Tales of the East Coast: from the Thames to the Wash

Tales of the East Coast: from the Thames to the Wash

Ref: IHP-464X

Supplied By Ian Henry Publications.

History and legend of the seaways and byways of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. Stories of the Kings of East Anglia (and their daughters); memories of heroism and disaster; details of events of the 1940s and the 1340s; and accounts of towns, villages and hamlets from Tilbury to King's Lynn.

Meet the Kings of East Anglia and their three crowns; the Foulness parson who was a major influence on English literature; towns and villages lost to the sea. There are stories of battles on land and at sea; the 1940 invasion of Shingle Street; legends of saints, sinners and seafarers; the romance of Margaret Catchpole; castle, churches, and leper hospitals; smuggling yarns; the rise and fall of local enterprises; a few ghosts strut these pages in fact all you need to know about the eastern byways and seaways. Book.

£7.95