Old Street Publishing
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Independent British publisher of non-fiction and fiction. Highlights include James Hawes's The Shortest History of Germany and Hannelore Cayre's The Godmother, winner of the 2020 'Crime Fiction in Translation' Dagger.
Old Street Publishing is delighted that David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE: A MISS MERKEL MYSTERY has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award.
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in retirement?
She becomes a brilliant super sleuth, of course.
Out now in paperback.
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in retirement?
She becomes a brilliant super sleuth, of course.
Out now in paperback.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Old Street Publishing is delighted that David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE: A MISS MERKEL MYSTERY has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award.
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in retirement?
She becomes a brilliant super sleuth, of course.
Out now in paperback.
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in retirement?
She becomes a brilliant super sleuth, of course.
Out now in paperback.
David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE: A Miss Merkel Mystery
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in her retirement?
Why, she becomes a brilliant amateur sleuth, of course.
Read by Lisa Armytage
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-at...
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in her retirement?
Why, she becomes a brilliant amateur sleuth, of course.
Read by Lisa Armytage
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-at...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE: A Miss Merkel Mystery
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in her retirement?
Why, she becomes a brilliant amateur sleuth, of course.
Read by Lisa Armytage
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-at...
What does Angela Merkel do to occupy herself in her retirement?
Why, she becomes a brilliant amateur sleuth, of course.
Read by Lisa Armytage
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-at...
Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! The Cultural Revolution in China
Read by the author
'Jaivin’s narrative flair and sense of drama give new life to what is almost certainly the sorriest period in recent Chinese history'
—Wanning Sun, The Conversation
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Bombard-t...
Read by the author
'Jaivin’s narrative flair and sense of drama give new life to what is almost certainly the sorriest period in recent Chinese history'
—Wanning Sun, The Conversation
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Bombard-t...
Audible
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www.audible.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! The Cultural Revolution in China
Read by the author
'Jaivin’s narrative flair and sense of drama give new life to what is almost certainly the sorriest period in recent Chinese history'
—Wanning Sun, The Conversation
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Bombard-t...
Read by the author
'Jaivin’s narrative flair and sense of drama give new life to what is almost certainly the sorriest period in recent Chinese history'
—Wanning Sun, The Conversation
www.audible.co.uk/pd/Bombard-t...
Sheila Fitzpatrick's THE DEATH OF STALIN
‘Fascinating… Perhaps the world’s foremost historian of the Soviet era gives us the full darkly comic but grisly details of Stalin’s last days’ CHRISTOPHER HART, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Death...
‘Fascinating… Perhaps the world’s foremost historian of the Soviet era gives us the full darkly comic but grisly details of Stalin’s last days’ CHRISTOPHER HART, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Death...
Audible
Try Audible free for 30 days! Start listening to best-selling audiobooks, exclusive Originals, and free podcasts with the Audible app.
www.audible.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sheila Fitzpatrick's THE DEATH OF STALIN
‘Fascinating… Perhaps the world’s foremost historian of the Soviet era gives us the full darkly comic but grisly details of Stalin’s last days’ CHRISTOPHER HART, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Death...
‘Fascinating… Perhaps the world’s foremost historian of the Soviet era gives us the full darkly comic but grisly details of Stalin’s last days’ CHRISTOPHER HART, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Death...
Out now in hardback and as an audiobook read by the author: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Mortimers...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Out now in hardback and as an audiobook read by the author: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Mortimers...
Maria Lipman's Foreign Affairs review of Sheila Fitzpatrick's excellent THE DEATH OF STALIN. Out now in hardback. www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/deat...
The Death of Stalin
Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a concise account of Joseph Stalin’s rise to supreme power, his tyrannical rule, the black comedy surrounding his death, and his legacy in modern Russia.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Maria Lipman's Foreign Affairs review of Sheila Fitzpatrick's excellent THE DEATH OF STALIN. Out now in hardback. www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/deat...
This is Mortimer at his accessible and witty best. As ever, his aim is not only to bring the past to life but also to illuminate our own times.
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is Mortimer at his accessible and witty best. As ever, his aim is not only to bring the past to life but also to illuminate our own times.
How did the button change life in the Middle Ages? If you found yourself at a smart Elizabethan party, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than swords in a duel? And how come Regency Londoners drank so much port?
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
How did the button change life in the Middle Ages? If you found yourself at a smart Elizabethan party, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than swords in a duel? And how come Regency Londoners drank so much port?
As he ranges from the Great Plague to the Great Freeze, from Armada to Austen, and from tobacco to toenails, he shines a light into corners of history we never knew were so fascinating – or so revealing of the whole.
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
As he ranges from the Great Plague to the Great Freeze, from Armada to Austen, and from tobacco to toenails, he shines a light into corners of history we never knew were so fascinating – or so revealing of the whole.
'[Livy] would be a good BBC historian, popping up and doing documentaries, tramping around fields to tell us where things happened...' fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Roman History Books
The best Roman history books, written by those who were there, and recommended by Ross King, author of "The Shortest History of Ancient Rome"
fivebooks.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
'[Livy] would be a good BBC historian, popping up and doing documentaries, tramping around fields to tell us where things happened...' fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
An interview with Ross King on @fivebooks.com about The Shortest History of Ancient Rome. fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Roman History Books
The best Roman history books, written by those who were there, and recommended by Ross King, author of "The Shortest History of Ancient Rome"
fivebooks.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An interview with Ross King on @fivebooks.com about The Shortest History of Ancient Rome. fivebooks.com/best-books/t...