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Beyond the Burghal Hidage
As the title suggests, Beyond the Burghal Hidage takes the study of Anglo-Saxon civil defence away from traditional historical and archaeological fields, and uses a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to examine warfare and public responses to organised violence through their impact on the landscape. By bringing together the evidence from a wide range of archaeological, onomastic and historical sources, the authors are able to reconstruct complex strategic and military landscapes, and to show how important detailed knowledge of early medieval infrastructure and communications is to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon preparedness for war, and to the situating of major defensive works within their wider strategic context. The result is a significant and far-reaching re-evaluation of the evolution of late Anglo-Saxon defensive arrangements. Winner of the 2013 Verbruggen prize, given annually by De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history.
No Baboons in India
Two British teachers try to help a family of billionaire entrepreneurs build the ultimate school for the children of the newly-booming Indian middle class. Through wealth and poverty, class and caste, materialism, mysticism and murder, No Baboons in India ranges from farce to tragedy and back again. John and Val Taylor and their dogs Baldrick and Basil are the pivotal characters but India and the Indians are both the heroes and villains of the piece. The Director of Technical Services, a tall imposing Sikh, arrived in my office in well under sixty seconds. 'Respected Sir, what is your problem?' 'Sex, ' I replied tersely. 'Sex?' The Chief Nerd was visibly alarmed. 'Sex. I was attempting to lo...
In & Around Wigan Through Time
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Wigan and the surrounding areas have changed over the last century.
A Wigan Childhood
A happy marriage of personal memoir and local history. In a tremendously entertaining style, and with real honesty, the author tells not only of his own childhood but also reveals the stories - skeletons and all - of generations of his family, and tells the history of Wigan along the way.
