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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815798103321

Autore

Whaley Peta

Titolo

Dorset / / Peta Whaley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol [UK], : Venton, 2002, c1977

ISBN

1-280-47717-2

9786610477173

1-84150-840-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Westcountry history

Disciplina

942.3/3

Soggetti

Great Britain History

Dorset (England) History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148).

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Ch. 1: Shaftesbury and Alfred the Great; Ch. 2: Corfe and Edward the Martyr; Ch. 3: Sherborne and Sir Walter Raleigh; Ch. 4: Corfe Castle and Lady Banks; Ch. 5: The Western Coastal Towns and the Stuarts; Ch. 6: Dorchester, Judge Jefferies and the Bloody Assizes; Ch. 7: Marshwood Vale and the Wordsworths; Ch. 8: Portesham and Nelson's Hardy; Ch. 9: Tolpuddle and its Martyrs; Ch. 10: Sturminster Newton, Winterborne Came and William Barnes; Ch. 11: Wimborne St. Giles and the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; Ch. 12: Stinsford, Higher Bockampton and Thomas Hardy

Ch. 13: Lawrence of ArabiaBibliography;

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Hardy was born there, Sir Walter Raleigh chose to live there, and Lawrence of Arabia is buried there. Dorset has so many great figures shaping its history, from eminent leaders such as Alfred the Great to notable writers such as Wordsworth, it could have nothing but an impressive and fascinating story.