The traveller's history
5 total works
A Traveller's History of London gives a full and comprehensive historical background to the capital's past and covers the period from London's first beginnings, right up to the present day -- from Londinium and Lundenwic to Docklands' development. It reveals the city's hidden treasures and forgotten places and guides the reader to the sights and sites that can still be seen and enjoyed.
'It succeeds admirably in its goal of making the present country comprehensible through a narrative of its past, with asides on everything from bonsai to zazen, in a brisk, highly readable style...you could easily read it on the flight over if you skip the movie.' WASHINGTON POST Whether you are going to Japan on business, to study, to teach or simply on vacation, you know that you are going to a country which really does merit the title 'unique'. A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF JAPAN not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nation's development but also provides an invaluable introduction to its language, literature and arts, from kabuki to karaoke. Political, social and industrial history and economics are also well covered; this clearly written history explains how a country embedded in the traditions of Shinto, Shoguns and Samurai achieved stupendous economic growth in the twentieth century only to lose its way at the turn of the millennium.
A Traveller's History of Oxford will give the reader a clear account of Oxford's earliest beginnings from Roman times, its Anglo-Saxon past, its importance in medieval England, the founding of the different colleges, its status as Royalist capital during the Civil War and after this crisis, its recovery and continuing growth right up to the 21st century. It will also look closely at the story behind the beautiful buildings and discuss Oxford's gifts to the world both in the alumni which include five kings, 25 British Prime Ministers, 36 Nobel Prize winners and 85 archbishops, and in the world of ideas. It will also have practical information on exploring the town and its environs. There are special sections on Oxford's museums, art, statues, libraries, gardens and colleges.
A Traveller's History of Cambridge provides not only a narrative of the city and university and a guide to visits within a short driving distance, but also features aspects ignored in other accounts - Food and Fashion, Music and Gardens, Books and Clubs.
Whereas most accounts of Bath's history focus on the Roman and Georgian periods, skipping over much of the rest, this history offers a chronological survey of the entire span of Bath's existence, supplemented by accounts of several of its delights - its food, its fashions, its theatrical and artistic heritage, its music and its memorials.