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Shakespeare's Local
- Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub
Engelsk Paperback
Shakespeare's Local
- Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub
Engelsk Paperback

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Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-pannelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes'' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and lean back, resting your head against the wall. And then consider this: who else has rested their head against that wall, over the last 600 years?

Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims almost certainly drank in the George on their way out of London to Canterbury. It''s fair to say that Shakespeare will have popped in from the nearby Globe for a pint, and we know that Dickens certainly did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, before heading to all four corners of Britain -- while sailors drank here before visiting all four corners of the world...

The pub, as Pete Brown points out, is the ''primordial cell of British life'' and in the George he has found the perfect case study. All life is here, from murderers, highwaymen and ladies of the night to gossiping pedlars and hard-working clerks. So sit back and watch as buildings rise and fall over the centuries, and ''the beer drinker''s Bill Bryson'' (TLS) takes us on an entertaining tour through six centuries of history, through the stories of everyone that ever drank in one pub.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9781447236801
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1447236807
Udg. Dato:
6 jun 2013
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
137mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato:
6 jun 2013
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