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'... a fascinating insight into a great and unique city and its people.' Liverpool Echo
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Liverpool is indisputably one of the greatest cities on earth. From its warm, tough, always-beating heart come people renowned for their friendliness, wit, resilience and strength of character. Throughout its long and surprisingly varied history Liverpool has engendered fierce loyalty from its - citizens, and captivated even the most casual of - visitors. "Liverpool: A People's History" tells the full story of this unique place in a way which celebrates the - individuals who have shaped it, often allowing - witnesses from the past to speak for themselves. This book traces the growth of the city from a little fishing village on the banks of the Mersey all the way from its foundation in 1207 to the proud European Capital of Culture 800 years later.Combining good historical research with a lively, fresh and accessible style, Peter Aughton describes every stage of Liverpool's remarkable history: from its origins as a tiny port in the tidal inlet known as the 'Liver Pool', to the horrors of the slave trade, the building of the world's first ever public railway, its brief spell in the eighteenth century as a fashionable spa town, its unprecedented growth as the major seaport for the world's first industrial society, its role in a mass emigration movement that saw perhaps as many as nine million souls depart from its quaysides for a better life in the New World, the devastation to docks, public buildings and houses caused during the terrible Blitz in 1941, the Mersey Sound which now draws thousands of visitors from around the world, right up to the recent renaissance of the town's fortunes which has culminated in the European Capital of Culture bid success. This is a truly fascinating story which is complemented by over 300 pictures, including specially drawn maps designed to help the reader to understand the city's development. Many of the images are reproduced in colour, making "Liverpool: A People's History" a genuine classic worthy of a place on bookshelves both locally and the world over. It is the best single volume on Liverpool currently available in print.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the best city history I have read, and certainly better than any history of my home town of Manchester. I am not an avid reader, but this book was gripping from beginning to end, not least due to the supurb range of historical maps of Liverpool illistrated within. For anyone interested in Liverpool or old maps of Liverpool, then this is the book to get.
Andrew Taylor
Worsley, Manchester
Andrew Taylor
Worsley, Manchester
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This really is an excellent book. I grew up in Liverpool in the aftermath of the 2nd world war when it was in a sorry state.
Having left in the late 60`s there is so much of the city`s history I did not know. This book is filling in all the gaps, with really interesting text and some great maps. It brings history alive.
Having left in the late 60`s there is so much of the city`s history I did not know. This book is filling in all the gaps, with really interesting text and some great maps. It brings history alive.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Not read it all yet, just arrived, but it looks fantastic. Full of useful information, pictures and old maps, many in colour. As a Mancunian, with Liverpudlian ancestors I'm sure it will keep me busy for hours! The book begins in the 13th century and works it's way through to 2008. Old street maps, with an index of the origins of some of the street names.
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Great book
Found this book really interesting and educational.I live in the Liverpool and have a great interest in its culture and history.
Id highly recommend this book to anyone. Read more
Id highly recommend this book to anyone. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kevin
Excellent book if you want to know the history of Liverpool
This is a super book for those who want to know the history of Liverpool and its people from the earliest times to the present day. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bia
liverpool, a peoples history
This a great book for any 'Scousers; wishing to learn the history of the city of their or their ancestors. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Joseph Mcinerney
Should be compulsory reading for Scousers
I grew up in what would now be called the inner-city and yet it was quite a walk in to Low Hill, which as kids we regarded as the beginning of "town". Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by DB
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