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It Happened in Shropshire

Series

1 of 11

Language
English
Format
Category

History

It Happened in Shropshire is a vibrant and compelling account of the county's diverse heritage; its heroes, its battles, its discoveries, its crimes.

Bob Burrows's highly readable prose transports the reader through time, racing across the landscape of Shropshire's past from the woolly mammoths of 10,000 BC, the Roman occupation of Wroxeter and the Battle of Shrewsbury, to the Industrial Revolution and to the sporting achievements and murderous exploits of recent years.

The book celebrates Salopians of national renown such as Charles Darwin, Clive of India, Wilfred Owen and Percy Thrower, as well as commemorating the accidents and disasters of:

- Shropshire's ghostly past…and present - The legends of 'Mad Jack' Mytton and the charismatic outlaw Sir Humphrey Kynaston - A celebration of Salopian sporting champions: Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Richie Woodhall, Billy Wright - Shropshire's notorious and also its heroic vicars - The 'Black Panther' and other Salopian murderers exposed

© 2015 Merlin Unwin Books (Ebook): 9781906122904

Release date

Ebook: 1 January 2015