Black death at Bletchley! Pustules and pest houses. Burnt at the stake! Lollards tortured and hanged. French kings and guillotines! Exiled King Louis XVIII at Hartwell House. Farmhouse of thieves! The amazing true story of the Great Train Robbery. Buckinghamshire has one of the darkest histories on record. Its residents included the Dinton Hermit – better known as Charles I’s executioner – and Sir Everard Digby, the Gayhurst nobleman who tried to blow up James I, as well as a truly apocalyptic priest at Water Stratford. With Romans running amok in the Chilterns and the Anglo-Saxons terrorising Aylesbury, this chilling catalogue of battles, deaths, diseases and disasters will make you see the county in a whole new light.

Although direct mail is the fastest growing marketing medium in the world, it is still largely organized on a national basis and remains confined by borders. To support and inform marketing professionals in the development of direct marketing into an international activity, the fourth edition of this title offers a comprehensive 'one-stop' guide to the direct mail potential of every major export market in the world. It provides authoritative, independent advice on how to formulate and execute effective campaigns, along with detailed information on markets, costs and data relevant to businesses based in any country.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

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