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Sherwood Forest & the Dukeries: A Companion to the Land of Robin Hood
Ian D. Rotherham
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Description for Sherwood Forest & the Dukeries: A Companion to the Land of Robin Hood
Paperback. The real history of the legendary home of Robin Hood. Lavishly illustrated full-colour companion to Sherwood Forest and the surrounding area. Sherwood and the Dukeries have been major tourist destinations for over two centuries. Sherwood Forest is the East Midlands' No. 1 free attraction. Num Pages: 96 pages, iIllustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
Sherwood Forest is arguably the most famous historic landscape in the world, immortalized through storytelling, mythology, romantic books, and ultimately by Hollywood. This is the setting for Robin Hood, Little John and the rest of the 'Merry Men'. Yet behind the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories. An important and vast medieval 'Forest' and extensive heath, the area was farmed and settled before that time. After the break-up of the Royal Hunting Forest came the famous establishment of great halls, houses and parks of the aristocracy, the so-called 'Dukeries', and then industry, with deep coal mining, wartime ... Read more
Sherwood Forest is arguably the most famous historic landscape in the world, immortalized through storytelling, mythology, romantic books, and ultimately by Hollywood. This is the setting for Robin Hood, Little John and the rest of the 'Merry Men'. Yet behind the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories. An important and vast medieval 'Forest' and extensive heath, the area was farmed and settled before that time. After the break-up of the Royal Hunting Forest came the famous establishment of great halls, houses and parks of the aristocracy, the so-called 'Dukeries', and then industry, with deep coal mining, wartime ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445614748
SKU
V9781445614748
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About Ian D. Rotherham
Professor Ian D. Rotherham, an international authority on cultural and historical aspects of landscapes, is Reader in Tourism & Environmental Change at Sheffield Hallam University. He works with the BBC Radio 4 History Programme, and has appeared in and advised on many documentaries and news programmes such as Panorama and Horizon.
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