Little History of

With its frontline role during successive invasions by Saxons and Danes, and with links to royalty, the early Church, the foundations of British academia and the victorious RAF of the Second World War, Lincolnshire has taken a front seat on the rollercoaster of English history. With ancient rural traditions and agriculture on one hand and groundbreaking technological innovation on the other, it is a county for all seasons. Lincolnshire has made the world a better place, being the home of some of the country's leading authors, composers, clerics, scientists, politicians and sportspeople. It has also made the world a bloodier place, being a dangerous borderland between feuding Celtic, Saxon and Viking kingdoms, and the site of some of the most lethal bomb raids during the two world wars. This book charts the county's amazing history, with strange-but-true anecdotes and characters from the last 2,000 years, and tales from all the county's major towns, villages, fens, wolds and fields.

Cornwall's storytelling tradition stretches back a thousand years. Before TV and radio, stories were told among the flickering shadows at the fireside. They whiled away the travellers' miles, long hours in the fields, and days at sea. They gladdened brief moments of relaxation for miners and bal-maidens. Travelling storytellers wandered from village to village swapping words for supper, and a rich local dialect brought the tales to life. Classic Cornish tales such as the Mermaid of Zennor and Jan Tregeagle are wonderfully entertaining, and collectively tell us much about Cornwall, its people, and its history. Join accomplished storyteller, scholar and writer Mike O'Connor as he explores the 'when, where, and why' of Cornish folk tales and celebrates the rich traditions and cultural legacy of hwedhlow.

The Little History of Norfolk.

Throughout its existence, Glasgow has been a city of great complexity. From its tentative origins, under the watchful eye of St Mungo, Glasgow grew from the serene 'Dear Green Place' into a bustling trading hub that boomed during the Industrial Revolution and growth of the British Empire. At its peak, Glasgow was a place of unlimited opportunity and wealth creation throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Flip that coin, though, and the city's streets were home to mass poverty, crime and slum living. In recent decades, these streets-exuding Victorian fortitude still-have provided for and encouraged an inexhaustible line of talented creatives who have left powerful marks of their own on Glasgow's story. Through the eyes of a local, “The Little History of Glasgow” explores the city's slow and steady economic rise, its calamitous collapse and its 21st-century reinvention as one of Europe's most characterful cities.