ISBN-13: 9780750964043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 160 str.
The lifestyles of the people of Devon have traditionally been as diverse as its spectacular scenery. Little wonder, then, that the county s curious stories are so numerous and so varied. A train trapped in a giant snow drift in Devon s worst blizzard; ancient Phoenician myths from Hartland; the Devon origins of British banking; Lapford s murderous parson; Exeter FC s game against the Brazil; the strange origins of well-known sayings; Devon s ill-fated involvement in D-Day at Slapton Sands; black magic on Dartmoor; the oldest bakery in the world in Plymouth; visitations by the Devil in South Devon; the four great fires of Crediton; architectural curiosities; witchcraft; heroes; piracy, record breakers; villains; and eccentrics."