Bloody British History Portsmouth
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Bloody British History Portsmouth
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Author : John Sadden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-08-10
Bloody British History Portsmouth written by John Sadden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-10 with categories.
Bloody British History Portsmouth
Bloody British History Britain
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Author : Geoff Holder
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Bloody British History Britain written by Geoff Holder and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with History categories.
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 Southampton
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Author : Penny Legg
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-31
Bloody British History Southampton written by Penny Legg and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-31 with History categories.
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 Manchester
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Author : Michala Hulme
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-09-07
Bloody British History Manchester written by Michala Hulme and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-07 with History categories.
Manchester has one of the darkest histories in Britain. From the Screaming Skull of Wardley Hall to an epidemic of deadly factory fires in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, you will find all manner of horrible events inside this book. With coffins washed from their graves and swept away into the city after the River Medlock burst its banks, and the streets of Salford, Gorton and Openshaw overrun by gangs in the latter quarter of the nineteenth century, as well as murders, riots, battles and plagues, the grimmest events in Manchester's history are all here for you to explore. Read this gory and glorious book ... if you dare!
Bloody British History Winchester
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Author : Clare Dixon
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Bloody British History Winchester written by Clare Dixon and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with History categories.
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 Coventry
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Author : David McGrory
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-03-15
Bloody British History Coventry written by David McGrory and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-15 with History categories.
The decapitated Lord: Medieval slaughter at the castle! Yellows vs Blues: Coventry's most violent elections revealed! Kings, rebellions and rioters! Civil war comes to the city! Boiled in beer! Baked in his oven! The most dreadful Christmas calamities in Coventry's history are inside! Coventry has one of the darkest histories on record. With sieges, battles, crimes, riots, disasters, all-out attempts at demolition and some truly dreadful punishments to boot, you'll never see the city in the same way again.
Bloody British History Lincoln
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Author : Douglas Wynn
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-31
Bloody British History Lincoln written by Douglas Wynn and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-31 with History categories.
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 Brighton
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Author : David J. Boyne
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Bloody British History Brighton written by David J. Boyne and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with History categories.
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'!
Bloody British History Chelmsford
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Author : Robert Hallmann
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-31
Bloody British History Chelmsford written by Robert Hallmann and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-31 with History categories.
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 Camden
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Author : Marianne Colloms
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-05-15
Bloody British History Camden written by Marianne Colloms and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-15 with History categories.
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!