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BLOODY BRITISH HISTORY: BRISTOL
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| By: |
Valerie Pitt |
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Paperback |
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£15.99 |
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£11.67 |
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£4.32 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0750960248 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780750960243 |
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Currently 1item in stock |
| Publisher: |
THE HISTORY PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 January, 2015 |
| Pages: |
128 |
| Description: |
Meanwhile, adventurers, smugglers and pirates sailed from its docks, and more than half a million souls sailed in chains, victims of Bristol's vile slave trade ended only by the Herculean efforts of the abolitionists - Bristol folk amongst them. |
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CORPSES in the STREET! The BLACK DEATH DECIMATES BristolA STOMACH full of ARSENIC! POISONED puddings and merry MURDERERS`Take that you BRUTE!' Suffragettes ATTACK Winston ChurchillBOMBS drop on Bristol! BLACKOUTS and the BLITZ Bristol has one of the bloodiest histories on record. One of Britain's key ports, it suffered devastating attacks from every possible invader, from Saxon fleets all the way through to the Nazi bombers of the Second World War. Meanwhile, adventurers, smugglers and pirates sailed from its docks, and more than half a million souls sailed in chains, victims of Bristol's vile slave trade ended only by the Herculean efforts of the abolitionists - Bristol folk amongst them. Containing hundreds of years of history and amazing true stories of eccentric residents such as con-woman `Princess Caraboo', who ended her days as a Bristol leech-seller, no Bristol bookshelf is complete without this book. |
| Illustrations: |
70 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The History Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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