A new category – now that I have the great fortune to reside in this beautiful island.An ever-growing number of titles about the Channel Islands from: The Occupation and the huge number of Fortifications and Tunnels built on these islands to: wonderful stories about Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm and the island’s way of life. From Victor Hugo to GB Edwards some amazing authors who chose to write about these islands.
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60th Anniversary of Occupation 1940 Luftwaffe Enigma No 28 (2000) in the series of WW2 Occupation reviews published annually in turn by Jersey and Guernsey. In this edition the features…
Guernsey, once part of Normandy, was annexed to the English Crown after mainland Normandy was lost to the French King in 1204. In return for continuing allegiance to the Crown,…
The Guernsey Novels – Book 1 Tragedy seems to follow Jeanne Le Page around … can she really go through it again and survive? Jeanne is lucky to be alive. …
A delightful, well illustrated, diary of Andrew Mitchell’s fortnight’s holiday in the Channel Islands in 1866. Edited by Susan Ilie and John Le Dain. A total of 96 pages (160…
Do you know: that Guernsey is not part of the United Kingdom – but HM Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State; That Guernsey and the rest of the…
The Guernsey Novels – Book 2 Prepare to be swept away by a heart-warming tale of family relationships and love Who is she really? Nicolle is about to find out…
George Basil Edwards (1899-1976) was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands but left the island toward the end of WW1 and attended Bristol University. During the 1920s, whilst teaching at Toynbee…
The Channel Islands were the only British territory to be occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. What locals refer to as ‘The Occupation’, lasted from June 1940…
GROW (Guernsey’s Rural Occupational Workshop) was founded by the Guernsey Society for the Mentally Handicapped and officially opened by the then Bailiff, Sir Charles Frossard on 14th July 1984. The…
Guernsey As It Used to Be is a portrait of the island during the Victorian era. Its author George Hugo, was born in Guernsey in 1862, and describes the changes…
Bill Green is one of Guernsey’s best loved characters, and here we follow his life and times. Born in Fountain Street, St Peter Port on 19th August 1909, in the…
The island of Guernsey is steeped in a rich and fascinating history that is clearly visible in the landscape; menhirs and dolmens, watch-towers and holy wells, castles and caves –…
Over 600 pages (with maps and photographs) these Guernsey Occupation Diaries 1940-1945 of Reverend Douglas Ord are the most significant original source to have emerged from the Channel Islands Occupation…
For the last four years, intrepid comparison photographer Marco Tersigni has been taking photos of Guernsey ‘from the exact spot’ as old photos of the island and posting them on…
The Guernsey Novels – Book 3 Two violent deaths, separated by time but with a fatal connection… A man loses his father, a young woman her mother, both in tragic…
Guernsey is the most western of the Channel Islands, with a proud maritime history spanning many centuries. Only 25 square miles, the island nevertheless has a great variety of landscapes,…
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