Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, London was gripped by the supposed curse of Tutankhamun, whose tomb in the Luxor sands was uncovered in February 1923 by the British archaeologist Howard Carter. The site was plundered, and over the next few years more than twenty of those involved in the exhumation or in handling the contents of the tomb perished in strange and often terrifying circumstances, prompting the myth of the 'Curse of Tutankhamun'. Nowhere - particularly London's ...

The Civil War was just the beginning...To help him attain victory over the Royalists, Oliver Cromwell has made a pact with the Devil. In return for his soul, he has been given a fearsome demon army – a blood-thirsty platoon of ancient evil... the Kryfangan! With Charles Stuart, the rightful heir to the English throne, seemingly killed in battle and his Scottish army slaughtered by the Kryfangan, Cromwell now has control of Parliament.However, by the time th...

'Rape, Ravage and Rant are the German watchwords in this war. Right, Revenge & Retrenchment shall be ours.' Alexander Scrimgeour, 17th September 1914.Most published war diaries have been written by soldiers but Alexander Scrimgeour was a naval officer who was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 at the age of 19. But he had already left a legacy – his diaries in which he recounted every event with sincerity, risking court martial to record several notorious incidents.

The topics covered in this book have been specifically chosen to give guidance to surgeons established in practice and those embarking on their careers. Examples include the changing management in the treatment of the catastrophic abdominal wall, perianal Crohn’s disease in the biological era, decision making in rectal cancer that responds to radiotherapy, and the assessment of outcomes in colorectal cancer surgery.Recent years have seen the introduction of technical advances with ...

Colorectal surgery has been evolving rapidly over recent years and the COVID pandemic has necessitated a critical approach to all aspects of care.This book offers an up-to-date appraisal of the increasingly used neoadjuvant therapy. In many situations a multidisciplinary approach is taken to achieve high quality and successful outcomes. In addition, topics such as the management of the open abdomen, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, artificial intelligence and modern managemen...