Secret Dundee (Paperback)

Known as a major industrial centre, the city of Dundee has a long and eventful history. Following the development of a small trading port in the eleventh century, by the fourteenth century Dundee had grown to be one of the most important towns in Scotland. The city was also a significant religious centre, with the distinctive Dominican monks - known as the Black Friars due to their robes - choosing to mingle with the people of Dundee to share their preaching, despite the danger this could present in these difficult days. Dundee also has a darker and often forgotten past. The city was attacked and extensively damaged by invading English forces, following which defensive walls were constructed, only to be demolished again when the city was further attacked by Parliamentarian forces. A number of women were accused, tortured and executed during the witch hunts, and general living conditions at one point became so poor that the average life expectancy for a man was just thirty-three years old. With epidemics such as the plague also hitting, a large area of ground was given to the burgh to be used as a burial ground in 1564, and it is now considered to have one of the most important collections of gravestones in Scotland. Scotland's fourth city has many secrets just waiting to be discovered. In Secret Dundee, author Gregor Stewart peers into the past to reveal the forgotten, the strange and the unlikely.

General

Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Secret
Release date:	October 2018
Authors:	Gregor Stewart
Dimensions:	234 x 165 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-1-4456-7843-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
LSN:	1-4456-7843-8
Barcode:	9781445678436

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