The Lancashire Giant tells the story of a nine-year-old cotton weaver who went on to carve out two extraordinary careers for himself. In the first, David Shackl

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing the

A personal, authoritative and beautiful celebration of Britain's finest villages

A landmark new history of the great English county of Lancashire, exploring its people's impact on Britain and beyond.