Portsmouth: A Pocket Miscellany
by
John Sadden
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
075246616X
ISBN-13
9780752466163
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Imprint
The History Press Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 2012
Print length
128 Pages
Weight
152 grams
Dimensions
11.90 x 17.40 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Local history
Ksh 1,100.00
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This deceptively small book contains hundreds of interesting facts, figures and fascinating information about the historic city of Portsmouth. An essential volume for the bookshelves and coffee tables of long-term residents - and the back-pockets and handbags of visitors - it is sure to entertain, engross and educate anyone who dips into it.
Did you know? Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder was decapitated in a freak accident in Portsmouth in the nineteenth century. Portsmouth- born PM ‘Sunny Jim’ Callaghan never said ‘Crisis? What Crisis?’. It was made up by The Sun. The Artillery Barracks in Broad Street was the site of the last ever official flogging of a British soldier. This deceptively small book contains hundreds of interesting facts, figures and fascinating information about the historic city of Portsmouth. An essential volume for the bookshelves and coffee tables of long-term residents – and the back-pockets and handbags of visitors – it is sure to entertain, engross and educate anyone who dips into it.
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