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Coming to Terms - An Intimate Portrait of the University and City of Cambridge (Paperback)
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Coming to Terms - An Intimate Portrait of the University and City of Cambridge (Paperback)
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List price R388
Loot Price R285
Discovery Miles 2 850
You Save R103 (27%)
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A remarkable read; part memoir, part history, part social portrait,
which captures the very essence of the city and university of
Cambridge. Wide-ranging and eclectic, erudite and accessible, it
introduces a varied cast of characters who have helped give
Cambridge its special charm, from High Table to Low Fen. It ranges
from the visits of Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe to Vladimir
Nabokov's time at Trinity, by way of the religious turmoil of the
seventeenth century and the wild-fowling prowess of college
porters. Whether you are a first-time visitor or Cambridge has been
your home for life, there will be plenty to amuse and surprise.
There are jokes - Donnish ones, of course - and some college
secrets are spilled: but it offers far more than a guide-book
compendium. The author has lived and worked in the city since
arriving from the North of England more than half a century ago,
and combines the eye of an outsider with the love for a place he
has made his home. Whether it is the way religion has shaped
Cambridge's past, or the future prospects for this ever-expanding
World City, Coming to Terms is our guide.
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