Yorkshire's Strangest Tales : Extraordinary but true stories

ISBN-13: 9781907554919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 176 str.

Leonora Huck

Opis

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Yorkshire, or as it is sometimes beautifully referred to, God s Own County. Though this isn t the usual side of the county the tourists, travelers, and residents see. This is the real Yorkshire, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of the county s bizarre history past, present, and future. Following on from the bestselling Portico Strangest titles now comes a book devoted to one of England s most beautiful valley regions. Located in the upper body of Britain s old man, Yorkshire is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a Dale walking stick at. Home of Robin Hood (he was born in Barnsdale), Guy Fawkes, Dick Turpin, and "Dracula" (Bram Stoker wrote part of the vampire tale in a Whitby hotel ) and, some say, the birthplace of modern civilization even began in Leeds But you ll have to read the book to find out why. "Yorkshire s Strangest Tales" is a treasure trove of the hilarious, the odd and the baffling an alternative travel guide to some of the county s best-kept secrets. Read on, if you dare You have been warned."