PR: Two Against the Underworld - The Avengers (Book)

[Alan]

Published today!



TWO AGAINST THE UNDERWORLD
The Complete Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers Series 1
by Richard McGinlay, Alan Hayes and Alys Hayes

Forewords by Roger Marshall and Neil Hendry

If you think you’ve read the definitive account of THE AVENGERS’ lost year... think again!

Two Against the Underworld brings together six years of research and combines and updates two previously published Hidden Tiger books (The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes and With Umbrella, Scotch and Cigarettes) to tell the story of The Avengers from both sides of the camera.

Authors Richard McGinlay, Alan Hayes and Alys Hayes lift the lid on all 26 Series 1 episodes. Comprehensive chapters detail the narratives in extended synopsis form, often with script extracts, as well as the production, transmission and reception of each episode, and the talented personnel who were involved in making them.

The creation of The Avengers, the departure of Ian Hendry, the series' destiny, and the mystery of the missing episodes, are explored in a series of essays, each of which is new or has been revisited to incorporate fresh information.

Avengers scriptwriter Roger Marshall and Neil Hendry, who runs his uncle Ian Hendry's official website, both contribute forewords to this volume. The book also boasts lavish black-and-white illustrations by artist Shaqui Le Vesconte and 70 pages of appendices that deal in depth with the unproduced episodes of Series 1, Keel and Steed's further adventures in the comic strip The Drug Pedlar and the novel Too Many Targets, and much more.

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Deluxe Hardcover - £24.99
Standard Paperback - £19.79

Save 20% with the promotional code PRESALE20 (enter at checkout). Valid until midnight on Thursday 19th November 2015.

(After the 19th, FWD15 will save 15%.)

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[ischtar]

Congratulations on your new book Alan!

I'm quite sure someone is still looking for a Christmas present for me, I will give him a tip

[Alan]

Many thanks for the kind words!

[Alan]

Encouraging first day for the new book, Two Against the Underworld. There's still time to grab it before the PRESALE20 discount code expires tonight at midnight.

http://www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/aveng ... rworld.htm

[Alan]

For the sake of clarity, I am adding the following from the main forum area:

The word count is expanded by a modest amount (something like 5,000 words), but what that hides is the amount of repeated text that was in both books, which at least equals that 5,000, too.

A fair bit of the rest of the book has been tweaked, and some content is completely new.

This is from the preface, which explains what has changed in less abstract terms:

Two Against the Underworld brings the books The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes and With Umbrella, Scotch and Cigarettes together under one cover, interweaving, updating and adding to the content to make it the ultimate guide to Series 1. We have been careful to correct inaccuracies that were found in the original books and have also taken heed of feedback received.

Some commentators bemoaned the lack of story synopses in The Strange Case of the Missing Episodes for the two surviving Series 1 episodes, Girl on the Trapeze and The Frighteners, and detailed summaries have consequently been added to Two Against the Underworld. We have also taken the opportunity to check through the existing synopses, paying special attention to the nine scriptless episodes (Nightmare, Crescent Moon, Diamond Cut Diamond, Hunt the Man Down, Death on the Slipway, Tunnel of Fear, The Far Distant Dead, The Deadly Air and Dragonsfield).

In the episode guide section, we have revised and augmented production information and other subsections, where appropriate. We have also addressed some errors on our part about the way in which ITV transmissions reached Ireland in 1961. We would like to thank archive researcher Ken Griffin for putting us right on this subject.

In the essays, we have added fresh information about One-Ten, Ian Hendry’s marriage to Janet Munro, and significant details about the missing episodes, particularly in terms of potential foreign sales of Series 1, overseas distribution, and the fate of the ABC archive. Dave Matthews and Neil Hendry have been of great assistance to us in the exploration of this fascinating topic. The essay entitled Gone, and Never Called Me Mother! is completely new.

Additionally, we have updated the Merchandise Guide to bring it bang up to date to include details about the 2015 Blu-ray and DVD releases.

[Alan]

A quick heads up to say that the promotion code mentioned in the first post of this thread has now expired.

Another, FWD15 will save 15% on the price of the book.

[Alan]

I am quite embarrassed to post this considering that people have just ordered with 15% or 20% discounts, but Lulu have unexpectedly just followed up with a 25% code - SHOP25 - and this runs until midnight on the 23rd.

http://www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/aveng ... rworld.htm

[MikeR]

Alan

Just a word of congratulations regarding your latest book Two Against the Underworld, which looks comprehensively researched and an essential work when it come to The Avengers.

[mousemeat]

Congratulations on your new book Alan!

I'm quite sure someone is still looking for a Christmas present for me, I will give him a tip

same here......will need to convert pounds to u.s. dollars....

[Alan]

Thanks Mike and Mousemeat.

Please note that if you set up an account at Lulu, you will be charged in US $ and the book shipped to you at local rate, Mousemeat.

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A little reminder that the SHOP25 promo code expires tonight at 23:59, so if you're tempted by this book and want to save 25% on its price, now is the time to act.

http://www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/aveng ... rworld.htm