West Country History

Dorset

By (author) Peta Whaley

Publication date:

01 May 2002

Publisher

Intellect Books

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781841508030

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Thomas Hardy was born there, Sir Walter Raleigh chose to live there and Lawrence of Arabia is buried there.

With so many great figures shaping its history, it is unsurprising that Dorset should provide such fascinating stories from eminent leaders like Alfred the Great and Charles II to notable writers such as Wordsworth and Barnes.

Shaftesbury and Alfred the Great (7)
Corfe and Edward the Martyr (15)
Sherborne and Sir Walter Raleigh (21)
Corfe Castle and Lady Banks (41)
The Western Coastal Towns and the Stewarts (47)
Dorchester, Judge Jefferies and the Bloody Assizes (59)
Marshwood Vale and the Wordsworths (71)
Portesham and Nelson's Hardy (81)
Tolpuddle and its Martyrs (87)
Stuminster Newton, Winterborne Came and William Barnes (101)
Wimborne St. Giles and the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (111)
Stinsford, Higher Bockampton and Thomas Hardy (125)
Lawrence of Arabia (135)

Bibliography (147)