- History of Coventry (Warwickshire, England)
- (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : The author, well known as the writer of more books on the city than anyone, explores Coventry's history from Roman times through Earl Leofric, Godiva and the Norman castle, to monastic houses, including St Mary's priory. Coventry has a rich medieval heritage, and rose to power in the Wars of the Roses, when the royal court moved there. Major themes in the city's history are discussed, through previously unknown source material, covering the Siege and Civil War, education, health, the church, crime and punishment, and industries from medieval weaving to modern car-building.
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- History of Warwickshire
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(Book - Amazon.co.uk) : Warwickshire, in the very heart of England, contains a great variety of scenery. Renowned for its leafy lanes, pastoral meadows, small medieval towns and half-timbered cottages-yet the county also embraces two modern industrial cities, Birmingham and Coventry. 146 color and b/w illus.
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- People at Home: Living in a Warwickshire Village, 1500-1800
- (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : This is a unique re-creation of the patterns of village life over three centuries, during the transformation of the village of Stoneleigh from a medieval to a modern community. The earliest sources reveal basic medieval living conditions which were transformed through a `Great Rebuilding'. Further important changes took place during the 17th and 18th centuries and these are examined from the poorest cottagers to the well-to-do gentlemen. The book includes probate inventories and architectural descriptions.
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- Stratford-Upon-Avon (Horrible Histories)
- (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : The city series continues with Stratford-Upon-Avon, birthplace of the brilliant bard. A quaint and cute tourist town today, Shakespeare's Stratford was far from pleasant and Terry Deary reveals the civil war struggles and brutal beheadings that made its history so horrible. Readers can explore all the horrible highlights of the town using the frightful fold-out map, including spooky Sheep Street, home of an awful axeman, a weird witch and possibly the most haunted house in England.
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