The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished Natives

The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished Natives

Author: John Corry

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-01

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9781290061476

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Bloody British History: Bristol

Bloody British History: Bristol

Author: Valerie Pitt

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0750960183

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Corpses in the street! The Black Death decimates Bristol. A stomach full of arsenic! Poisoned puddings and merry murderers. 'Take that you brute!’ Suffragettes attack Winston Churchill. Bombs drop on Bristol! Blackouts and the Blitz.Bristol has one of the bloodiest histories on record. One of Britain’s key ports, it suffered devastating attacks from every possible invader, from Saxon fleets all the way through to the Nazi bombers of the Second World War. Meanwhile, adventurers, smugglers and pirates sailed from its docks, and more than half a million souls sailed in chains, victims of Bristol’s vile slave trade ended only by the Herculean efforts of the abolitionists – Bristol folk amongst them.Containing hundreds of years of history and amazing true stories of eccentric residents such as con-woman ‘Princess Caraboo’, who ended her days as a Bristol leech-seller, no Bristol bookshelf is complete without this book.


The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-century England

The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-century England

Author: Rosemary Sweet

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780198206699

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This text provides an analysis of 18th-century urban culture and local historical scholarship. The author shows how a sense of the past was crucial not only in instilling civic pride and shaping a sense of community, but also in informing contests for power and influence in the local community.