- Počet strán: 96
- Väzba: mäkká, brožovaná
- EAN: 9781398118898
- Jazyk: anglický
- ISBN: 9781398118898
- Dátum vydania: 15. júna 2025
- Vydavateľstvo : Amberley Publishing
Illustrated Tales of Devon
John Husband
Devon’s landscape and history is steeped in its folklore and legends. In Illustrated Tales of Devon, author John Husband explores a multitude of mysterious happenings and strange tales from ancient times to the modern day. The book looks at the legends surrounding Dartmoor’s pixies, sightings of the Devil, hairy hands menacing drivers, the true Uncle Tom Cobley at Widecombe Fair, a murderous monk and a postman poet, one of the first air accidents, an inn designed as a pack of cards built by a gambler and a housing estate and pleasure gardens built on the proceeds of a cough syrup… and much more. These strange and remarkable stories are accompanied by the author’s photographs of places featured in the text in this hugely entertaining book.
- Počet strán: 96
- Väzba: mäkká, brožovaná
- EAN: 9781398118898
- Jazyk: anglický
- ISBN: 9781398118898
- Dátum vydania: 15. júna 2025
- Vydavateľstvo : Amberley Publishing
Devon’s landscape and history is steeped in its folklore and legends. In Illustrated Tales of Devon, author John Husband explores a multitude of mysterious happenings and strange tales from ancient times to the modern day. The book looks at the legends surrounding Dartmoor’s pixies, sightings of the Devil, hairy hands menacing drivers, the true Uncle Tom Cobley at Widecombe Fair, a murderous monk and a postman poet, one of the first air accidents, an inn designed as a pack of cards built by a gambler and a housing estate and pleasure gardens built on the proceeds of a cough syrup… and much more. These strange and remarkable stories are accompanied by the author’s photographs of places featured in the text in this hugely entertaining book.
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