Walks Through Britain's History
Author | : Automobile Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2001-10 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780749531973 |
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Author | : Automobile Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2001-10 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780749531973 |
Author | : Automobile Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780749531539 |
Step back in time with this book containing over 100 walks, each with an historical theme. Each walk, ranging from between three and eight miles, focuses on a particular feature, person or event in history.
Author | : WARNER |
Publisher | : Jacaranda |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781913090265 |
A collection of guided tours throughout London Black History Walks invites the reader to see their surroundings with new eyes.
Author | : Automobile Association (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393323504 |
Experience the abundant history of Britain firsthand with this scenic, thorough, and altogether superlative guide.
Author | : Neil Oliver |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2011-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0297867687 |
Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival. There has been human habitation in Britain, regularly interrupted by Ice Ages, for the best part of a million years. The last retreat of the glaciers 12,000 years ago brought a new and warmer age and with it, one of the greatest tsunamis recorded on Earth which struck the north-east of Britain, devastating the population and flooding the low-lying plains of what is now the North Sea. The resulting island became, in time, home to a diverse range of cultures and peoples who have left behind them some of the most extraordinary and enigmatic monuments in the world. Through what is revealed by the artefacts of the past, Neil Oliver weaves the epic story - half a million years of human history up to the departure of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century AD. It was a period which accounts for more than ninety-nine per cent of humankind's presence on these islands. It is the real story of Britain and of her people.
Author | : AA Publishing Staff |
Publisher | : AA Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780749568627 |
Step back in time with this book containing over 100 walks, each with an historical theme. Each walk, ranging from between 3 and 8 miles, focuses on a particular feature, person or event in history.
Author | : Kerri Andrews |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2020-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1789143438 |
Offering a beguiling view of the history of walking, Wanderers guides us through the different ways of seeing—of being—articulated by ten pathfinding women writers. “A wild portrayal of the passion and spirit of female walkers and the deep sense of ‘knowing’ that they found along the path.”—Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path “I opened this book and instantly found that I was part of a conversation I didn't want to leave. A dazzling, inspirational history.”—Helen Mort, author of No Map Could Show Them This is a book about ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps, from eighteenth-century parson’s daughter Elizabeth Carter—who desired nothing more than to be taken for a vagabond in the wilds of southern England—to modern walker-writers such as Nan Shepherd and Cheryl Strayed. For each, walking was integral, whether it was rambling for miles across the Highlands, like Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt, or pacing novels into being, as Virginia Woolf did around Bloomsbury. Offering a beguiling view of the history of walking, Wanderers guides us through the different ways of seeing—of being—articulated by these ten pathfinding women.
Author | : Automobile Association (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : Aa Pub |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2002-04-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780749531546 |
Step back in time with this collection of historically themed walks. A handy size for your sack, this guide includes a wide range of walks through villages, cities, historic houses, and battle sites. The walks are divided into 12 sections, from prehistoric to contemporary Britain, with each section containing 8 mapped walks. Each section contains one unmapped feature spread, such as "Antonine's Wall," "Scotland," or "Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight," which highlights a special event, time in history, or place to visit to experience history firsthand. The introduction provides useful background information on footpath signs, countryside access, walking tips, and safety.
Author | : Andrew Duncan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : London (England) |
ISBN | : 9781853688638 |
These 30 walks unveil nearly 100 miles of London's great variety of landscape - formal gardens and wild heathland; cobbled mews and narrow alleyways; elegant squares and arcades; royal palaces and country houses; docks, canals, lakes and rivers; bustling markets and tranquil villages. The text not only describes each route, but anticipates and explains puzzling features, both historical and contemporary, which the walker will encounter. Detailed maps indicate the precise location of historic sites, buildings and other landmarks, and opening times are given for places which are open to the public, together with information on all forms of public transport. There are also recommendations for suitable refreshment and sustenance breaks.