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Devon and Cornwall's Oddest Historical Tales

By John Fisher

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780750996884, 0750996889
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8090825 bytes)
Pages
252\0
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2023-06-25 04:55:18

Description

The West Country's colourful past encompasses a pageant of historical figures and peculiar stories – from Lawrence of Arabia's flamboyant motorbike forays across Dartmoor and the terrifying account of a lion attack on the Exeter mail coach, to Devonian wives still being sold at auction until the 1900s and the unsolved mystery of the Devil's footprints at Dawlish. Here too lies the truth about the location of Arthur's Lyonesse, the devilish deeds of the murderous pirate queen of Penryn, and the Cornish knight who ordered his corpse to overlook St Mullion for eternity. All these tales and more can be found in this collection of amusing, surprising and downright odd true stories from Devon and Cornwall.

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