Book Reviews

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40 Years of Ministry in Liverpool

Rev Canon Neville Black, MBE, 40 Years of Ministry in Liverpool, with a foreword Canon Neville Black writes about his […]

Grassendale – Birth of a Suburb

Paul Burns, Grassendale – Birth of a Suburb, Green Hey Press, Liverpool, 2021, hardback, 255pp., 77 illustrations, £24.99. ISBN 978-1-914408-89-2 […]

Liverpool A Memoir of Words

Tony Crowley, Liverpool. A Memoir of Words, Liverpool University Press, 2023, 224pp., £20. ISBN 978-1-83764-438-4 Liverpool. A Memoir of Words […]

Greenbank House and the University of Liverpool, A History

Author: Adrian AllenPublisher: Liverpool University Press 2022Paperback. 224 pages, over 100 photographs, maps, illustrations etc.Size 240mm x 170mmPrice: £19.99 (LHS members […]

Walking on Water Street

Author/Publisher: Graham JonesPaperback: 448 pages, 800 photographs, maps, illustrations etc.Size: 210mm x 265mmPrice: £49.95 (LHS Members – £39.95) Many of […]

Philanthropy, Consensus and Broiges: Managing a Jewish Community

A History of the Southport Jewish Community By John Cowell Cazneau Publishing 2019 xvi+751pp ISBN 978-1-5272-4972-1) £29 inc p&p (cheque […]

A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War Joannes Wyllie of the steamer Ad-Vance

John F. Messner. 264pp. Paperback £18.99 (or from about £15 on Amazon). Whittles Publishing / Glasgow Museums, July 2021. ISBN […]

The Infamous Mrs. Gallagher: Prolific Victorian Brothel Keeper

Susan Bennett, published privately, 2020. Susan Bennett’s 470-page book is full of interesting things, as her “anti-heroine” builds up her […]

John H. McFadden and His Age: Cotton and Culture in Philadelphia

Richard Carreño 304pp.19 black and white illustrations. Camino Books, Philadelphia, 2021. Available from Amazon £18.69 hardback. ISBN: 978-1680980394. I consider […]

Robert Marsden A Detective Police Officer of Victorian Liverpool

Isla Broadwell. 2019. 151 pages – photos, prints and maps included. Paperback A4 size. ISBN 9-798639-31730. List price £14.99. Available […]

Beyond Compare: A History of the Walton Centre

By Chris Jones ISBN: 978-1-5272-5228-8; 2019 Paperback; 258 pages Available as a paperback book direct from Chris Jones (email: waltonhistory2020@gmail.com) […]

Mersey Ferries Through Time

Ian Collard, 2013. Amberley Publishing. 96 pages, 180 illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978 1 4456 1333 8. £14.99. Did you know? […]

Why Spencer Perceval Had To Die

Andro Linklater, 2012. Bloomsbury. 296 pages, 10 illustrations. Hardback. ISBN 978 1 4088 2840 3. £18.99. Also available in paperback […]

Liverpool It All Came Tumbling Down (updated edition)

Freddy O’Connor, 2013. Countyvise. 244 pages, 500+ black & white photos and maps. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-906823-70-2. £14.95. Many LHS members will […]

Sugar for the House – Mona Duggan

2013. Fonthill Media. 175 pages, 83 b&w illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-78155-040-3. £12.99 (£8.50 incl p&p from Amazon). LHS member Mona […]

How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay

Frances Wilson, 2011. Bloomsbury Publishing. 328 pages, 64 black and white photos and illustrations. Hardback £18.99 / Paperback £8.99. But […]

The Liverpool Masonic Rebellion and the Wigan Grand Lodge – David Harrison

2012. Arima Publishing. 113 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-84549-561-9. £9.99. This is the third in a series by […]

‘Liverpool Unitarians: Faith and Action’

‘Essays exploring the lives and contributions to society of notable figures in Liverpool Unitarian history’ Edited by Daphne Roberts and […]

Liverpool: A History of ‘The Great Port’: Adrian Jarvis

Liverpool History Press – 2014 – 280 pages – 170 colour and black and white photographs, maps and Illustrations. Paperback. […]

In the Footsteps of Peter Ellis

Two Liverpool History Society members walk in the footsteps of Liverpool’s elusive architectural genius, Peter Ellis. Written by Graham Jones and […]