England's Forgotten Past

Richard Tames, the well-known popularizer of English history, offers an entertaining exploration of the bits of English history that have been sidelined, lost or somehow overlooked. Written in an engaging, easy-to-read and often humorous style, Tames brings to life the various colourful characters, famous in their day, who have now sunk into obscurity, from St Cuthbert and Nicholas Breakspear (the only English pope) to Octavia Hill and the Marquis of Granby. Tames also covers such diverse areas as sports, lost villages, forgotten war heroes and inventors. Did you know, for example, that Barking was once home to the largest fishing fleet in the world? Or that coffee houses were once known as ‘penny universities’? Peppered with quotes and anecdotes, and arranged into concise sections, this book is ideal for dipping into or reading from cover to cover.

Table of Contents

1. Making England English • 2. Lost Landscapes • 3. Royalty Remembered • 4. The Blast
of War • 5. Fading Fame • 6. Inner Man and Woman • 7. Believe It or Not • 8. England
Abroad

Richard Tames, cunoscutul popularizator al istoriei englezei, ofera o explorare distractiva a bucatilor de istorie engleza care au fost ignorate, pierdute sau cumva trecute cu vederea. Scris intr-un stil atragator, usor de citit si adesea plin de umor, Tames aduce la viata diferitele personaje colorate, celebre la vremea lor, care s-au scufundat acum in obscuritate, de la St Cuthbert si Nicholas Breakspear (singurul papa engleza) la Octavia Hill si marchizul de Granby.