News
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New history of public schools to Elliott & Thompson
31 Jan 2015
Mark Peels’ The New Meritocracy. : A History of UK Independent Schools 1979-2014, which charts the momentous changes in private schools over the last thirty-five years, has been bought by Elliott & Thompson.
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Two-book deal for TV vet Jo Hardy with Harper Collins
31 Jan 2015
Harper Collins have bought world rights in the first two books in a series by Jo Hardy star of BBC 2’s “Young Vets” series . Tales from a Young Vet recounts Jo Hardy’s final year of training at the Royal Veterinary College whilst Vet on the Move is the story of her first year travels as a fully-qualified vet.
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Great Booklist review for Lee Trimble
31 Jan 2015
Lee Trimble’s Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot’s Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front has had a great review from Booklist. The book has already attracted several film offers.
“A riveting, tense, and ultimately satisfying account of his father’s heroic effort.”
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Great review for Piu Eatwell in the NY Times
31 Jan 2015
“A highly entertaining book that subjects popular stereotypes to a reality-based fact-check… A welcome corrective to the charming postcard tableaux on display… ever since Peter Mayle’s 1989 memoir ‘A Year in Provence’… a book that can make you laugh out loud.”
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Book on Blair's wealth to John Blake
30 Jan 2015
Blair Inc: The Man Behind the Mask by Francis Beckett, David Hencke and Nick Kochan, which looks at Blair’s commercial activities since leaving government, has been bought by John Blake for publication in March.
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A Year of Living Calmly to Short Books
30 Jan 2015
Short Books have bought UK & Commonwealth rights in A Year of Living Calmly, in which Rachel Kelly answers the question that she has been asked so often since the publication of her memoir, Black Rainbow: How words healed me - my journey through depression: ‘So what have you learnt about staying well after your breakdowns?’
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Lots of agency titles on display at WHSmith
28 Jan 2015
A trip to WH Smith at the weekend witnessed a score of titles from agency clients Casey Watson, Cathy Glass and Lynne Barrett-Lee on display.
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History of Sitwell family and Renishaw sold
24 Jan 2015
World English rights in Desmond Seward’s history of the Sitwell family and their house Renishaw have been bought by Elliott & Thompson.
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Recent Foreign Rights Sales
24 Jan 2015
Lithuanian rights in Hugh Brazier and Jan McCann’s The Book of 365 just published by Random House..
Japanese rights in Nessa Carey’s Junk: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome shortly to be published by Icon and Columbia Press.
Korean rights in Roger Crowley’s Constantinople: The Last Great Siege. published by Faber and Random House.
Chinese rights in Roger Crowley’s Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire shortly to be published by Faber and Random House.
Portuguese rights in Randall Hansen’s Disobeying Hitler published by Faber and OUP.
Hebrew rights in Roger Howard’s Operation Damocles published by Thistle and Pegasus.
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History of Ottoman Empire to Penguin
24 Jan 2015
Penguin have bought world rights in Sean McMeekin’s The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
