Author: Peter Joseph ChandleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Tower to Tyburn
Author: Peter Joseph ChandleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Tower from Within
Author: George John YounghusbandPublisher: London : H. Jenkins
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A Hidden History of the Tower of London
Author: John Paul DavisPublisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526761777
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
“With these incredible and often heartbreaking stories, John Paul Davis clearly demonstrates how the fortress acquired its sinister reputation.” —History . . . the Interesting Bits! Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilization and those who did, often did so without their head! It is hardly surprising that the Tower has earned itself a reputation among the most infamous buildings on the planet. Beginning with the early tales surrounding its creation, this book investigates the private life of an English icon. Concentrating on the Tower’s developing role throughout the centuries, not in terms of its physical expansion into a site of unique architectural majesty or many purposes but through the eyes of those who experienced its darker side, it pieces together the, often seldom-told, human story and how the fates of many of those who stayed within its walls contributed to its lasting effect on England’s—and later the UK’s—destiny. From ruthless traitors to unjustly killed Jesuits, vanished treasures to disappeared princes and jaded wives to star-crossed lovers, this book provides a raw and at times unsettling insight into its unsolved mysteries and the lot of its unfortunate victims, thus explaining how this once typical castle came to be the place we will always remember as THE TOWER. “The building is as imposing now as it ever was, and the author’s complete and thorough knowledge is imparted in grand style.” —Books Monthly
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Author: Old and New London a Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury
Author: Edward WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
From Tyburn to the Tower. A Guide to the History of London in Stone, Etc. [With Plates.].
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Author: Harry LAUDERSteer's Grammar of British History, in five divisions, namely English, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and tabular, chiefly comprising a date book of English history, etc
Author: Charles B. STEERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Old and New London: a Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places
Author: George Walter ThornburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Old and New London: a Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places ...: The western and northern suburbs
Author: Walter ThornburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens
Author: Mike AshleyPublisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472101138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 805
Book Description
This book includes more than 1000 monarchs who have at some time ruled all or part of Britain. This includes the host of tribal and Saxon rulers prior to 1066 as well as famous monarchs such as Richard III, Elizabeth I and Charles II and all the rulers of Scotland and Wales. The book gives full details of the lives of the rulers as well as their wives, consorts, pretenders, usurpers and regents and is a geographical guide to where all Britain's monarchs lived, ruled and died including their palaces, estates and resting places.