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Bloody British History York
Christina Surdhar
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Description for Bloody British History York
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166.
This is the history of York as you have never encountered it before! Travel back to a time when Erik Bloodaxe was resident monarch, or when William the Conqueror was in the middle of his relentless `harrying of the north'. There are no tea rooms or hanging baskets in this York, but the severed heads on the walls have a certain decorative effect and there are plenty of places to stay if you don't mind risking cholera, plague and typhus! York has been the backdrop to some of the most significant and bloody events in British history. ... Read more
This is the history of York as you have never encountered it before! Travel back to a time when Erik Bloodaxe was resident monarch, or when William the Conqueror was in the middle of his relentless `harrying of the north'. There are no tea rooms or hanging baskets in this York, but the severed heads on the walls have a certain decorative effect and there are plenty of places to stay if you don't mind risking cholera, plague and typhus! York has been the backdrop to some of the most significant and bloody events in British history. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752491059
SKU
V9780752491059
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Ref
99-5
About Christina Surdhar
Christina Surdhar is a freelance writer with a special interest in history and heritage. She is a regular contributor to Yorkshire Ridings Magazine and a web editor at the National Trust's Beningbrough Hall. Christina has an Honours degree in Language and Linguistics from the University of York and she lives in a village on the outskirts of the ... Read more
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