Bloody British History: Peterborough
Bloody British History: Peterborough

Author: Jean A. Hooper

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-02-29

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0752483277

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Razed by Vikings! Deadly Danish assaults and demolitions. Neolithic murders! The tragic tale of Britain's earliest recorded homicide! A deadly game of thrones! The last remains of two royal victims in the Abbey. Murdered by the Ripper! Was one of Jack the Ripper's victims from Peterborough? Find out inside! 'I Can't Stop While There Are Lives to be Saved': The incredible story of British spy nurse Edith Cavell. There is the darker side to Peterborough's history. All manner of incredible events have occurred in the city: Roman occupations; Saxon murders and miracles; riots and revolts; battles, diseases, disasters and plagues. Including more than 60 illustrations, and with the history of institutions such as the prisoner-of-war camps of the Napoleonic era and the slums and workhouses of the Victorian age, you'll never see the city in the same way again.

Bloody British History
Bloody British History

Author: Jean Hooper

Publisher: Bloody History

Published: 2012-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780752482712

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RAZED by VIKINGS! Deadly Danish assaults and demolitions NEOLITHIC MURDERS! The tragic tale of Britain's earliest recorded homicide! A DEADLY GAME of THRONES! The last remains of two royal victims in the Abbey MURDERED by the RIPPER! Was one of Jack the Ripper's victims from Peterborough? Find out inside! 'I Can't Stop While There Are Lives to be Saved': The incredible story of BRITISH SPY NURSE EDITH CAVELL There is the darker side to Peterborough's history. All manner of incredible events have occurred in the city: Roman occupations; Saxon murders and miracles; riots and revolts; battles, diseases, disasters and plagues. Including more than 60 illustrations, and with the history of institutions such as the prisoner-of-war camps of the Napoleonic era and the slums and workhouses of the Victorian age, you'll never see the city in the same way again.

Peterborough in 100 Dates
Peterborough in 100 Dates

Author: Jean A. Hooper

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0750963263

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Experience 100 key dates that shaped Peterborough's history, highlighted its people's genius (or silliness) and embraced the unexpected. Featuring an amazing mix of social, criminal and sporting events, this book reveals a past that will fascinate, delight and surprise both residents and visitors of the city.

Bloody British History: Oxford
Bloody British History: Oxford

Author: Paul Sullivan

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 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: Britain
Bloody British History: Britain

Author: Geoff Holder

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 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: Lincoln
Bloody British History: Lincoln

Author: Douglas Wynn

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 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.

Bloody British History: Winchester
Bloody British History: Winchester

Author: Clare Dixon

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0752497537

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The queen who walked on fire! Weird legends of St Swithin explored! The Vikings are coming! Death and destruction in ancient Winchester! Sufferings she could not describe': the amazing life and dolorous death of Miss Jane Austen! Fed to the dogs! Winchester's most gruesome executions! The secret histories of Winchester's most famous buildings revealed! Winchester has one of the darkest and most fascinating histories on record – more than 2,000 years of death, disease and destruction. With Georgian terrorists and legendary kings, trials, plagues and chilling true stories including the tale of William Walker, the diver who spent five years in pitch-black water under the cathedral, you'll never see the city in the same way again!

Bloody British History: Peterborough
Bloody British History: Peterborough

Author: Jean A. Hooper

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-02-29

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0752483277

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Razed by Vikings! Deadly Danish assaults and demolitions. Neolithic murders! The tragic tale of Britain’s earliest recorded homicide! A deadly game of thrones! The last remains of two royal victims in the Abbey. Murdered by the Ripper! Was one of Jack the Ripper’s victims from Peterborough? Find out inside! ‘I Can’t Stop While There Are Lives to be Saved’: The incredible story of British spy nurse Edith Cavell. There is the darker side to Peterborough’s history. All manner of incredible events have occurred in the city: Roman occupations; Saxon murders and miracles; riots and revolts; battles, diseases, disasters and plagues. Including more than 60 illustrations, and with the history of institutions such as the prisoner-of-war camps of the Napoleonic era and the slums and workhouses of the Victorian age, you’ll never see the city in the same way again.

The Little History of Oxfordshire
The Little History of Oxfordshire

Author: Paul Sullivan

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0750991038

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Oxfordshire is the hive to which great artists, scientists, thinkers and warlords have swarmed for 2,000 years. You will be amazed at how many historical figures have enjoyed or suffered their defining moments in this exciting and interesting county. From flint arrowheads to RAF bases, from the Ridgeway to the M40 and from the Roman Conquest to the Cold War, this book tells the story of Oxfordshire's diverse people and their trades, triumphs and tribulations. The history of Oxfordshire is, indeed, the history of England in miniature, and Paul Sullivan shares it in all its glory in this well-researched book.

The Oxford Companion to British History
The Oxford Companion to British History

Author: John Cannon

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 1030

ISBN-13: 0199677832

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In over 4,500 entries, this Companion covers all aspects of the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Completely revised and updated, this is the go-to reference work for students and teachers of British history, as well as for anyone with an interest in the subject.