David Arscott

Author of The Frozen City

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About the Author

David Arscott, a former newspaper journalist and BBC radio producer, is the author of more than thirty books He came to the county in the 1970s to join Radio Brighton, later Radio Sussex, where after a spell on the news-desk he went on to produce a wide range of feature programmes covering local show more history, wildlife and current affairs. An Oxford graduate, in English, he has also written a nutshell grammar guide, Good English, while his published fiction includes the literary novel Cultic Cyphers from Celtic Cyprus David founded the Sussex Book Club, He lives in Lewes, with his wife and three younger children, and works as a freelance writer, broadcaster, editor and publishe show less

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Works by David Arscott

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The Frozen City (1984) — Author — 24 copies

The Stream Garden: Create Your Own Natural-Looking Water Feature (1996) 13 copies

Rations: A Very Peculiar History (2010) 12 copies

Brighton, A Very Peculiar History (2009) 8 copies

England, a Very Peculiar History - Volume I (Cherished Library) (2013) 7 copies

The Olympics: A Very Peculiar History. David Arscott (Cherished Library) (2011) 7 copies

Oxford, a Very Peculiar History (Cherished Library) (2013) 6 copies

60 Years a Queen (Very Peculiar History) (2011) 5 copies

Golf: A Very Peculiar History™ (2011) 4 copies

Sussex Privies (1998) 4 copies

Dead and Buried in Sussex (1997) 4 copies

A Tour Along the Sussex Coast (Sussex Guide) (2008) 4 copies

The 60s: A Very Peculiar History. David Arscott (Cherished Library) (2012) 3 copies

In Praise of Sussex (1996) 3 copies

Amberley Castle 1103-2003: A Celebration of 900 Years (2002) 3 copies

Cherished Library: The Blitz, A Very Peculiar History (2010) 3 copies

American Presidents: A Very Peculiar History™ (2019) 3 copies

East Sussex Events (None) (2003) 3 copies

West Sussex (Philip's County Guides) (1993) 2 copies

The Sussex Story (1992) 2 copies

The Little Book of Sussex (2011) 2 copies

The World Cup a very peculiar history : with NO added time (2010) 2 copies

Queen Elizabeth II: Crowns, Horses and Corgis (2016) 2 copies

The Olympics: Fastest, Highest. Longest, Strongest (2016) 2 copies

Curiosities of West Sussex: A County Guide to the Unusual (1993) 2 copies

Lady Thatcher's Wink (2016) 2 copies

Who's Afraid of Grammar? (2013) 2 copies

Sussex the County In Colour (1995) 2 copies

The Neat and Nippy Guide to Lewes (2006) 2 copies

Cultic Cyphers from Celtic Cyprus (7, 5) (2002) 2 copies

A Century of Eastbourne ; Events, People and Places over the last 100 years (2002) 2 copies

Our Lewes (Britain in Old Photographs) (2004) 2 copies

Eastbourne Past and Present (2001) 1 copy

Bath, A Very Peculiar History (2019) 1 copy

Climate Change: A Very Peculiar History™ (2020) 1 copy

Queen Elizabeth II: A Very Peculiar History® (2022) 1 copy

Wunt Be Druv! (Local Dialect) (2006) 1 copy

Good English (1997) 1 copy

Churchill: A Very Peculiar History™ (2018) 1 copy

Nelles Guides : London : England and Wales (1999) 1 copy

Living Sussex (1994) 1 copy

Who's Afraid of: Spelling (2014) 1 copy

What the Vicar Saw: Gloriously Indiscreet Gleanings from the Sussex Parish Registers (1999) 1 copy

The Blitz, A Very Peculiar History (2012) 1 copy

Curiosities of East Sussex: A County Guide to the Unusual (1991) 1 copy

Hastings And The 1066 Country; Featuring Battle, Bexhill, Pevensey, Rye, St. Leonards, And Winchelsea (1993) 1 copy

Wine: A Very Peculiar History™ (2016) 1 copy

Tales from the Parish Pump (1994) 1 copy

Explore Sussex (1986) 1 copy

Sussex Bedside Book (2003) 1 copy

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England : a very peculiar history by David Arscott

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Mustygusher | Dec 19, 2022 |

Oxford, a very peculiar history : with added honours by David Arscott

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Mustygusher | Dec 19, 2022 |

Queen Elizabeth II diamond jubilee : 60 years a… by David Arscott

Of the several books that I've read about QEII, this was by far the best - giving details about the first 60 years of her reign up until her Diamond Jubilee.

Each decade of her reign is highlighted by important events and then is expanded on with details.

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cyderry | Jul 4, 2022 |

Lady Thatcher's Wink by David Arscott

What a fantastic piece of satire! Lady Thatcher's Wink is wonderfully witty and chock full of recognisable figures from 21st-century life (politicians, journalists, royals), who are great fun to spot. The novel offers a bleak view of where our country is heading, but a valuable one. Really glad I picked this one up - you certainly don't have to be a politics nut to enjoy David Arscott's blend of ominous foreshadowing and ribtickling humour!

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RosieGnu | 1 other review | Sep 23, 2016 |

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