Book description
Taking you through the year day by day, The Plymouth Book of Days
contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from
different periods of history. Find out when Plymouthians elected the
first woman to take her seat at Westminster, when Sir Francis Chichester
sailed back into the city at the end of his global voyage in Gipsy Moth
IV, when Laurel and Hardy made their last ever appearance onstage, and
what became of Casper the famous commuting cat who regularly travelled
on the same bus day after day. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive
little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds
of snippets of information, it will delight residents and visitors
alike.
John Van der Kiste has written over thirty books, including royal and
historical biographies, and was a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary
of National Biography. He was a consultant for The King, the Kaiser and
the Tsar (BBC TV, 2003).
