A-Z of Bath : places, people, history / Peter Kilby.
ISBN
9781445682631 (pbk.) : £14.99
Dewey Classmark
942.3'98
Local Dewey Classmark
B 942.398 KIL
Personal Author
Kilby, Peter
Publication
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2019.
Physical Description
96 p. : ill., col. photos ; 24 cm
Summary of Contents
The ancient city of Bath in Somerset was founded on the site of hot springs, which the Romans named Aquae Sulis and their magnificent Bath House buildings still stand today. In the Middle Ages the wool trade brought great prosperity to Bath and the spectacular Bath Abbey still draws many visitors and its revival as a fashionable spa town in the 18th century, attracting wealthy and important visitors from London presided over by Beau Nash, transformed the city, as celebrated in the novels of Jane Austen. Since then, Bath has grown, been rebuilt following aerial bombardment during World War 2 in the Baedeker Blitz, and is today a thriving city home to festivals, a university, a lively cultural scene and modern businesses and industries. This book reveals the stories behind the city of Bath, its streets, buildings and people.
Subject
Bath History.
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The ancient city of Bath in Somerset was founded on the site of hot springs, which the Romans named Aquae Sulis and their magnificent Bath House buildings still stand today. In the Middle Ages the wool trade brought great prosperity to Bath and the spectacular Bath Abbey still draws many visitors and its revival as a fashionable spa town in the 18th century, attracting wealthy and important visitors from London presided over by Beau Nash, transformed the city, as celebrated in the novels of Jane Austen. Since then, Bath has grown, been rebuilt following aerial bombardment during World War 2 in the Baedeker Blitz, and is today a thriving city home to festivals, a university, a lively cultural scene and modern businesses and industries. This book reveals the stories behind the city of Bath, its streets, buildings and people.
