Secret City of Durham
Seiten
2016
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UK ed.
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-4696-1 (ISBN)
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-4696-1 (ISBN)
'Secret City of Durham' goes behind the facades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the town’s fascinating past.
Durham City is a remarkable place, a priceless historical gem and, deservedly, a World Heritage Site. Over 1,000 years Durham’s great beauty and history has inspired many architectural descriptions and guides. This book follows in their footsteps but then takes a different path. Wandering through the cathedral’s darkened cloisters, the city’s narrow medieval streets and the river’s winding pathways, Secret City of Durham is one man’s view of this famed peninsula – an occasionally quirky tour through history that looks beyond the iconic architecture and behind the fascinating jumble of city buildings. The author peels back their façades to reveal the bewildering changes and on the way points out the lesser-known facts and characters associated with them. What points the way to Durham Cathedral and St Cuthbert’s tomb and where can it be found? Who lived in Windy Gap? Why St Mary-the-’Less’? Secret City of Durham answers these fascinating questions and many more in a modern pilgrimage through the city.
Durham City is a remarkable place, a priceless historical gem and, deservedly, a World Heritage Site. Over 1,000 years Durham’s great beauty and history has inspired many architectural descriptions and guides. This book follows in their footsteps but then takes a different path. Wandering through the cathedral’s darkened cloisters, the city’s narrow medieval streets and the river’s winding pathways, Secret City of Durham is one man’s view of this famed peninsula – an occasionally quirky tour through history that looks beyond the iconic architecture and behind the fascinating jumble of city buildings. The author peels back their façades to reveal the bewildering changes and on the way points out the lesser-known facts and characters associated with them. What points the way to Durham Cathedral and St Cuthbert’s tomb and where can it be found? Who lived in Windy Gap? Why St Mary-the-’Less’? Secret City of Durham answers these fascinating questions and many more in a modern pilgrimage through the city.
Derek Dodds is married with one son. He has had a lifelong interest in history, particularly that of north-east England and also has a special interest in landscape and architectural photography. He studied art, history and social sciences at the Open University and Sunderland University. Derek is a well-known author and lives in Tyne and Wear.
Erscheinungsdatum | 15.09.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Secret |
Zusatzinfo | 100 Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Chalford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 165 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 285 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4456-4696-X / 144564696X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4456-4696-1 / 9781445646961 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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