Manchester Groundcover

Following the success of the previous titles in the Groundcover series - Bath, Cambridge, The Cotswolds, The Lake District, Oxford, Norwich, Brighton & Sussex and Shakespeare Country - Jarrold Publishing is proud to present this highly original and evocative photographic portrait of Manchester, one of Britain's largest and liveliest cities

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Over 120 specially-commissioned and colour photographs include the familiar and hidden Manchester, from the grandeur of the civic buildings and other parts of the city's industrial and commercial Victorian heritage, to the inspiring modernism of the new stadium built for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. The photographs are accompanied by selected literary quotations from well-known writers and travellers throughout the ages. Carefully compiled and stylishly presented, this is a truly outstanding photographic book of long-lasting merit