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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Little Book of Edinburgh is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Geoff Holder's new book contains historic and contemporary trivia including such gems as the real story of Greyfriars Bobby...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Black Death to the Blitz, in one bloody volumeBritain has an incredible history, steeped in all manner of blood, death, disease, and horror. This amazing collection explores it all, including Vikings, Saxons, Normans, and Picts; attacks, battles, sieges, and assaults; dozens of dreadful royal deaths, disease, and disasters; and terrifying true stories of pestilence and the plague. Not to mention executions, revolts, executions, and more-all richly...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world-with one of the darkest histories on record. Starting with the Roman era, and sweeping through the centuries in a blood-soaked catalogue of battles, diseases, royal deaths, and disasters, this is history as you have never read it before. Read how Lord Drumlanrig once roasted a servant on a spit. Discover why Station Road used to be caled "Cut-Throat Lane." With horrible tales involving Mary,...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Little Book of Glasgow is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic, or simply strange information which no one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters, and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Geoff Holder's new book gathers together a myriad of data on Glasgow. There are lots of factual chapters but also plenty...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Aberdeen is full of mysteries, marvels, and strangeness, and this book is a comprehensive guide to them all. Here you will encounter magic, witchcraft, folklore, and superstitions; contemporary urban legends; gargoyles and graveyards; graverobbers and murderers; stone circles and prehistoric burial sites; UFOs and freak weather; and tales of horror, madness, humor-and dangerous porridge. Many forgotten aspects of the city's strange history are here,...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Graverobbing was a dark but profitable industry in pre-Victorian Scotland, as criminals, gravediggers, and middle-class medical students alike stole newly-buried corpses for the anatomy schools. Only after the trials of the infamous murderers Burke and Hare did the grisly trade end-murderers whose dissected skeletons are pictured in this book. From burial grounds in the heart of Glasgow and Edinburgh to quiet country graveyards in the Scottish Borders...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The ultimate compendium of trivia miscellany about Scotland's unusual historyTake a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed look at the most frivolous, fantastic, or simply strange information that there is to tell about Scotland. Here we find out about unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters, and literally hundreds of other wacky facts about Scotland. This book contains historic and contemporary trivia, including such...
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