Paul ChrystalPaul Chrystal has classics degrees from the Universities of Hull (BA Hons.) and Southampton (MPhil); he also attended Sorbonne University, Paris. He writes features for national and local newspapers and history magazines. He appears regularly on ‘tal radio Europe’, BBC local radio, on the BBC World Service and Radio 4’s PM programme. He has been history advisor for a number of current York tourist attractions and is the author of 200 or so books including the best-selling Factory Girls: Women and Children at Work and Women at Work in World War I and World War II. His next book is Bridgerton Revisited due in 2026. He is past editor of York Historian, the journal of the Yorkshire Architectural & York Archaeological Society, and past history editor of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. He gives talks to schools, bookshops and societies; he blogs and he does webinars; he signs books. Some of these books have been translated into Chinese and Japanese. Read More Read Less