunningham__Pecsaeton_Publishing____8_99_/?ref=rss THE complete saga of First World War ace Paul Cowley, who flies just as high and dangerously when he is away form the Front as he does when he is in action. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:07:28 +0000 36fcc24b00f6d3cbd526559d4fe10d0d http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3942193.607_Squadron__A_Shade_of_Blue_by_Robert_Dixon__The__History_Press____14_99_/?ref=rss THE grandly named 607 (Count of Durham) (Bomber) Squadron was part of the Auxiliary Air Force and was formed in 1930 at North Hylton near Sunderland. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:04:15 +0000 21e6adeff4e2523c249c7d2713b30121 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3942187.Hidden_Chains__The_Slavery_Business_and_North_East_England_1600_1865_by_John_Charlton__Tyne_Bridge_Publishing____10_/?ref=rss THIS is very much a study in progress. Until very recently, it was believed that the slave trade was focused on ports like Liverpool and Bristol which faced the Americas and Africa. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:25 +0000 725b76bba25911cd13ff2f6d0d06d2f3 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3942189.Durham_Mining_Disasters_c1700_1950s_by_Maureen_Anderson__Foreword_by_Kevin_Keegan__Pen_and_Sword_Books____12_99_/?ref=rss KEVIN Keegan’s grandfather was a hero in the West Stanley disaster of 1909 – 100 years ago in February – which devastated a community. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:02:05 +0000 3d67f6c87e3d17360bf8914197f0617e http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3942191.Pit_Poinies_by_Mike_Kirkup__Summerhill_Books__4_99_/?ref=rss PONIES are the forgotten miners, yet in 1913 there were 70,000 horses working underground in the UK. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:02:56 +0000 846330336d4183da45ac24802818154e http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/books/3942198.Down_the_Batts_Bank__Memories_of_a_Bishop_Auckland_Community__Summerhill_Books____5_/?ref=rss TOM Hutchinson has published several books on the Wear Valley and this one rights a wrong. Batts Bank – his birthplace – is often overlooked because it was such a humble community of miners and labourers, particularly in comparison to the wealth of the Bishops of Durham who lorded it over them in Auckland Castle. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:06:27 +0000 5f886b796b990d25853b7434963a3415