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  • Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Coventry

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    In the middle of Great Britain sits a historic city—with a long history of horror. These are the true crime stories from Coventry's past.Now a thriving, modern metropolis, Coventry has been an established center of trade and culture for nearly a thousand years. But as with any site where mankind gathers, the darker side of humanity always shows itself.Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Coventry ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wharncliffe Companion to Coventry

    An A to Z of Local History

    by David McGrory ...
    An accessible and informative reference to the historic events and cultural importance of this beautiful West Midlands city.Aimed at visitors and residents alike, this companion to the history of Coventry is an indispensable reference guide to its long, eventful, and fascinating history. Essential information on significant people, places, and events is presented in a convenient A to Z format ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Coventry's Blitz

    by David McGrory ...
    'I was happy that Coventry was selected as a target, as it was an important military objective... The night was clear and flying was easy. Missing the target was practically impossible.' Field-Marshal Kesselring, describing the air raid of 14 November 1940. Between 1940 and 1942 the people of Coventry were subjected to continued and devastating attacks by the Luftwaffe, leaving 1,252 dead, 1,859 ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Coventry and the Great War

    by David McGrory ...
    Coventry and the Great War is a detailed account of life in Coventry during the First World War. It covers many aspects of life including the city’s growth into one of England’s main munition centres. It looks at the factories and the lives of the thousands of women who kept them going and sometimes died doing so. It also looks at the personal memories sent home by Coventry men at the Front, their ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Bloody British History: Coventry

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    The decapitated Lord: Medieval slaughter at the castle! Yellows vs Blues: Coventry's most violent elections revealed! Kings, rebellions and rioters! Civil war comes to the city! Boiled in beer! Baked in his oven! The most dreadful Christmas calamities in Coventry's history are inside! Coventry has one of the darkest histories on record. With sieges, battles, crimes, riots, disasters, all-out ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Coventry

    by David McGrory ...
    The author, well known as the writer of more books on the city than anyone, explores Coventry's history from Roman times through Earl Leofric, Godiva and the Norman castle, to monastic houses, including St Mary's priory. Coventry has a rich medieval heritage, and rose to power in the Wars of the Roses, when the royal court moved there. Major themes in the city's history are discussed, through ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Coventry at Work

    People and Industries Through the Years

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series At Work
    Coventry has been a major centre of trade and industry since the Middle Ages. Medieval Coventry was known for making tiles, cloth, buckles, statues and stained glass. Other textile industries followed, the dyeing of cloth with the famous Coventry true blue and silk-weaving. Much later, in the twentieth century, Coventry became a pioneer of synthetic fibre manufacturing. Clock-making grew from the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Lost Coventry

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series Lost
    Coventry has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Coventry became an industrial centre, renowned for clock and watch manufacturing and later for building cars, bicycles and aircraft. Its significance drew massive air attacks during the Second World War and the historic centre of Coventry was destroyed. The city was ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Coventry's Military Heritage

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series Military Heritage
    Coventry’s military heritage goes back to the Middle Ages. Coventry Castle was built by the Earl of Chester in the early twelfth century, fought over during the civil war in King Stephen’s reign, and demolished afterwards, although one tower remains as part of the Guildhall. In the later medieval period Coventry grew into one of the leading cities of England and continued to thrive in the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • A-Z of Coventry

    Places-People-History

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series A-Z
    Despite the devastation it suffered from German bombs and city planners, Coventry still boasts a fascinating history dating back centuries. The city has played a major part in the economic and cultural life of the country: it was a major centre of bicycle manufacture before becoming the home of many of the country’s main car makers; it is home to one of the world’s best-loved cathedrals and its ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Secret Coventry

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series Secret
    Secret Coventry goes behind the façades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the city’s fascinating past. Join author David McGrory as he reveals the city’s forgotten and untold tales, and its heroes and villains. Find out about Coventry’s status as a centre for culture in the Elizabethan period, explore the hidden tunnels beneath the city streets, and learn about the Roman ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Coventry in 50 Buildings

    by David McGrory ...
    Series series In 50 Buildings
    Despite the attention of bombs and planners, Coventry still contains many fascinating buildings whose history in stone, brick and concrete has shaped the last thousand years. It is home to one of the world’s best-loved cathedrals and possibly the country’s best Guildhall. It changed the modern world with Europe’s first pedestrian precinct and has the country’s first post-war theatre. Coventry’s ... Read more

    $11.69 USD