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As ITV’s Downton Abbey returns to our screens, a new book showcases Britain’s most amazing stately homes

  Highclere Castle near Newbury, location of ITV’s Downton Abbey The Most Amazing Stately Homes in Britain is a beautifully illustrated guide to the very best country houses and grand estates in England, Scotland and Wales, each one unique in

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New BBC Radio 4 series for Memories of Britain Past author Juliet Gardiner

Juliet Gardiner, historian, broadcaster and author of Memories of Britain Past (Reader’s Digest, RRP £19.99), is presenting a new ten-part series on BBC Radio 4, ‘The History of the Future‘. The first episode is broadcast at 1.45pm on Monday 10th

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True Stories – New book ‘Reader’s Digest War Stories’ offers first-hand tales of World War II

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With a foreword from former Chief of the Defence Staff, Lord Jock Stirrup, new book Reader’s Digest War Stories (RRP £9.99; ISBN 978-1-78020-101-6) brings together personal recollections of the war and more, to tell the story of World War II

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Great show for F&W Media International at London Book Fair

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There has been a buzz around the F&W Media International stand at London Book Fair this year with visitors from our US teams and representatives from our imprints presenting new titles for 2012.  F&W Media International is an award-winning publisher

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Keeping up with the Queen – New book ‘Reader’s Digest & the Royals’ offers an as-it-happened look at the Royal Family

Readers Digest and the Royals with a forward from Jennie Bond

With a foreword from former royal correspondent Jennie Bond, new book Reader’s Digest & the Royals (RRP £9.99; ISBN 978-1-78020-100-9) celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a commemorative collection of articles chronicling history as it happened. From the Royal tour

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1000 National Treasures Captured in New Edition of The Most Amazing Places to Visit in Britain

Reader's Digest Most Amazing Places to Visit in Britian

From Glen Coe to the Goonhilly Downs , Seven Sisters to Snowdonia, Britain’s best is laid before you in Reader’s Digest’s latest edition of their best selling Most Amazing Places to Visit in Britain (RRP £14.99; ISBN 9781780200668)   Leaving

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