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Brighton & Hove: a pocket miscellany, by David J. Boyne, published 1 March 2012 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752467980 & ISBN-13: 9780752467986)

Did you know? The young George IV liked to go dancing until 4 a.m; Brighton is home to the UK's oldest electric railway; There are nearly 1,400 premises licensed to sell alcohol in Brighton and Hove; and Brighton and Hove welcomes 8 million visitors annually and has been voted one of the top five cities that tourists want to visit during their stay in the UK. This engaging little book is packed full of insider knowledge, facts, figures and the secrets of the vibrant city of Brighton and Hove: diversity, culture, the arts, history, comedy and creativity in bucket-and-spade-loads.

A compendium of fact and trivia which explores the often unseen city of Brighton and Hove, it includes freak events, regency architecture, sports personalities and much more. This publication is a compilation that students, residents and tourists will often find useful and breaks the mould of the traditional town guide.

Bloody British History: Brighton, by David J. Boyne, published 1 November 2013 (96 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752490826 & ISBN-13: 9780752490823) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507974] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Containing more than 60 Illustrations and 2,000 years of history, here is the dark and dreadful saga of Brighton. With bombs and battles, riots and rebellions, tidal waves, terrors, and some terrible true crimes, it is no wonder that the city was once dubbed, 'The Queen of Slaughtering Places'!