Bloody British History Cambridge

Author : David Barrowclough
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750963275

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Bloody British History: Cambridge by David Barrowclough Pdf

Death to students: The weird origin of the University! A plague on both your parishes: Black Death in Cambridge’s streets! Off with his head: The bizarre true story of Oliver Cromwell's travelling skull! Gas! Gas! The secret research team behind WWI's deadliest weapon! The fifth man: The truth about the Cambridge Five, the Soviet spies who studied! Cambridge has some of the most violent history ever recorded. From invading hordes of Vikings, Saxons and Normans to the secret Allied plans of the Second World War, it will thrill, disgust and delight in equal measure!

Author : Anthony Poulton-Smith
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752494159

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Bloody British History: Stafford by Anthony Poulton-Smith Pdf

From its earliest beginnings through to the last days of the Second World War, Staffordshire's county town has seen more than its fair share of gore. Its history is filled with blood, disease, pestilence, poison, dismemberment, decapitation, suicides and hauntings. Featuring life – and death – at Stafford Gaol, the sanguineous siege of the castle and many other tragic true tales from history, you'll never see it in the same way again!

Author : David J. Boyne
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750951777

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Bloody British History: Brighton by David J. Boyne Pdf

Burned in a barrel of tar! Brighton's Historical Horrors Revealed! Brighton scandals including rioting rockers, military misdemeanours and three terrible trunk murders! Strike! Barbarity at the Battle of Lewes Road. Baptised then beheaded: Stories of Saxon savagery! Strafed by Nazi machine-gunners: The terrible true tale of the Brighton blitz! Containing more than 60 illustrations and 2,000 years of history, here is the dark and dreadful saga of Brighton. With bombs and battles, riots and rebellions, tidal waves, terrors, and some terrible true crimes, it is no wonder that the city was once dubbed 'The Queen of Slaughtering Places'!

Author : Dr Andrew May
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752487540

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Bloody British History: Somerset by Dr Andrew May Pdf

Horrors of the caves! The ghastly true story of the Cheddar cannibals! Twilight of the Empire! Romans, Saxons and the legends of King Arthur! Swords against the Vikings! The Somerset heroes who defied the Norse hordes! Martyrs, murderers, pirates and mad scientists – Somerset's strangest residents revealed! Death storm! The terrible toll of the Great Storm of 1703! Spies in Somerset! Containing more than two thousand years of Somerset history, thrill to stunning true stories of battles and bloodshed, executions and exorcisms, sinister Templars and Victorian sex cults! With more than 60 illustrations plus an eight-page colour section, you'll never see the county in the same way again!

Author : Robert Leader
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750962780

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Bloody British History: Suffolk by Robert Leader Pdf

Death, Danes and disaster in Dark Age Ipswich! The castles are burning! Attacks, rebellions, battles and wars in ancient Suffolk! Queen of Blood and Fire! The dark days of Bloody Mary revealed! Sea of blood! Smugglers, sea battles, U-Boats and invasions along the Suffolk coast! The Zeppelins are coming! Bombs and bodies in the First World War! Suffolk has one of the most amazing histories of any British county. Betrayals, conspiracies and invasions have left their mark on this eastern frontier. Discover how vicious power struggles between the Danes and the Vikings shaped the history of not just the county, but the United Kingdom as a whole. Read of the troublesome Bigod dynasty, the Suffolk city under the sea and the strange story of the thousands of burnt corpses that washed up on the county's beaches during the Second World War. Discover the dark truth inside!

Author : Dorothy Nicolle
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752483252

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Bloody British History: Shrewsbury by Dorothy Nicolle Pdf

Death to them all! The story of Shrewsbury Castle where an entire garrison was executed! The true story of the three-hour battle which left over 6,000 men dead or dying! The admiral who used his enemies' heads as evidence! The tightrope artiste who dived to his death! Just a few miles from the border with Wales, the town of Shrewsbury has an incredible history. It has been attacked by the English and by the Welsh; Welsh princes have died in its streets, whilst thousands of English soldiers perished just outside the town in one of the most brutal battles ever to take place on British soil. Containing some truly bizarre facts about Charles Darwin and the true story of a Victorian serial killer's visit to Shrewsbury, read it if you dare!

Author : Geoff Holder
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750958110

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Bloody British History: Britain by Geoff Holder Pdf

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 . . .

Author : Samantha Bird
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750965606

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Bloody British History: East End by Samantha Bird Pdf

The East End of London has one of the bloodiest histories in Britain. From the beginning, the East End was known as ‘outcast London’ – it was a space beyond the city wall, where London’s unwanted or undesirables lived. East-Enders were blamed for the Great Plague of London; Jack the Ripper prowled here, as did the Ratcliffe Highway murderer and the gunmen of the famous Sidney Street siege (attended by a top-hatted Winston Churchill). Communists, Fascists, strikers, Suffragettes and Skeleton Armies have all fought running battles through its streets. Then the East End weathered the worst that the Nazi bombers could throw at it during the dark days of the Blitz. Historically viewed as a ‘den of iniquity’, and once teaming with opium dens, prostitutes (known locally as ‘tigresses’) and paupers, all living amidst the horrendous poverty depicted by Henry Mayhew and Charles Booth, this is a story of dreadful odds and of determination, filled with horror, grim British humour and hundreds of incredible years of history.

Author : Marianne Colloms,Dick Weindling
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752492957

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Bloody British History: Camden by Marianne Colloms,Dick Weindling Pdf

Black Death! The horrors of the plague in Camden! My wife is under the floor! The true story of Camden murderer Doctor Crippen! The elephant stampede! Weird accidents and strange events galore! Camden has a dark side to rival that of any London borough. The haunt of highwaymen, its fields also witnessed numerous duels. Crime, poverty and depravity were rife in parts of Holborn until the late nineteenth century. The first murderer to be caught using the transatlantic cable lived in Camden, and the last woman to be hanged shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub. With grave-robbers and grisly graveyard exhumations, eccentric residents and rioting peasants, and featuring tons of weird true events, you'll never see the borough in the same way again!

Author : Robert Hallmann
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752482019

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Bloody British History: Chelmsford by Robert Hallmann Pdf

Witches, martyrs, bodysnatchers, Zulus and rioting peasants! The Black Death in Chelmsford! The horrible true stories of the Moat Farm Murder and the death of Jael Denny! The terrible tragedy of the Great Flood of 1880! The incredible histories of Hylands House and Beaulieu! Nazi bombers over Chelmsford! Chelmsford has one of the darkest histories on record. From the skeletons lying underneath the city – which include a woolly mammoth – to the executions of thieves, witches, martyrs and murderers at Chelmsford's gaol, this book will change the way you see the town forever. Robert the Bruce was most likely born here; Bloody Mary Tudor lived here; infamous murderers Samuel Dougal and Thomas Drory died here. Including more than sixty rare illustrations, plus an eight-page colour section, read it if you dare!

Author : Graham Sutherland
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752493855

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Bloody British History: Warwick by Graham Sutherland Pdf

Castle of the Conqueror! 1,000 years of horrible events at Warwick Castle. King Charles ripped my flesh! The two-week siege that almost brought the town to its knees! Warwick is burning! Fires, disasters and riots galore! Hundreds of dark and scandalous events have happened in Warwick over the centuries, from the murder of Piers Gaveston, the king's lover, who was stabbed and then beheaded on Blacklow Hill, to the incredible histories of the Earls of Warwick. The Gunpowder Plot was formed here, and the castle's horses were stolen afterwards when the plotters made a desperate attempt to escape the King's wrath. Containing martyrs, murderers and corrupt officials, crimes, ghosts, prize-fighters and eccentrics, you'll never see the town in the same way again!

Author : Paul Sullivan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752481975

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Bloody British History: Oxford by Paul Sullivan Pdf

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!

Author : Mark Mower
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750952026

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Bloody British History: Norwich by Mark Mower Pdf

Danish death! Vikings sack and burn the city. Medieval murder mysteries! The dead body of a young boy was one third of Norwich's residents caught the Black Death! Victorian horrors! In 1851, body parts began to appear across the city – but who had left them, and why? This book contains the amazing and dramatic history of Norwich. Beginning with the all-out Viking assault on the city and roaring through to the falling bombs of the Blitz, hundreds of years of incredible history are crammed into this volume. You'll never look at the city in the same way again!

Author : David J. Boyne
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0752490826

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Brighton by David J. Boyne Pdf

Once dubbed 'the Queen of Slaughtering Places', Brighton can recall a history which is every bit as bloody as any other town or city in Britain. This book 'celebrates' murder, violence, battles, wars and other historic instances of unpleasantness on the East Sussex coast.

Author : George N. Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:990258115

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The New Cambridge Modern History by George N. Clark Pdf