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Secret Winchester
About this book
The much-visited city of Winchester will be well known for King Alfred's statue, the Great Hall and Jane Austen's final resting place. However, woven into its long and remarkable history are hidden gems of little-known stories, from the bishop who had a vision of King Arthur on one Winchester hill, to the sorry fate of an Anglo-Saxon earl who lost his head on another; from an empress fighting for the Crown, to the eventful life of one medieval Jewish family; from the horrors of the Black Death, to the opulence of a Tudor royal wedding. Centuries of commerce and culture, religion and war have shaped the city. Fully illustrated throughout, Secret Winchester delves beneath the surface of this ancient capital, journeying from Iron Age origins to Victorian aspirations through medieval fairs, Restoration races and Georgian theatres, inviting the reader to discover the lesser-known facts and hidden aspects of Winchester's history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- 1. The City and the River
- 2. Queenly Connections
- 3. Pastimes and Leisure
- 4. Links with a Legend
- 5. Blood and Bones
- 6. Medieval Jewish Winchester
- 7. Protests and Punishments
- 8. Churches and Chapels
- 9. What Did the Victorians Do for Us?
- 10. Trains, Planes and Automobiles
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
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