Green, Matthew
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571338030
- author:
- Green, Matthew
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Great Britain,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Britain's forgotten history is revealed in the haunting and romantic remains of its lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages, known as its shadowlands. From the Orkney settlement buried in sand five thousand years ago to the medieval city of Dunwich, plunged off a Suffolk cliff by sea storms, these places meet their fate in extraordinary stories of loss and disappearance.
Historian Matthew Green brings to life the people who lived, dreamed and died in these places, uncovering how their disappearances explain why Britain looks the way it does today. With vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds and tastes of these places, Green transports the reader to the brink of oblivion, where they can experience the places in their prime, witness their destruction and revisit their lingering remains.
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