Devon and Cornwall's oddest historical tales. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Fisher.
• Authors: Fisher, John
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Devon -- Ship of Fools -- Hablas Español? -- The Spanish are Coming! -- The Rise and Fall of Walter Raleigh -- Devon Divided in 'A World Turned Upside-Down' -- Will the Real Lorna Doone Please Stand Up? -- Dirty Work at the Crossroads -- Accidental Death of a Revenue Officer -- King of the Gypsies -- and Dog Stealer -- The (Fairly) Glorious Revolution -- The French Prisoners on Dartmoor -- Napoleon's Farewell to Torbay -- The Ladies who Lived on the Hill -- The Lion Attack on the Exeter Coach -- Dickens' Christmas Present to the West of England The Bishop and the Slavers -- Wife for Sale! -- Rule Britannia! -- The Man They Couldn't Hang -- The Devil's Hoof-Prints -- Lawrence of Arabia in Devon -- How Sidmouth Inspired Betjeman -- Cornwall -- Land of Myth and Legend -- In at the Deep End -- A Realm of Saints and Poets -- The Pirate Queen of Penryn -- The Massacre of Cornwall's Peasantry -- Cloudesley Shovell's Horrific Shipwreck -- A Tomb With a View -- The Race Home From Trafalgar -- The Lieutenant and the Toppling of the Logan Stone -- Dolly's Ancient Tongue -- Defoe as Travel Writer in Cornwall -- They Called Him 'The Cornish Wonder' The Queen and the Cornish Fishwife -- A Man on Fire -- Singing Trevithick's Praises -- Never 'Lord Byron's Jackal' -- 'That Bloody Woman!' -- Cornish Weather Lore -- Sea Watching and Stargazing -- The Unvarnished Truth About Mermaids
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 942.35; Tales -- England -- Devon; Tales -- England -- Cornwall (County); Contes -- Angleterre -- Devon; Contes -- Angleterre -- Cornwall; Tales; Devon (England) -- History; Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Devon (Angleterre) -- Histoire; Cornwall (Angleterre) -- Histoire; England -- Cornwall (County); England -- Devon; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0750996889; 9780750996884
• Related ISBNs: 9780750995696
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.