Shadowlands : a journey through lost Britain /
by Green, M. R. (Matthew Robert).
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BookPublisher: London : Faber, 2022Description: x, 358 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780571338023 (hbk.) :; 057133802X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 941 GRESubject(s): Green, M. R. Matthew Robert -- Travel -- Great Britain | Extinct cities -- Great Britain | History | History | European history | Historical geography | Archaeology | Travel writing | Great Britain -- History | Great Britain -- Civilization | Great Britain -- Description and travelSummary: Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns, & vanished villages. From a submerged Neolithic settlement to an abandoned Black Death hamlet, a Norfolk village requisitioned in wartime to a Welsh town sunk in a reservoir, these are Britain's shadowlands. Matthew Green excavates these lost settlements, telling the extraordinary tales of their demise. We experience life before, during, & after oblivion, meeting the humans who lived & died in these unique places, & explore the lingering remains. Whether evoking the Atlantis myth or Romantic ruins, an ancient Roman metropolis or the modern coastline, 'Shadowlands' peers through the cracks of history at Britain's secret landscape.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003104436X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns, & vanished villages. From a submerged Neolithic settlement to an abandoned Black Death hamlet, a Norfolk village requisitioned in wartime to a Welsh town sunk in a reservoir, these are Britain's shadowlands. Matthew Green excavates these lost settlements, telling the extraordinary tales of their demise. We experience life before, during, & after oblivion, meeting the humans who lived & died in these unique places, & explore the lingering remains. Whether evoking the Atlantis myth or Romantic ruins, an ancient Roman metropolis or the modern coastline, 'Shadowlands' peers through the cracks of history at Britain's secret landscape.
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