The Little Book of Hertfordshire - Couverture rigide

Herman, Ruth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1803995459 ISBN 13 : 9781803995458

Editeur : The History Press Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

Hertfordshire is full of stories. The county’s proximity to London attracts the great, the good and those less so: Hertfordshire was once home to saints such as St Alban, St Thomas More and the only English Pope, Nicholas Breakspear. Such virtuous figures pose a sharp contrast to those involved in the Hertford elections of time gone by, which were once declared the most corrupt in the country!

It is no secret that Elizabeth I became queen at Hatfield House in south Hertfordshire – but did you know that her father, Henry VIII, fled a plague-ridden London to a nearby village while waiting for his first divorce to come through? And that just around the corner, 400 years later, engineers were secretly developing the bombers that helped win the Second World War?

There are so many tales to be told about this amazing county that it is impossible to squeeze them all between these covers but open The Little Book of Hertfordshire at any time or any place and you can expect to be amused, entertained and intrigued.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ruth Herman has a career in PR and lecturing at university level. Now retired, she enjoys writing to make history engaging and accessible to the general reader. Her first book, The Incredibly Biased Beer Guide, won a Guild of British Beer Writers Bronze prize. Her most recent book was Grub Street: The Origins of the British Press. She lives in Hertfordshire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1803995459
• ISBN 13: 9781803995458
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible