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Bloody British History: Lincoln

Author : Douglas Wynn
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752481890

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Bloody British History: Lincoln by Douglas Wynn Pdf

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

Author : Clare Dixon,Don Bryan,Geraldine Buchanan,James King
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752497532

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Bloody British History: Winchester by Clare Dixon,Don Bryan,Geraldine Buchanan,James King Pdf

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: Warwick

Author : Graham Sutherland
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,5 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!

Haunted Spalding

Author : Gemma King
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780752481579

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Haunted Spalding by Gemma King Pdf

From hair-raising first-hand accounts of unexplained sightings and paranormal phenomena to the search for evidence of ghosts, this eerie and richly illustrated tour around the historic town of Spalding and the surrounding area features many chilling stories of ghostly encounters. Amongst the spooky tales included are a pub where a resident ghost was so determined to make his presence known that he hurled a beer bottle at a member of staff, a hotel where a mischievous spirit sits on the beds and leaves ghostly handprints on a mirror, a sports club where cheeky spirits make their presence felt literally, and the chilling story of an evil spirit so intent on harassing a local family that it could only be removed by exorcism. Also featured are exclusive and intriguing findings from the first ever paranormal investigation at the fifteenth-century Ayscoughfee Hall & Museum, in search of the legendary White Lady.

Bloody British History: Britain

Author : Geoff Holder
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,6 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 ...

Bloody British History: East End

Author : Samantha Bird
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,9 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.

Bloody British History: Shrewsbury

Author : Dorothy Nicolle
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,6 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!

Bloody British History: Peterborough

Author : Jean A. Hooper
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752483276

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Bloody British History: Peterborough by Jean A. Hooper Pdf

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: Chelmsford

Author : Robert Hallmann
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 54,8 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!

Bloody British History: Plymouth

Author : Laura Quigley
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752481913

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Bloody British History: Plymouth by Laura Quigley Pdf

Bread riots and bodysnatchers! Pirates and privateers! Hell holes for Boney! The disgusting true story of Plymouth’s Napoleonic prison ships! ‘A very daughter of Hell!’ In 1675, a poisonous nursemaid was hanged on Prince Rock – but was she innocent of the crime? Find out inside! Death aboard the Titanic! Blitz, bombs and Plymouth men's battles on Omaha Beach!Plymouth has one of the darkest and most dreadful histories on record. Beginning with the discovery of the bones of cave men and rushing through French attacks, outbreaks of leprosy and the plague, Civil War sieges and deadly Spanish ships, disasters, demolitions and the enormous death tolls of the Plymouth Blitz, it will change the way you see the city forever!

Bloody British History: Oxford

Author : Paul Sullivan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,6 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!

Bloody British History: Southampton

Author : Penny Legg
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752481937

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Bloody British History: Southampton by Penny Legg Pdf

The people of Southampton have had a lot to put up with over the centuries. If the Danes of French weren't attacking it, pirates from further along were. Treasonous plots were hatched behind its ancient walls and mutiny hit its shipping. This book looks at such bloody events as the Black Death in the city, what happens when you cross a king, the ill-fated Titanic and the Blitz. Yes, the best bits of Southampton's history are surely the bloodiest!

Bloody British History: Camden

Author : Marianne Colloms,Dick Weindling
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,6 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!

The Bloody Country

Author : James Lincoln Collier
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0590431269

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The Bloody Country by James Lincoln Collier Pdf

In the mid-eighteenth century a family moves from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and becomes involved in the property conflict between the two states.

The History Detectives Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax, and Mark Twain's Watch

Author : Barbara Karg
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620458853

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The History Detectives Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax, and Mark Twain's Watch by Barbara Karg Pdf

Explore the secrets of America's past with the official companion to PBS's History Detectives Could a Civil War POW have fashioned a working camera from a tin can, a spyglass lens, and a pine plank? What can an ancient and battered banjo reveal about America's musical and segregated past? How could a man save his own life by proving that he had forged a painting? These are just a few of the intriguing and puzzling questions posed to super sleuths Wes Cowan, Elyse Luray, Gwendolyn Wright, and Tukufu Zuberi in this fascinating book. The perfect companion to the hit public television series, including an episode guide, this book is filled with intriguing case files, pictures, how-to's, and checklists that bring mysteries to life and give you the practical advice and tips you need to solve your own historical puzzles. From genealogical research to patent and property searches to DNA analysis and more, it gives you the lowdown on all of the high-tech tools that can help get to the bottom of a case. Packed with fun and useful information for the whole family, it will deepen your appreciation for the way in which seemingly ordinary objects can connect you to important people and events from the past and give you the know-how to do some history detecting of your own.