Title: Bright Particular Stars : A Gallery of Glorious British Eccentrics /
Authors: McKie, David, 1935-
Publisher: Atlantic Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Eccentrics and eccentricities; Great Britain Biography.; Great Britain Biography Anecdotes.
Abstract: "In BRIGHT PARTICULAR STARS, David McKie examines the remarkable impact of twenty-six British eccentrics on twenty-six unremarkable British locations."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Lower Lydbrook, Gloucestershire -- Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire -- Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire -- Tideswell, Derbyshire -- Crane Court, London -- Birmingham -- Kilwinning, Ayrshire -- Broadway, Worcestershire -- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire -- Austrey, Warwickshire -- Cromarty -- Hartlepool -- Nine Elms, London -- Bloomsbury, London -- Blackburn -- Gillingham, Kent -- Spitalfields, London -- Cradley Heath, Staffordshire -- Shoreham Beach, Sussex -- Eynsford, Kent -- Drayton Manor, Staffordshire -- Boosbeck, Clevand -- North End, Hampstead -- Trowell, Nottinghamshire -- Horsham, Sussex -- Rendlesham, Suffolk.