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Author : Robert Halliday
Publisher : History Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780750947046
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Suffolk written by Robert Halliday and published by History Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange tales and unusual happenings from around Suffolk
Author : Robert Halliday
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750953330
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book Suffolk Strange But True written by Robert Halliday and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2008-09-08 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffolk Strange But True describes many unusual, odd and extraordinary people, places and events from this fascinating county. Featured within these pages are tales of 'the fasting woman of Shottisham', who was alleged not to have eaten for five months; the Suffolk man who invented the word 'communism'; local heroines; pioneering entrepreneurs; spectacular ruins and castles; lost towns and villages; extraordinary pets and animals; and unusual art treasures found in Suffolk churches. Local customs, folklore and legends are also examined, including 'the race of the bogmen', and the Southwold competition to discover an 'alternative umbrella'. Using a range of old and new illustrations, Robert Halliday tells an entertaining alternative history of Suffolk that will fascinate residents and visitors alike.
Author : Sarah E. Doig
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750969032
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)
Download or read book The A-Z of Curious Suffolk written by Sarah E. Doig and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book romps through the rolling countryside and along the shingled coastline of Suffolk, unearthing the curious along the way. Sandwiched between ecclesiastical penances handed down to adulterers and fornicators, and the odd porcelain incendiary bombs commemorating the Zeppelin raids, is an alphabetical cornucopia of strange, spooky and mysterious facts about the county. Is the supposedly ancient game of dwile flonking quite so old? What did writers like Pepys and Defoe say about Suffolk cheese? Which tower was probably just built to curry favour with the monarch? And who was the unknown, self-taught archaeologist who made one of the most significant finds of all time? The A-Z of Curious Suffolk is a book to dip into, unless of course you can't wait to turn the page and read more!
Author : Thomas Slemen
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780760712443
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Download or read book Strange But True written by Thomas Slemen and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara J. Shapiro
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801488498
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Culture of Fact written by Barbara J. Shapiro and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shapiro traces the genesis of the fact, a modern concept that originated not in natural science but in legal discourse. She follows the concept's evolution and diffusion across a variety of disciplines in early modern England.
Author : W. G. Sebald
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081122130X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Rings of Saturn written by W. G. Sebald and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book is like a dream you want to last forever" (Roberta Silman, The New York Times Book Review), now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund The Rings of Saturn—with its curious archive of photographs—records a walking tour of the eastern coast of England. A few of the things which cross the path and mind of its narrator (who both is and is not Sebald) are lonely eccentrics, Sir Thomas Browne’s skull, a matchstick model of the Temple of Jerusalem, recession-hit seaside towns, wooded hills, Joseph Conrad, Rembrandt’s "Anatomy Lesson," the natural history of the herring, the massive bombings of WWII, the dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, and the silk industry in Norwich. W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants (New Directions, 1996) was hailed by Susan Sontag as an "astonishing masterpiece perfect while being unlike any book one has ever read." It was "one of the great books of the last few years," noted Michael Ondaatje, who now acclaims The Rings of Saturn "an even more inventive work than its predecessor, The Emigrants."
Author : Richard Smyth
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954973
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)
Download or read book English History: Strange but True written by Richard Smyth and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a treasure trove of English oddities, crammed with the most curious stories, remarkable facts and unexpected goings-on from the country’s long and convoluted history. From frogs’ legs at Stonehenge to knicker elastic in the Blitz, this is England – the unauthorised biography.
Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750968915
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scottish History: Strange but True written by John Hamilton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ stories about Scottish history. Arranged into a miniature history of Scotland, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will delight anyone with an interest in Scotland’s past.
Author : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954981
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book Welsh History: Strange but True written by Geoff Brookes and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest prehistoric burial in Europe was found in Wales. The skeleton was known as the ‘Red Lady of Paviland’ – well, until scientists discovered that it had, in fact, belonged to a man... ‘Rhodri the Great’, Wales’ first king, was killed by a Saxon army. The second King of Wales was killed by his own men... English armies usually contained Welsh bowmen. A Welsh-fired arrow could – and did – go all the way through armour, leg, saddle and horse. Welsh bowmen often used English longbows against them, firing them at point-blank range during ambushes...This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ facts and anecdotes about Welsh history. Arranged into a miniature history of Wales, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will interest and delight readers everywhere.
Author : Robert William Eyton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book Antiquities of Shropshire written by Robert William Eyton and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
