Andrew Graham Stables's Books

Explore the secret history of Barnard Castle and Teesdale through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Explore Penrith's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

A journey across Yorkshire and through time, from 1850 to the present day, using images from the prestigious Historic England Archive.

Explore the fascinating history of the City of Durham in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

A fascinating alphabetical tour through the heritage of the Barnard Castle and Teesdale part in County Durham.

Explore Kendal's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Explore the secret history of Carlisle through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Explore the fascinating history of Carlisle in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Explore Richmond and Swaledale's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

June, 1815. The Coldstream Guards and the third guards are waiting impatiently for orders to move into battle against Napoleon and his French army. Every day seems endless as the troops wait for Wellington's orders. When word is finally received, the path to glory it is not quite what the troops were hoping for. Hours of marching during the day are followed by restless nights' sleep in the rain, dampening their spirits and weakening morale. When the group eventually encounter the French in battle, a special command comes from Wellington himself to Colonel James Macdonell of the Coldstream Guards: hold the chateau at Hougoumont and do not let the French pass. What happens next is history.

Why do America’s cities look the way they do? If we want to know the answer, we should start by looking at our relationship with animals. Americans once lived alongside animals. They raised them, worked them, ate them, and lived off their products. This was true not just in rural areas but also in cities, which were crowded with livestock and beasts of burden. But as urban areas grew in the nineteenth century, these relationships changed. Slaughterhouses, dairies, and hog ranches receded into suburbs and hinterlands. Milk and meat increasingly came from stores, while the family cow and pig gave way to the household pet. This great shift, Andrew Robichaud reveals, transformed people’s relationships with animals and nature and radically altered ideas about what it means to be human. As Animal City illustrates, these transformations in human and animal lives were not inevitable results of population growth but rather followed decades of social and political struggles. City officials sought to control urban animal populations and developed sweeping regulatory powers that ushered in new forms of urban life. Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals worked to enhance certain animals’ moral standing in law and culture, in turn inspiring new child welfare laws and spurring other wide-ranging reforms. The animal city is still with us today. The urban landscapes we inhabit are products of the transformations of the nineteenth century. From urban development to environmental inequality, our cities still bear the scars of the domestication of urban America.

Explore Penrith's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Explore the secret history of Barnard Castle and Teesdale through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Explore the fascinating history of Carlisle in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Book's by Andrew Graham Stables

Secret Barnard Castle & Teesdale

Secret Barnard Castle & Teesdale

Secret Penrith

Secret Penrith

Historic England: Yorkshire

Historic England: Yorkshire

A-Z of the City of Durham

A-Z of the City of Durham

A-Z of Barnard Castle & Teesdale

A-Z of Barnard Castle & Teesdale

Secret Kendal

Secret Kendal

Secret Carlisle

Secret Carlisle

A-Z of Carlisle

A-Z of Carlisle

Secret Richmond & Swaledale

Secret Richmond & Swaledale

Waterloo: The Bravest Man

Waterloo: The Bravest Man

Animal City

Animal City

Secret Penrith

Secret Penrith

Secret Barnard Castle & Teesdale

Secret Barnard Castle & Teesdale

A-Z of Carlisle

A-Z of Carlisle

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