Discovering Pub Names and Signs

David Brandon (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2010
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0757-5 (ISBN)

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Do you know where 'The George and Dragon' derives from? How about 'The Gloucester Flying Machine'? This book untangles the meanings behind Britain's various often strange pub names and signs. It is suitable for the local historians and pub enthusiasts.

Do you know where 'The George and Dragon' derives from? Probably. How about 'The Gloucester Flying Machine'? Probably not. Some pub names pop up time and again, others have a unique story to tell. This book untangles the meanings behind Britain's extraordinary variety of often strange pub names and signs. Providing enlightenment for the local historian and pub enthusiast, "Discovering Pub Names and Signs" explores a unique aspect if a classic British pastime and all its quirks.

David Brandon is a writer and historian. He has written over a dozen books, including London, City of the Dead, Tyburn: London's Fatal Tree and Stand and Deliver: A History of Highway Robbery.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.8.2010
Reihe/Serie	Shire Discovering ; No. 301
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	113 x 177 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Hotel- / Restaurantführer ► Europa
ISBN-10	0-7478-0757-4 / 0747807574
ISBN-13	978-0-7478-0757-5 / 9780747807575
Zustand	Neuware