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1) Understanding the UK: a short guide to British culture, politics, geography, economics, and history
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Publisher
Hippocrene Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
265 p. : 2 maps ; 22 cm.
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Description
The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson s valentine to his adopted country of England In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States. The book about that trip, Notes from a Small Island, is uproarious and endlessly endearing, one of the most acute and affectionate portrayals...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
iv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Paints a vivid picture of what life was like during the time of Henry VIII by visiting more than fifty Tudor palaces, theaters, and abbeys, including Anne Boleyn's childhood home and the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
592 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Description
Whether you want to go wild swimming in the Fairy Pools of Skye, take a windswept walk along the Jurassic Coast, or scale the heights of Snowdonia, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Great Britain has to offer.
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"Max Adams explores Britain's lost early medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill, and field. From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey, and from Hadrian's Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walking narratives form free-standing chapters as well as parts of a wider portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone."--Amazon.com....
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