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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780349120881
The landscape of the British Isles is filled with history,
much of which we miss as it flashes past the car window. Do we even
realise that we’re following the same path as the Tolpuddle
Martyrs, or that we’re driving past the exact spot where King
Harold was killed, shot through the eye with an arrow? As a lover
of both history and the British countryside, Charlie Connelly
decided to rectify this, and set out on a series of walks that
recreate famous historical journeys. En route he retells the story
of the original trip while discovering who and what now inhabit
these iconic routes. Walking in England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales, Charlie journeys alongside Boudicca’s ghost in Norfolk,
relives Bonnie Prince Charlie’s flight to Skye disguised as Flora
MacDonald’s maid and takes the same 32-mile round trip as the
starving Louisburgh famine walkers. He suffers broken toes, becomes
trapped in the Scottish Parliament and encounters dead poets and a
surprisingly high number of mad old women in woolly hats. Told with
Charlie’s customary charm and wit, And Did Those Feet will reveal
the historical secrets hidden in the much-loved coastal, country
and urban landscapes of Britain.
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