The publication of the first book in a new series is exciting, at least for the author and editors!
That first book has just arrived and as I wrote it I feel suitably excited because this is a book I’ve wanted to write for years but have never been able to because it’s not for a huge market. However supporting ‘minority’ topics is one of the aims of SHPs new A level series so it’s fitting to be starting with The Wars of the Roses and later this year we’ll have The Crusades written by my co-editors, Michael Riley and Jamie Byrom as well as two books to keep the accountants happy – The Russian Revolution by Chris Culpin (on schedule for publication in May) and The French Revolution by Dave Martin.
To read a full description of the series approach visit the SHP site where we’ve explained what this series is aiming to do and how we’ve gone about it.
You’ll also find the teachers’ support material for each book on the SHP site. There’s no separate ‘to be paid for’ TRB – it’s available on-line free of charge.
And you can find a full sample chapter (one of two in the book on Richard III) on the Hodder website at:
www.hoddereducation.co.uk/SiteImages/
Apparently it’s available as an e-book as well though I’m not entirely sure what one of those is!
Finally for those of you teaching The Wars of the Roses at a level keep an eye on Thinkinghistory across the summer as I hope to expand the range of resources and activities on the site for this topic. Lots of ideas cropped up while writing the book so hopefully I can begin putting them on the site.
Ian
