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A brand new title, part of Bradt's award-winning series of Slow
travel guides to UK regions, offering the most in-depth coverage
available to North and Mid Devon, arguably the most beautiful and
unspoilt countryside in southwest Britain. With area-by-area
coverage, from around Clovelly and the Cornish border in the north
to Mid Devon's Exe Valley and Tarka railway line, it is packed with
suggestions for where to go and what to do, including plenty of
outdoor activities such as horseriding, coasteering, walking and
cycling. Interesting places to stay and eat are detailed, as are
festivals, local customs and traditions, historical aspects,
anecdotes, gardens, National Trust properties and where to go
stargazing beneath the region's Dark Skies. North Devon has a
unique blend of wild rugged coastline, deep river valleys,
heather-covered moorland, family-friendly sandy beaches, great
surfing and enchanting villages. While the car-free village of
Clovelly provides a glimpse of Devon as it was 100 years ago, North
Devon is also one of the country's leading centres for coasteering.
Mid Devon is the least touristy part of the southwest - truly Slow
Devon. The towns still hold weekly pannier markets and the pubs are
full of locals discussing the price of sheep and Ruby Red cattle.
People still walk, ride and cycle as part of their lives and
visitors are always struck by the region's diversity: the wonderful
views, the range of wildlife and the clarity of the night skies.
Join veteran traveller, author and Devon resident Hilary Bradt, and
her fellow long-term travellers and Devon residents Gill and
Alistair Campbell, to discover in this unique guide exactly what it
is that makes this beguiling region so special. From Lundy Island
to the haunted village of Lapford, and from the extraordinary
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre to the War Horse Museum, Bradt's
Slow Mid and North Devon has everything you need for a perfect
trip.
Chained to the hold of a slave ship bound for the Caribbean, a
terrified young girl's only comfort is the voice of a woman she
can't see. She is told 'Anansi stories', tales of the crafty spider
whose cunning and humorous tricks give the girl the resilience and
wit she needs to survive.
The Encomium Emmae Reginae is a political tract in praise, as its
title suggests, of Queen Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of
Normandy, wife of King Ethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016, and
wife of the Danish conqueror King Cnut from 1017 to 1035. It is a
primary source of the utmost importance for our understanding of
the Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh century, and
for the political intrigue in the years which followed the death of
King Cnut in 1035. It offers a remarkable account of a woman who
was twice a queen, and of her determination to retain her power as
queen-mother. This reprint, which contains the definitive text and
translation of the Encomium Emmae Reginae first published in 1949,
traces the basic outline of Queen Emma's career and transports us
to the heart of eleventh-century politics by defining as clearly as
possible the historical context in which the Encomium was written.
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