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At the age of 18 months, Jonathan Fryer was adopted into a prosperous business family in Greater Manchester, but he felt like a fish out of water there. When his adoptive father started interfering with him sexually, his only dream was to get away as far as possible. The seeds were thus sown for him to take on the life of a foreign correspondent, beginning with his leaving home at the age of 18 to cover the Vietnam War.Eccles Cakes is beautifully written, poignantly touching, disarmingly frank. Michael BlochJonathan Fryer graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Oriental Studies. After a spell working for Reuters News Agency he became a freelance writer and broadcaster, working mainly for the BBC and Middle Eastern television channels. A familiar voice from Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent, he is the author of a dozen volumes of history, biography and current affairs. He was finally reunited with his birth family in 2014.

Terry Wise was one of the great early wargamers with over 40 books and 400 plus articles to his name. This classic book Introduction to Battle Gaming 'was cited by many people as their entry point into the hobby' Stuart Asquith. The book had chapters to help start wargaming and three straightforward sets of rules on Ancient Warfare, Horse and Musket and World War II. This edition includes the original book plus new material on: Reflections on a lifetime of wargaming An appreciation by Stuart Asquith Three previously unpublished sets of rules by Terry Wise 18th Century Rules Napoleonic Wargaming Rules 1792-1815 Colonial Rules 1874 - 1914 The History of Wargaming Project is edited by John Curry. It aims to present the very best wargaming books and rules to a modern audience.