Real Dorset
Woolcott, Jon2023
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Dorset is famous for its spectacular coastline, for its historic towns, for its eco-foodie reputation, for Hardy and Fowles. But there's much more behind the tourist-friendly faȧde - subversion, rebellion and revolt, wealth and poverty, ghost stories and rich folklore. Dorset is home to the largest, but now lost, Neolithic earthwork in Britain. Its history can surprise - from the murky origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant to the black American GIs stationed here in wartime, to the revived pagan ritual of the Filly Loo. Woolcott criss-crosses the county, making connections, uncovering the hidden and the forgotten. The largest (and lost) Neolithic earthwork in Britain contrasts with Victorian pleasure gardens and nightlife in Bournemouth.
Main title:
Real Dorset / Jon Woolcott.
Author:
Woolcott, Jon, author
Imprint:
Bridgend : Seren, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781781727171 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2609817
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