Under Fire: The Blitz Diaries of a Volunteer Ambulance Driver

Naomi Clifford

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Historical posts

7 September is the 85th anniversary of the ‘start’ of the Blitz

UNDER FIRE

The Blitz Diaries of a Volunteer Ambulance Driver

Naomi Clifford

“Fabulous blend of diary accounts and social history”

Available in paperback and ebook formats

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Read about the lives of wartime ambulance volunteers

copies of the book 13 Park lane by Naomi Clifford showing back view of a 19th century woman in a green gown

13 PARK LANE

A dark historical crime novel set in Victorian London

“A bright new star on the crime-fiction scene, and her focus on telling women’s stories is just what the genre needs.”

“Compelling storytelling”

“Utterly gripping… I was completely hooked… terrific

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Meet the real characters of my historical crime novel 13 Park Lane

18th and 19th century stories

Thomas Rowlandson's coloured print: a stage coach stopping at a country inn, red rooves, various people haning about, a man tending to the horses

Clocking on: Did ‘time’ help Abraham Thornton escape justice?

Georgian era painting of a girl on her way to market. She sits on the wayside, wearing a green cape and hood, and has a basket of her goods next to her

Where was Mary Ashford’s spot at Birmingham market?

Monochrome map showing the important locations involved in the 1817 murder of Mary Ashford near Erdington, Birmingham, created by Rowland Hill

Mapping murder – Rowland Hill’s early career

Coloured print of a schoolmaster returning to a classroom in uproar

Six images of Georgian-era schools

18th century painting of a milkmaid with her children, She stands in working attire, holding a milk churn, farmyard setting

Five views of the countryside at dawn

Five breeds of dog in the Georgian era

James Gillray – Part 2: Hannah Humphrey and the print shops of London

James Gillray, Monstrosities of Kensington Gardens, 1799. Published by Hannah Humphrey © The Trustees of the British Museum

James Gillray’s Monstrosities of 1799 – Kensington Gardens (Part 1)

The Long Room at Trinity College Library, Dublin

Catherine Andras, model-maker to royalty

The life and death of Jerry Abershaw, highwayman

Spa Fields riots: The raid on Beckwith’s gun shop

Basic Instincts: The art of Joseph Highmore at the Foundling Museum

Title page of William Cobbett's state trials

William Cobbett’s State Trials: a complete list

12 scenes of Christmas

1814: Murder or manslaughter? The trial of Mary Ann Adlam

Abduction and Rape in 18th-Century London: The Multiple Misfortunes of Charlotte Williams by Joanne Major and Sarah Murden

Five scenes of children playing

Benjamin Jesty: Pioneer vaccinator

Baby love: 6 Georgian infants

Breast is best but what were the alternatives in the long 18th century?

What happened during the Georgian harvest?

Lady Georgiana Lennox and her adventures with the 1st Duke of Wellington

cruikshank very unpleasant weather 1835

It’s raining pitchforks: the Swing Riots of the 1830s, Or, The miserable life of the ag lab

Indoor fun and games

Colour 18th century painting of men playing cricket in a field

A sure bet – cricket in the Georgian era

book cover for The Late Lord - The life of John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham by Jacqueline Reiter. Oil painting of a youngish 18th century man in a wig

In sickness and in health: a late Georgian aristocratic marriage – John Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, and Mary Elizabeth Townshend

Image of the 1834 destruction of the houses of parliament by fire - monochrome with yellow

The buildings of Georgian Whitehall and Westminster: Houses of Parliament

Monochrome image of Downing Street in London with a lamppost and rows of Georgian houses on the right and left

The buildings of Georgian Whitehall and Westminster: Downing Street

The buildings of Georgian Whitehall and Westminster: Horse Guards, Dover House

The Summer Shower, or Mademoiselle Par, a Pluye

Summer scenes from the Georgian era

The Yorkshire schools in court: 1816