An Armchair Traveller's History of Cambridge - Hardcover

Tames, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190797377X ISBN 13: 9781907973772

Publisher: Haus Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

An Armchair Traveller's History of Cambridge provides not only a narrative of the city and university, and a guide to visits within a short driving distance, it also features a variety of aspects ignored in other accounts: food and fashion, music and gardens, books and clubs, Cambridge contributions to poetry, theatre and sport, royal associations and links with the Arab world and China. Cambridge offers the splendour of King's College Chapel and the beauty of "the Backs" but also outstanding collections of fans and fritillaries, sculpture and stained glass, medieval coins and oriental manuscripts. Free attractions include the world-class Fitzwilliam Museum and Botanic Gardens, quirky Kettle's Yard, and museums devoted to Archaeology, Anthropology, Zoology, Earth Sciences, Polar Research and the History of Science—plus Britain's oldest bookshop. Enter the world of "Bumps and Bedders" and learn why May Week is in June. Research reveals that most visitors to Cambridge never venture more than four hundred yards from the Market Square. An Armchair Traveller's History of Cambridge will help you do better than that—and want to.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Tames read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and has taught for Syracuse University in London. He is the author of An Armchair Traveller's History of Oxford and An Armchair Traveller's History of London and coauthor of An Armchair Traveller's History of Bath.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190797377X
• ISBN 13: 9781907973772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320