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We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.
Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95
Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.
Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas.
Delivery Worldwide
We can also ship most items worldwide.
For full details, including prices, click here.
Custom Prints
Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.
Unframed orders are shipped within 5 working days (normally shipped next day).
Framed orders are shipped within 20 working days.
Further information on delivery timescales for custom prints can be found here.
If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.
For further details on returns click here.
Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.
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To mark the publication of Spydle, until the end of the year our e-newsletter will contain monthly taster puzzles – written exclusively for subscribers, with the solution published here.
Solution - Puzzle #1: Treason and plot
The words can be unjumbled as follows:
BLENHEIM + G
WESTMINSTER + U
WINDSOR + Y
RICHMOND + F
BUCKINGHAM + A
LAMBETH + W
KEW + K
HAMPTON COURT + E
ST JAMES’S + S
The name spelled out is GUY FAWKES, a figure involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – which, if successful, would have blown up the Palace of Westminster.
Solution - Puzzle #2: Continental conundrum
The European cities are as follows:
MILAN
ANTWERP
TOULOUSE
ATHENS
HAMBURG
AMSTERDAM
ROME
ISTANBUL
The name hidden in the first letters of each city is Mata Hari, who was convicted of spying for Germany during the First World War.
Manufacturer/Publisher: Faber
Binding: Hardback
Author: Rosamund Young
Date Published: 2023
Pagination: 272p
SKU: 9780571368259
We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.
Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95
Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.
Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas.
Delivery Worldwide
We can also ship most items worldwide.
For full details, including prices, click here.
Custom Prints
Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.
Unframed orders are shipped within 5 working days (normally shipped next day).
Framed orders are shipped within 20 working days.
Further information on delivery timescales for custom prints can be found here.
If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.
For further details on returns click here.
Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.
Are you a subscriber to The National Archives mailing list? Sign up now to get our latest news -- and code crackers!
To mark the publication of Spydle, until the end of the year our e-newsletter will contain monthly taster puzzles – written exclusively for subscribers, with the solution published here.
Solution - Puzzle #1: Treason and plot
The words can be unjumbled as follows:
BLENHEIM + G
WESTMINSTER + U
WINDSOR + Y
RICHMOND + F
BUCKINGHAM + A
LAMBETH + W
KEW + K
HAMPTON COURT + E
ST JAMES’S + S
The name spelled out is GUY FAWKES, a figure involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – which, if successful, would have blown up the Palace of Westminster.
Solution - Puzzle #2: Continental conundrum
The European cities are as follows:
MILAN
ANTWERP
TOULOUSE
ATHENS
HAMBURG
AMSTERDAM
ROME
ISTANBUL
The name hidden in the first letters of each city is Mata Hari, who was convicted of spying for Germany during the First World War.
