It Happened in Shropshire is a vibrant and compelling account of the
county’s diverse heritage; its heroes, its battles, its discoveries,
its crimes. Bob Burrows’s highly readable prose transports the
reader through time, racing across the landscape of Shropshire’s
past from the woolly mammoths of 10,000 BC, the Roman occupation of
Wroxeter and the Battle of Shrewsbury, to the Industrial Revolution
and to the sporting achievements and murderous exploits of recent
years. The book celebrates Salopians of national renown such as
Charles Darwin, Clive of India, Wilfred Owen and Percy Thrower, as
well as commemorating the accidents and disasters of: Shropshire’s
ghostly past…and present The legends of ‘Mad Jack’ Mytton and
the charismatic outlaw Sir Humphrey Kynaston A celebration of Salopian
sporting champions: Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Richie Woodhall, Billy
Wright Shropshire’s notorious and also its heroic vicars The 'Black
Panther’ and other Salopian murderers exposed
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781906122904
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Merlin Unwin Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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