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  • It Happened in Lincolnshire

    by David Clark ...
    Series series None
    What put Lincolnshire on the map? Author David Clark reveals why locals are proud to be Yellowbellies. In a lively and inviting series of chapters, It Happened in Lincolnshire uncovers the county's myths and legends, its landmarks, battles, its darker side of notorious crime, its curious customs, its entertainers, its wartime experience, its colourful rectors, its great explorers and its ghosts.• ... Read more

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  • Welsh History: Strange but True

    Strange but True

    by Geoff Brookes ...
    Series series Strange but True
    Sir John Pryce of Newtown Hall died in 1761. He kept the embalmed bodies of his first two wives on either side of his bed – until his third wife insisted that they were removed.In 1856 Ronald Rhys from the Vale of Neath disappeared for a week after seeing a strange light in a field and hearing a loud noise. He remembered being examined by small creatures who took a sample of his blood.Oh yes, and ... Read more

    $13.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hidden Dublin

    Deadbeats, Dossers And Decent Skins

    by Frank Hopkins ...
    Series series Hidden City Series
    Criminal incidents, accidents, whippings, beatings, jail escapes and hangings were all part of Dublin's 'brilliant parade' in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, including actors, clergymen, scientists, politicians and rogues and rascals of every hue. Hopkins describes the poverty, soup kitchens, food riots, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. He also ... Read more

    $8.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exploring North Yorkshire's History - The Yorkshire Dales

    by Nigel A. Ibbotson ...
    Exploring North Yorkshire's History - is a journey through the wonderfully varied landscape of North Yorkshire, and examines its rich history through contemporary colour photographs and words. North Yorkshire is England's largest county and being almost 100 miles wide and 65 miles long offers some of the country's most stunning scenery, from the breathtaking east coastline to the fabulous National ... Read more

    $3.69 CAD

  • Yorkshire

    A lyrical history of England's greatest county

    by Richard Morris ...
    Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Snapshots of Welsh History

    Without the Boring Bits

    by Phil Carradice ...
    A fascinating collection of stories from Welsh history collected from Phil Carradice's popular BBC Wales blog, gathered together for the first time in a book.Among the incredible stories are...The man from Clydach who invented a Death RayThe Welsh aristocrat whose parrot once bit Herman Goering on the noseThe witch who cursed the launch of a warship at Pembroke DockyardThe battle that was won by a ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Old Dog and Duck

    The Secret Meanings of Pub Names

    by Albert Jack ...
    This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys, The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope and Anchor. You'll be glad to know that there are very good - strange and memorable - reasons behind them all.After much research about (and in) pubs, Albert Jack brings together the stories behind pub names to reveal how they offer fascinating and subversive insights on our ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Exploring North Yorkshire's History - The North Yorkshire Moor

    by Nigel A. Ibbotson ...
    Exploring North Yorkshire's History - is a journey through the wonderfully varied landscape of North Yorkshire, and examines its rich history through contemporary colour photographs and words. North Yorkshire is England's largest county and being almost 100 miles wide and 65 miles long offers some of the country's most stunning scenery, from the breathtaking east coastline to the fabulous National ... Read more

    $3.69 CAD

  • Bloody British History: Shrewsbury

    by Dorothy Nicolle ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    Death to them all! The story of Shrewsbury Castle where an entire garrison was executed! The true story of the three-hour battle which left over 6,000 men dead or dying! The admiral who used his enemies' heads as evidence! The tightrope artiste who dived to his death! Just a few miles from the border with Wales, the town of Shrewsbury has an incredible history. It has been attacked by the English ... Read more

    $19.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Essex

    by Dee Gordon ...
    Did you know?In the eleventh century, Edward the Confessor banished nightingales from the royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower because their singing disturbed his devotions.In 1913, Benny Hucks of Stansted Mountfitchet was the first person to perform a loop-the-loop in an aircraft.On Boxing Day 1946, Hatfield Heath villagers challenged local German and Italian POWs to a football match – and lost 11 ... Read more

    $13.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bloody British History: Oxford

    by Paul Sullivan ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    This is the history of Oxford as you have never encountered it before. The first historical record of Oxford laments that the city has been burnt to the ground by Vikings. Its religious houses were founded by a woman who blinded her would-be attacker. Its students were poverty-stricken desperados in perpetual armed conflict with the townsmen. One of its principal colleges, meanwhile, doubled as a ... Read more

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  • Bloody British History: Southampton

    by Penny Legg ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    The people of Southampton have had a lot to put up with over the centuries. If the Danes of French weren't attacking it, pirates from further along were. Treasonous plots were hatched behind its ancient walls and mutiny hit its shipping. This book looks at such bloody events as the Black Death in the city, what happens when you cross a king, the ill-fated Titanic and the Blitz. Yes, the best bits ... Read more

    $11.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus