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"Blue book" revised and reprinted

22/3/2020

 
UPDATE, 29 March.  The reprinted "Blue Books" have been delivered and are now available to purchase on line. Also, look for the
"RAINBOW BOOK BUNDLE"!
​We have extended an offer on all three Medway Queen books to the online shop so you can buy 3 titles at a great combined price.
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 One of our success stories over the years has been publishing the story of Medway Queen. The book was originally published in 2013, with the help of publisher Kevin Robertson. It sold out in 18 months and was reprinted in 2014. That too has sold out and a  revised version is now at the printers.

As well as a few name spelling errors, and other minor corrections/additions, the main areas of change are to the Preservation chapter and the story of HMS Medway Queen after Dunkirk. The original edition was published while the ship was being rebuilt and couldn't cover the whole of that story. That part has been re-written to take the story in outline up to the day when the ship returned to the Medway; already covered in detail in the "Green Book".
Also, since original publication, we have learned more of the ship's career after Dunkirk. Mainly concerning the Commanding Officers - which information has also been posted on our website in the "WWII Research Notes" available on the history page. The books have been printed and will be bound this week. They should be available through the online shop within a couple of weeks. Book size is unchanged at 72 pages and the cover price remains at £10.
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Terminology: "Blue book"? - When the book was first published we claimed it was the first in a trilogy. We were wrong; there will soon be FOUR! And Kevin is still helping us! Use of the cover colours is a useful shorthand - Blue is the history; green is the Bristol rebuild; red is the Medway Queen Club on the Isle of Wight. Number 4 will be "Grey" and that goes to the printer this coming week; "HMS Medway Queen - Memories of Dunkirk".

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