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Bloody British History: Hereford

Author : David Phelps

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 21,21 MB

Release : 2012-01-31

Category : History

ISBN : 0752482971

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Hereford has a darker side to its history, filled with strange – and sometimes unlikely – true tales. Was King Arthur a Hereford man? Why was its patron saint murdered by his would-be father-in-law? Why did another of its saints become the only saint to die excommunicated? Was a Bishop of Hereford involved in the murder of a king by the most frightful method imaginable? Did bones from the Cathedral graveyard really cure every disease known to man? Was a ghost really responsible for the destruction of the cathedral's west front? Was the Hay Poisoner really guilty? Was a Hereford clerk the rightful King of England? These, and many other strange stories, will be revealed in this book...



Bloody British History: Norwich

Author : Mark Mower

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 36,74 MB

Release : 2014-06-02

Category : History

ISBN : 0750952024

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Danish death! Vikings sack and burn the city! Medieval murder mysteries! The dead body of a young boy was found on a heath—but was it a case of ritual child murder? Dreadful diseases! Revealing the terrible time when one third of Norwich's residents caught the Black Death! Victorian horrors! 1851: body parts began to appear across the city—but who had left them, and why? This book contains the amazing and dramatic history of Norwich. Beginning with the all-out Viking assault on the city and roaring through to the falling bombs of the Blitz, hundreds of years of incredible history are crammed into this volume. You'll never look at the city in the same way again!



Bloody British History: Coventry

Author : David McGrory

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 44,74 MB

Release : 2013-03-15

Category : History

ISBN : 0752494333

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The decapitated Lord: Medieval slaughter at the castle! Yellows vs Blues: Coventry's most violent elections revealed! Kings, rebellions and rioters! Civil war comes to the city! Boiled in beer! Baked in his oven! The most dreadful Christmas calamities in Coventry's history are inside! Coventry has one of the darkest histories on record. With sieges, battles, crimes, riots, disasters, all-out attempts at demolition and some truly dreadful punishments to boot, you'll never see the city in the same way again.



The Little Book of Herefordshire

Author : David Vaughan

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 27,82 MB

Release : 2016-07-04

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 0750969091

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Book Description

The Little Book of Herefordshire is a compendium full of information which will make you say, ‘I never knew that!’ Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Herefordshire’s famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its literary, artistic and sporting achievements, customs ancient and modern, transport, battles and ghostly appearances. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.



Secret Hereford

Author : David Phelps

Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited

Page : 168 pages

File Size : 11,96 MB

Release : 2019-02-15

Category : Photography

ISBN : 1445684349

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Book Description

Explore Hereford's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.



Bloody British History: Shrewsbury

Author : Dorothy Nicolle

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 215 pages

File Size : 10,50 MB

Release : 2012-02-29

Category : History

ISBN : 0752483250

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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 and by the Welsh; Welsh princes have died in its streets, whilst thousands of English soldiers perished just outside the town in one of the most brutal battles ever to take place on British soil. Containing some truly bizarre facts about Charles Darwin and the true story of a Victorian serial killer's visit to Shrewsbury, read it if you dare!



Bloody British History: Britain

Author : Geoff Holder

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 350 pages

File Size : 22,60 MB

Release : 2014-10-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0750958111

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Britain has an incredible history, steeped in all manner of blood, death, disease and horror. From cannibals to concentration camps, Geoff Holder covers events both great and gory from Britain’s terrible past, with kings, queens and pretenders to the throne; sea battles, massacres and attacks from the air. This collection explores it all, with hundreds of amazing true stories, including seven ill-judged attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria and the Gestapo’s secret plans to bring a conquered Britain to its knees. There will be blood . . .



Bloody British History: Warwick

Author : Graham Sutherland

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 180 pages

File Size : 33,89 MB

Release : 2013-06-03

Category : History

ISBN : 075249385X

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Castle of the Conqueror! 1,000 years of horrible events at Warwick Castle. King Charles ripped my flesh! The two-week siege that almost brought the town to its knees! Warwick is burning! Fires, disasters and riots galore! Hundreds of dark and scandalous events have happened in Warwick over the centuries, from the murder of Piers Gaveston, the king's lover, who was stabbed and then beheaded on Blacklow Hill, to the incredible histories of the Earls of Warwick. The Gunpowder Plot was formed here, and the castle's horses were stolen afterwards when the plotters made a desperate attempt to escape the King's wrath. Containing martyrs, murderers and corrupt officials, crimes, ghosts, prize-fighters and eccentrics, you'll never see the town in the same way again!



Bloody British History: Oxford

Author : Paul Sullivan

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 199 pages

File Size : 34,9 MB

Release : 2012-01-31

Category : History

ISBN : 0752481975

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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 slaughterhouse — and its richest streets and university edifices backed on to some of the most pestilential slums in England.With a mangled skeleton in every cupboard, this is the real story of the Oxford. Read it if you dare!



Bloody British History: Lincoln

Author : Douglas Wynn

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 166 pages

File Size : 30,69 MB

Release : 2012-01-31

Category : History

ISBN : 0752481894

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Built by the Romans, looted by the Danes and conquered by King William I (who devastated the town to build a castle and a cathedral), the city of Lincoln has had a long and most dreadful history. Containing medieval child murder, vile sieges of (and escapes from) the castle, the savage repression of the Lincolnshire rising by King Henry VIII (who had the ringleaders hanged, drawn and quartered) and plagues, lepers, prisons, riots, typhoid, tanks and terrible hangings by the ton, you'll never see the city in the same way again.