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Engelse geschiedenis, Engelse historicus, Oorlog

Dickon Whitewood – Stoke Field 1487

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487 review, recensie en informatie boek over de laatste slag van de War of the Roses in Engeland. Op 28 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Osprey Publishing het boek van de Britse historicus Dickon Whitewood over de laatste slag tijdens de Rozenoorlogen. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487 review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Stoke Field 1487, The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses, geschreven door Dickon Whitewood, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Dickon Whitewood Stoke Field 1487

Stoke Field 1487

The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses

  • Auteur: Dickon Whitewood (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse oorlogsgeschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Osprey Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 28 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 98 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 16,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de laatste War of the Roses

An in-depth look at a critical battle of the Wars of the Roses, which decisively ended the Yorkist cause and ensured the Tudor dominance that followed.

The Battle of Stoke is popularly considered to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. Less than two years previously, King Henry VII had been crowned on the battlefield following his victory over Richard III at Bosworth. Henry soon took steps to secure his crown, and made certain to keep control of any potential rivals. Despite these efforts, a plot soon emerged against his rule, which culminated in the crowning of a rival king in Ireland. Launching an invasion of England, the rebels had a number of early successes but failed to secure widespread support for their cause. Moving south, they met the hastily assembled but more numerous army of Henry VII outside the village of East Stoke, four miles south of Newark.

With stunning artwork and detailed maps, this expertly written title offers in-depth coverage of the battle that secured the new Tudor dynasty’s hold on the throne. It is one of the least well documented conflicts of the period, but remains highly interesting and significant, not only as the final decisive action in the bloody Wars of the Roses, but also due to the nature of the soldiers present on the battlefield. This book explores the role these various factions played and how that contributed to the final victory.

Dickon Whitewood has long held a passion for medieval history and the practice of warfare and has an MA in Medieval & Renaissance Studies from University College London. He is currently employed as a Research Assistant on the Norwich Castle: Gateway to Medieval England project and has previously worked at the British Museum, English Heritage and the Museum of the Order of St John.

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Kelten, Engelse geschiedenis, Ierland, Mythologie, Schotland, Wales

Sorcha & Aron Hegarty – Celtic Mythology

Sorcha & Aron Hegarty Celtic Mythology review, recensie en informatie boek over de goden, godinnen en helden van de Kelten. Op 19 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Adams Media het Engelstalige boek over de Keltische mythologie, geschreven door Sorcha & Aron Hegarty en met illustraties van Anna Stead. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Sorcha & Aron Hegarty Celtic Mythology review en recensie

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Sorcha Hegarty & Aron Hegarty Celtic Mythology

Celtic Mythology

The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

  • Auteurs: Sorcha Hegarty, Aron Hegarty (Verenigde Staten)
  • Illustraties: Anna Stead
  • Soort boek: Keltische mythologie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Adams Media
  • Reeks: World Mythology and Folklore Series
  • Verschijnt: 19 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 256 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $ 16,99 / $ 10,99 / $ 19,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over Keltische mythologie van Sorcha & Aron Hegarty

Discover the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters from Celtic mythology with this beautiful book that captures the ancient stories and tales that captivated the Celts.

Prepare to be entertained as you learn about the many myths and legends of the Celtic people. From the storytelling duo behind the Candlelit Tales, this collection weaves together the stories of those heroes, deities, and monsters that make up the mythology.

Drawing together the mythology and tales of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, this book is a comprehensive collection of the fascinating gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters that make up the compendium of Celtic myths and legends. Celtic Mythology offers an accessible exploration of the rich tapestry of stories and characters that define Celtic culture and have fascinated people for centuries.

Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty are storytelling siblings with a deep love of Celtic myths and a passion for sharing stories. Based in Ireland, they created Candlelit Tales in 2014 and have grown their storytelling business to include a short tour in North America. With a decade of research and storytelling under their belts, Aron and Sorcha are content experts with an ongoing drive to learn more about the tales they tell. As their fanbase grows, they become even more passionate about sharing their stories with the world.

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Engelse geschiedenis, Engeland, Engelse historicus

Richard Tames – A Short History of Cambridge

Richard Tames A Short History of Cambridge review, recensie en informatie boek over de geschiedenis van de Engelse universiteitsstad. Op 19 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Haus Publishing het boek van Richard Tames, de Britse historicus, over de geschiedenis van de stad Cambridge. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Richard Tames A Short History of Cambridge review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van A Short History of Cambridge, het boek van Richard Tames dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Richard Tames A Short History of Cambridge

A Short History of Cambridge

  • Auteur: Richard Tames (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenis van de stad Cambridge
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Haus Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 19 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 300 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 10,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de geschiedenis van Cambridge

The splendour of Cambridge – to which more than eight million visitors are attracted every year – and its famous university have ensured that the town has long enjoyed international renown. Digging deep into its emergence and evolution, A Short History of Cambridge sheds light on the origins of academia in the area and the fascinating history of one of England’s most famous towns.

From the Middle Ages to the present day, Richard Tames’ digestible and comprehensive history traces Cambridge through the Reformation, the Civil War, the age of Empire, the Great Wars and beyond. Exploring the world-renowned colleges and research facilities of the University, its students and scholars, and their interactions with the townsfolk over the generations, Tames tracks the town’s vast cultural output, from art and literature to theatre and comedy.

This joyful history will delight, in equal measure, readers familiar with the cobbles of Cambridge and those who have seen no further than the stained-glass windows of King’s Chapel.

Richard Tames read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and has taught for Syracuse University in London. He is the author of An Armchair Traveller’s History of Oxford and An Armchair Traveller’s History of London and coauthor of An Armchair Traveller’s History of Bath.

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Biografie, Engeland, Engelse geschiedenis, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Andrew Lownie – Entitled

Andrew Lownie Entitled review, recensie en informatie boek en biografie over de opkomst en ondergang van Prins Andrew en Sarah Ferguson. Op 14 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij William Collins het boek van Andrew Lownie, de Engelse biograaf, over de opkomst en ondergang van het huis York. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Andrew Lownie Entitled review en recensie

  • “The Rise and Fall of the House of York is the most devastating royal biography ever written.” (Daily Mail)
  • “This searing biography of Prince Andrew crackles with scandals about sex and money on almost every page. The author’s best-selling biographies have a habit of changing the reputation of famous figures… Although in the case of Entitled, he hasn’t so much cemented Prince Andrew’s reputation, as put it in concrete boots and thrown it in the river. It is hard to see how he might come back from this.” (BBC News)
  • “Explosive … Makes Prince Harry’s Spare look positively restrained.” (Sunday Times)
  • “Entitled, Andrew Lownie’s biography of the Duke and Duchess of York, is a 400-page character assassination.” (The Times)
  • “Schandaalprins Andrew is nog walgelijker dan iedereen al dacht.” (Libelle)

Andrew Lownie Entitled

Entitled

The Rise and Fall of the House of York

  • Auteur: Andrew Lownie (Engeland_
  • Soort boek: biografie van Prins Andrew
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: William Collins
  • Verschijnt: 14 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 448 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de biografie van Prins Andrew geschreven door Andrew Lownie

Drawing on four years of research, numerous FOI requests and interviews with over a hundred people who have never spoken before, the book traces the lives of the late Queen’s second son and his ex-wife through their childhoods, courtship, marriage, divorce, careers, and royal and charitable activities.

Still living in the same house, they claim to be ‘the happiest divorced couple in the world’. The book investigates the reality of their relationship and their love lives. It charts Andrew’s record in the Falklands, his business activities and reveals details of how the couple have been able financially to sustain their extravagant lifestyles. It also recounts the full story of the Yorks’ links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Chronicling their lives in parallel, the picture that emerges is of a spoilt prince unable to connect and a duchess pushed by her insecurities into a desperate need to maintain the attention her ‘royal’ status brought. Rigorously researched and packed full of revelations, this is eye-watering biography at its best.

Andrew Lownie was born in december 1961. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Union, before taking his master’s and doctorate at Edinburgh University. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he later returned to Cambridge as a visiting fellow at Churchill College. He has been a bookseller, publisher, journalist writing for The Times, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Spectator, Guardian and since 1988 has run his own literary agency. He is President of the Biographers Club, sits on the board of Biographers International Organisation and is a Trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information. His books include the prize-winning Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess (2015) and the top ten Sunday Times bestsellers The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves (2019) and Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (2021).

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Prehistorie, Engeland, Geschiedenisboeken

Patricia Southern – The Story of Stonehenge

Patricia Southern The Story of Stonehenge review, recensie en informatie boek over het bijzondere Engelse prehistorische bouwwerk. Bij Amberley Publishing is het boek over Stonehenge, geschreven door de Britse historicus Patricia Southern. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Patricia Southern The Story of Stonehenge review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van The Story of Stonehenge, het boek van Patricia Southern, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Patricia Southern The Story of Stonehenge

The Story of Stonehenge

  • Auteur: Patricia Southern (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, prehistorie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 160 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs:  £ 16,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van het boek over Stonehenge van Patricia Southern

A comprehensive illustrated history of the prehistoric megalithic structure at Stonehenge and those who built it.

Stonehenge is the best known but least understood prehistoric monument in the British Isles. Other stone circles are impressive and atmospheric, but none approach the sophistication of Stonehenge. The stones visible today represent the final phase of a monument that was begun about 5,000 years ago, and altered several times during the next fifteen centuries, before it was finally abandoned. The site may have been a sacred place for at least 10,000 years, reaching back to about 8,000 BC, when people of the Mesolithic era began to set up pine totem poles, the holes for which were found in excavations close to the circle.

Patricia Southern’s new history considers the conflicting theories around how it was built with such precision and why. Did the stones arrive at Stonehenge by humans, or were they transported there by glaciers long before the first monument was built? Was it a religious centre for unknown rites and ceremonies? Did it function as an observatory for the sun and the moon, a sort of stone calendar to mark the seasons and the appropriate festivals? One thing it never was, a Druid temple. It was built, used, and abandoned long before the ancient Druids came on the scene, but their modern counterparts have claimed it, so in that sense it is still a temple, just as it can be for any other visitors to this important World Heritage Site. Highly illustrated with nearly 100 colour photographs and drawings.

Patricia Southern is an acknowledged expert on the history of ancient Rome. While working full time as a librarian she studied for a BA degree in Ancient History with the external department of the University of London, and for an MPhil in Roman Frontier Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where she was Librarian of the Archaeology Department for many years. She has written many books on Roman history and contributed numerous articles on Roman history to the BBC History website and the academic Roman studies journal Britannia.

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Engeland, Engelse geschiedenis

Mike O’Connor – The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

Mike O’Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het boek met verhalen uit het Engelse graafschap. Op 3 juli 2025 verschijnt bij The History Press het boek The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall. Het boek is geschreven door Mike O’Connor.

Mike O’Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall, het boek van Mike O’Connor, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Mike O'Connor The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

The Little History of Storytelling in Cornwall

  • Auteur: Mike O’Connor (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: boek met verhalen over Cornwall
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: The History Press
  • Reeks: The Little History
  • Verschijnt: 3 juli 2025
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 12,99 / £ 6,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over verhalen vertellen in Cornwall

Cornwall’s storytelling tradition stretches back a thousand years. Before TV and radio, stories were told among the flickering shadows at the fireside. They whiled away the travellers’ miles, long hours in the fields, and days at sea. They gladdened brief moments of relaxation for miners and bal-maidens. Travelling storytellers wandered from village to village swapping words for supper, and a rich local dialect brought the tales to life. Classic Cornish tales such as the Mermaid of Zennor and Jan Tregeagle are wonderfully entertaining, and collectively tell us much about Cornwall, its people, and its history.

Join accomplished storyteller, scholar and writer Mike O’Connor as he explores the ‘when, where, and why’ of Cornish folk tales and celebrates the rich traditions and cultural legacy of hwedhlow.

Mike O’Connor is a powerful and engaging storyteller who performs at many events across the country. An important researcher into Cornish music and folklore, he has been awarded the OBE and made a bard of the Gorsedh of Kernow.

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Engelse geschiedenis, Geschiedenisboeken, Middeleeuwen

Heather Blurton – Richard the Lionheart

Heather Blurton Richard the Lionheart review, recensie en informatie boek over Middeleeuwse koning van Engeland in het leven en in de legende. Op 1 november 2025 verschijnt bij Reaktion Books het boek over koning Richard Leeuwenhart, geschreven door historicus Heather Blurton. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Heather Blurton Richard the Lionheart review en recensie

  • “Heather Blurton takes her reader on an enthralling journey through Richard the Lionheart’s many lives. She is a lyrical and sure-footed guide to this most mercurial of medieval figures whose image and reputation, as Blurton incisively shows, were being crafted even in his own short lifetime.” (Anthony Bale, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature, University of Cambridge)
  • “Richard the Lionheart’s legendary legacies have never been explored more lucidly than in Heather Blurton’s account of England’s most absent and most mythic monarch. Blurton deftly weaves together a history of fact-framing and fiction-making from medieval chronicles to contemporary Robin Hood films. This book is compelling, insightful, deeply researched, and lively with instances of history stranger than fiction, and fiction imbued with history, making medieval lives matter in ever-evolving ways to those that read them.” (Christine Chism, Professor of English, UCLA)

Heather Blurton Richard the Lionheart

Richard the Lionheart

In Life and in Legend

  • Auteur: Heather Blurton
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis, Middeleeuwse geschiedenis
  • Uitgever: Reaktion Books
  • Reeks: Medieval Lives
  • Verschijnt: 1 november 2025
  • Omvang: 200 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek
  • Prijs: £ 16,95
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over koning Richard I Leeuwenhart

The life of Richard I through the captivating stories told about him.

How did Richard the Lionheart, who once said he would sell London if he found a buyer, become celebrated as the ideal of English chivalry? This book examines the life of Richard I (1157–1199) through the captivating stories told about him, from accounts of his deeds in medieval sources to his portrayals in modern literature and media. Tales of Richard’s exploits were as colourful as they were varied, ranging from him wielding King Arthur’s sword to being a son of the Devil or even a cannibal. Instead of separating fact from fiction, this book explores how these tales shaped his legacy in both his time and ours.

Heather Blurton is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her books include Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200 (2022).

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Geschiedenisboeken, Friesland, Middeleeuwen

Luit van der Tuuk – Ubbi de Fries

Luit van der Tuuk Ubbi de Fries recensie en informatie geschiedenisboek over Scheldevikingen in het grote heidense leger. Op 19 juni 2025 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Omniboek het nieuwe boek van de Nederlandse historicus Luit van der Tuuk die is gespecialiseerd in de vroegmiddeleeuwse geschiedenis van Noordwest-Europa. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave.

Luit van der Tuuk Ubbi de Fries recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking of recensie verschijnt van Ubbi de Fries, het boek van Luit van der Tuuk over Scheldevikingen in het grote heidense leger, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Luit van der Tuuk Ubbi de Fries

Ubbi de Fries

Scheldevikingen in het grote heidense leger

  • Auteur: Luit van der Tuuk (Nederland)
  • Soort boek: middeleeuwse geschiedenis
  • Uitgever: Omniboek
  • Verschijnt: 19 juni 2025
  • Omvang: 224 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: € 22,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Boekenwereld / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de Scheldevikingen van Luit van der Tuuk

Luit van der Tuuk schetst in ‘Ubbi de Fries’ vanuit tegenstrijdige bronnen een duidelijk beeld van een legendarische negende-eeuwse Vikingaanvoerder. Ubbi de Fries en zijn mannen werden ‘Scaldingi’ genoemd, naar het Scheldegebied waaruit zijn afkomstig waren. Vermoedelijk hadden zij hun basis op Walcheren. In de negende eeuw voeren ze naar Engeland, waar ze zich aansloten bij een grote Vikingkrijgsmacht die in Angelsaksische bronnen bekend is als het grote heidense leger.

Wie was deze Ubbi de Fries? Volgens bronnen zou hij verantwoordelijk zijn voor de dood van de Engelse koning Edmund, volgens andere weer niet. Ook zijn de bronnen het niet eens bij welke veldslagen hij is gesneuveld en zou hij op twee verschillende plaatsen begraven liggen. De daden en kenmerken die al dan niet terecht aan hem worden toegeschreven bieden een fascinerend inzicht in het leven van een Vikingaanvoerder.

Luit van der Tuuk is geboren in 1954. Hij is gespecialiseerd in de vroegmiddeleeuwse geschiedenis van Noordwest-Europa. Hij is conservator van Museum Dorestad. Van der Tuuk won de W.A. van Es-prijs met zijn boek De eerste Gouden Eeuw. Andere bekende titels van Van der Tuuk zijn De Friezen, De Franken. De Saksen, Vikingen en Moeders, mystici en maîtresses.

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Engelse geschiedenis, Engelse historicus, Geschiedenisboeken, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Amanda Harvey – Purse Henry’s Roses

Amanda Harvey Purse Henry’s Roses review, recensie en informatie boek over drie vrouwen rondom de Engelse  Koning Henry VIII, Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland en Mary of France. Op 15 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Amberley Publishing het boek van de Britse historicus Amanda Harvey Purse over drie vrouwen die het leven van de Engelse  Koning Henry VIII bepaalden.

Amanda Harvey Purse Henry’s Roses review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Henry’s Roses, The Lives of Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France het boek geschreven door de Britse historicus Amanda Harvey Purse, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Amanda Harvey Purse Henry's Roses

Henry’s Roses

The Lives of Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France

  • Auteur: Amanda Harvey Purse (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek
  • Prijs: £ 22,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over drie vrouwen rondom koning Henry VIII

The author of The Boleyns examines the lives and times of three of Henry VIII’s ‘other’ women – his mother and two sisters.

Henry VIII’s relationships with women in his adult life were not plain sailing. He was the Tudor king who had six wives, two of whom he murdered. But what of the three powerful Tudor women who surrounded Henry VIII in his early life? The ones who knew him before the marriages, before the beheadings, before the tyranny?

One was Queen of England, one was Queen of Scotland and the other was Queen of France – but for Henry VIII these women were his mother and sisters. Henry’s Roses explores the lives of these three women, telling the story of how their fate was entwined with that of the most infamous monarch of them all.

Amanda Harvey Purse is an author and historical researcher for London-based museums. She has spent the last twenty-five years studying the Victorian period and is a member of The Royal Historical Society. She has studied the Tudors at the University of Roehampton and is the founder of Tudor Secrets and Myths.

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Engeland, Engelse geschiedenis

Christopher Horlock – Quirky Brighton

Christopher Horlock Quirky Brighton review, recensie en informatie boek over de geschiedenis van de Engelse stad Brighton & Hove. Op 15 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Amberley Publishing dit boek van Christopher Horlock over de geschiedenis van de stad Brighton.

Christopher Horlock Quirky Brighton review en recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Quirky Brighton, het boek van Christopher Horlock dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Christopher Horlock Quirky Brighton

Quirky Brighton

  • Auteur: Christopher Horlock (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenis van de stad Brighton
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
  • Verschijnt: 15 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 96 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: £ 15,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over geschiedenis van de stad Brighton

A celebration of Brighton’s individual and often strange history – from eccentric characters to odd events and places.

Brighton and Hove is one of England’s most recent cities and also one of its most colourful and eccentric. It developed as a fashionable resort in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, becoming inextricably linked with the extravagant behaviour of George IV and his fantastical Pavilion. In this book author Christopher Horlock delves into lesser-known but fascinating tales from Brighton’s past. Readers will find stories of the man who walked round the world wearing a medieval iron helmet, a shark attack straight out of the film Jaws, the time Brighton built its own version of Nelson’s Column, plus when the streets were full of hundreds of marauding zombies. And it also includes that notorious naked bike ride that takes place each year.

Quirky Brighton celebrates the unusual and bizarre history of the town and its characters over the years. This fascinating insight into Brighton (and occasionally Hove) will interest all those who want to know more about its curious history.

Christopher Horlock is an author and avid collector of old photographs of Brighton. He writes regularly for ‘Sussex Life’ magazine and has previously written history books for a local publisher as well Amberley.

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