That's a wrap on 2024 🎄 This year we've published 3 books - that's a mighty 246 letters!! Support an indie bookshop this Christmas & grab your #LettersfortheAges books from @bookshop_org_UK 🎁Behind Bars: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lett… 🎁Great Scientists: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lett… 🎁Churchill: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lett… #2024Wrapped #wrapped #books #publishing #history

#OTD in 1899, notorious American gangster Alphonse 'Al' Capone was born in New York, US. Capone dominated the organized crime circuit in Prohibition-era Chicago, running gambling, prostitution and bootlegging rackets and orchestrating some of the city's bloodiest attacks on rival gangs After lengthy FBI operations to catch the gangster, Capone was eventually arrested and imprisoned on charges of tax evasion and contempt of court in 1931 He was eventually sent to Alcatraz Penitentiary, where he passed his sentence by playing the banjo in the band he had formed with his fellow inmates - the 'Rock Islanders' Read Al Capone's letter to his son about music behind bars in our book Letters for the Ages: Behind Bars - out now: bloomsbury.com/uk/letters-fo…

#OTD in 1706, polymath and Founding Father #BenjaminFranklin was born Though he is often remembered as a diplomat & one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, Franklin was also a great scientist, and his inventions & discoveries included: ⚡️The lightning rod ⚡️bifocal lenses ⚡️the Franklin stove ⚡️that lightning was made of electricity ⚡️ & much more! Read about Franklin's experiments with electricity in #LettersfortheAges Great Scientists: bloomsbury.com/uk/letters-fo…

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly" - MLK Jr., 1963 #OnThisDay in 1929, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, US. King was a Baptist minister and prominent political & social activist at the forefront of the civil rights movement. He is remembered as one of the most important figures of the 20th Century, and certainly one of the most influential activists of all time #MartinLutherKingJr #martinlutherkingjrday

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Thank you @letterappsoc for this lovely post! We're so glad you like the books📚 For anyone interested, our #LettersfortheAges books are currently in @BloomsburyBooks Festive Sale for only £14 each! Great Scientists: bloomsbury.com/uk/letters-fo… Behind Bars: bloomsbury.com/uk/letters-fo…

Behind Bars is now only £14 in Bloomsbury's Festive Sale! 🎄🎁❄️ Order your copy here: bloomsbury.com/uk/letters-fo…

The @BloomsburyBooks Christmas Sale is on 🎄🎁❄️ Grab your copy of #GreatScientists for only £14 !! bloomsbury.com/uk/letters-fo…