Bloody British History: Plymouth

Bloody British History: Plymouth
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9780752481913
ISBN-13 : 0752481916
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Book Synopsis Bloody British History: Plymouth by : Laura Quigley

Download or read book Bloody British History: Plymouth written by Laura Quigley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bread riots and bodysnatchers! Pirates and privateers! Hell holes for Boney! The disgusting true story of Plymouth's Napoleonic prison ships! 'A very daughter of Hell!' In 1675, a poisonous nursemaid was hanged on Prince Rock – but was she innocent of the crime? Find out inside! Death aboard the Titanic! Blitz, bombs and Plymouth men's battles on Omaha Beach! Plymouth has one of the darkest and most dreadful histories on record. Beginning with the discovery of the bones of cave men and rushing through French attacks, outbreaks of leprosy and the plague, Civil War sieges and deadly Spanish ships, disasters, demolitions and the enormous death tolls of the Plymouth Blitz, it will change the way you see the city forever!


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