I purchased this for my Mum for Christmas – she has found it fascinating – one of those books she couldn’t put down. She has thoroughly enjoyed it – so I’m next to read it!
Sally, amazon review
This is not a guidebook. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of York. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic area. The great and the good; the bad and the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories, triumph and tragedy. Best places – worst places. Local lingo, architecture, green spaces, events, traditions, fact, fiction. Origins, evolution, future. Written by a local who knows what makes York tick.
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There’s history everywhere in York, so I always feel at home there. The research I enjoyed discovering most was not about a building, but a person. St Alcuin was born in the eighth century and he had a worldwide reputation as an educator. What an amazing man.
trish colton
