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Bloody British History: Oxford
Paul Sullivan
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Description for Bloody British History: Oxford
Paperback. Bloody British history Series: Bloody British History. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 256.
This is the history of Oxford as you have never encountered it before. The first historical record of Oxford laments that the city has been burnt to the ground by Vikings. Its religious houses were founded by a woman who blinded her would-be attacker. Its students were poverty-stricken desperados in perpetual armed conflict with the townsmen. One of its principal colleges, meanwhile, doubled as a slaughterhouse — and its richest streets and university edifices backed on to some of the most pestilential slums in England. With a mangled skeleton in every cupboard, this is the real story of the Oxford. ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Bloody British History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752465494
SKU
V9780752465494
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Ref
99-10
About Paul Sullivan
PAUL SULLIVAN has been a writer and editor since graduating in English language and literature. He works with websites and blogs to popular books and academic papers, local history and folklore being his specialist areas. He compiled and presented festivals and customs weekly guides for BBC Radio in the 1990s, leading to the acclaimed book Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem (Bloomsbury). ... Read more
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