And did those feet
Subtitle: walking through 2000 years of British and Irish history
By: Charlie Connelly
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781408700846
Subjects: Description and travel; Travel; Walking; History
Description: "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."--Global Books in Print.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: AD60-61: Boudica's revolt; title: 1066: King Harold, Stamford Bridge to Hastings; title: c.1150: On the trail of Olaf the Dwarf, King of Man; title: 1403: Owain Glyndwr rises up against the English; title: 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots escapes from Loch Leven; title: 1746: Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald; title: 1849: the Doolough Famine Walk.