Bloody British History: Coventry

Bloody British History: Coventry
Author: David McGrory
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0752494333

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.

The Heralds

The Heralds
Author: Brian Killick
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Total Pages: 191
Release: 1973-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780241024157

Old Country Life

Old Country Life
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher: London, Methuen
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1890
Genre: Country life
ISBN:

Coventry at War

Coventry at War
Author: David McGrory
Publisher:
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2009
Genre: Coventry (England)
ISBN: 9780752453286

Bestselling local author David McGrory takes a fresh look at Coventry during the war years. With over 200 photographs and informative captions, the author explores various aspects of wartime Coventry including the Auxiliary Fire Service, the Home Guard and transport and bomber manufacture at Armstrong Whitworth's plants in Whitley and Baginton. Also illustrated are numerous scenes of the city's destruction including images from the notorious eleven-hour raid of 14 November 1940. This absorbing pictorial collection weaves together many facets of wartime life. Coventry at Warwill not only evoke memories from this time, but will also inspire readers with its images of hope and strength.

A History of Coventry

A History of Coventry
Author: David McGrory
Publisher: History Press Limited
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

"In a researched text, the author argues for Coventry's Roman past, long doubted, and explores its Saxon roots as home to the monastic houses of St. Osburg. He throws new light on Leofric and Godiva, including their involvement in the foundation or endowment of St. Mary's Priory, and using recent excavation work he reveals the most up-to-date ideas on its appearance and its destruction. The city's later medieval past is explained in detail, including its rise to power in the Wars of the Roses, when the royal court moved to the city, and the connection with Henry VI and his cult.