Books By Whitaker's Almanack - Author

WHITAKER’S ALMANACK is one of the oldest annual reference books in the UK. Jam-packed full of facts and figures on topics including: Politics, Kings and Queens, World Geography, Art, Music, Science and Sport. The first edition was published on 10 December 1868 and was such a success that it had to be reprinted immediately!

Whitaker’s Almanack is mentioned in many famous works of literature, including Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Ian Fleming’s James Bond novel Moonraker. A copy of Whitaker’s is even used by Sherlock Holmes to decode a message in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Valley of Fear.