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The Curious Britain Library

The Britain you grew up in is slipping out of living memory.

Three books to enjoy the old Britain, remember it, and keep the part that is yours alone.

Volume One, The Old-Fashioned Kitchen — book cover

Volume One

The Old-Fashioned Kitchen

Feed yourself the old way

The everyday kitchen competence our grandparents took for granted — growing real food in any space, cooking cheap cuts and proper puddings, and wasting not a scrap. Brought up to date for the way we live now.

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Volume Two, The Britain We Lost — book cover

Volume Two

The Britain We Lost

A walk back through the Britain that slipped away

The vanished high streets and front rooms, the lidos and branch lines, the shared places and Sunday rhythms — what went, why it went, and why it is worth remembering. Honest, warm, and full of things you had forgotten you remembered.

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The Curious Britain Library — the complete collection, all three volumes

All Three Volumes

The Complete Library

Enjoy it. Remember it. Keep it.

  • Volume One — The Old-Fashioned Kitchen
  • Volume Two — The Britain We Lost
  • Volume Three — Uncover Your Own Lost Britain, found nowhere else

Volume Three is the personal one — a plain guide to tracing your own family and your own town, with The Record of My Britain, fill-in keepsake pages to complete by hand and hand down. It comes only with the complete set.

£14.99 all three books — only £2 more than the first two
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One small library of vanishing Britain

The corner shop and the high street. The milk on the step and the test card in the small hours. The work that built whole towns, and the family names behind your own. Most of it is passing now out of living memory — and the people who can still say I was there are the last who will ever be able to.

These three books are made to do something about that: to enjoy the old ways, to remember the shared Britain we have let slip, and to find and keep the lost Britain that belongs to you and no one else.

Enjoy it. Remember it. Keep it.

The records will keep. Your people may not.

Begin with the book that finds and keeps the Britain that is yours alone — and own the whole library while you are there.

Get the Complete Library — £14.99

Keep it.

Questions & Help

Everything you might want to know before you buy.

How will I receive my book after I buy it?

As soon as your payment goes through, Hotmart sends you an email with a download link straight away. Nothing arrives in the post — the book is yours within moments.

What format are the books in? Do I need a special device?

Every book is a PDF — the same kind of file you’d open to view a leaflet or a statement. It opens on a computer, tablet, phone or e-reader, with no special app or account needed. If you’d rather hold it in your hands, you can print it at home too.

Are these physical books that arrive in the post?

No — these are digital books you download and keep. Nothing is posted to you. That’s what keeps the price low and gets the book to you the moment you buy it.

Is my payment secure? Who takes the payment?

Your payment is handled by Hotmart, a well-established online checkout service that processes card details securely. We never see or store your card information.

Can I read the books on my phone or tablet?

Yes — a PDF opens happily on a phone, tablet, computer or e-reader. Many readers find a tablet the most comfortable, but whatever you have will do.

I’ve bought a book but can’t find my download. What should I do?

Check your email inbox — and your spam or junk folder — for the message from Hotmart; the download link is inside it. If it still hasn’t turned up, email support@curiousbritainlibrary.com and we’ll sort it out for you.

Is this a subscription? Will I be charged again?

No. Each book is a one-off purchase. You pay once, the book is yours, and there’s nothing further to pay.

Can I get a refund?

Because the books are digital and yours to keep the moment you download them, they can’t usually be returned. If there’s a genuine problem with your order, please email us and we’ll help. Refunds and billing are handled through Hotmart’s buyer-protection process at checkout.

Your purchase is handled securely through Hotmart, our checkout partner, so your payment and any refund or billing questions go through their buyer-protection process at checkout. Because our books are digital downloads, they can’t usually be returned once downloaded — the same way a shop can’t take back a book you’ve already taken home and opened. If something’s genuinely wrong with your order, get in touch and we’ll put it right.