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The Isle of Man: Portrait of a Nation
John Grimson
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Description for The Isle of Man: Portrait of a Nation
Hardcover. The Isle of Man is best known as a holiday destination and as the venue of the TT motorcycle races. This book tells the story of the island's evolution, from its geological birth pangs in the Cambrian Period of pre-history, some 500 million years ago, to the Viking raids and settlements of the eighth to thirteenth centuries. Num Pages: 544 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1787.
The Isle of Man is best known as a holiday destination and as the venue of the TT motorcycle races. In recent years, it has also become recognized as an international financial centre for banking and commerce. What is not so well understood is the island's status as an internally self-governing dependency of the British Crown (with its own parliament), and its long quest for national self-determination from the time of the enforced sale of the island to the British Crown in 1765.In "The Isle of Man: Portrait of a Nation", John Grimson tells the story of the island's evolution, ... Read more
The Isle of Man is best known as a holiday destination and as the venue of the TT motorcycle races. In recent years, it has also become recognized as an international financial centre for banking and commerce. What is not so well understood is the island's status as an internally self-governing dependency of the British Crown (with its own parliament), and its long quest for national self-determination from the time of the enforced sale of the island to the British Crown in 1765.In "The Isle of Man: Portrait of a Nation", John Grimson tells the story of the island's evolution, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Robert Hale
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780709081036
SKU
V9780709081036
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About John Grimson
John Grimson was born in Lowestoft in 1934. He spent his working life as a chartered engineer in various locations before moving to the Isle of Man in 1973. His prevous books include The North Sea Coasts of England and The Channel Coasts of England, as well as the final revised edition of the late E.H. Stenning's Portrait of the ... Read more
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