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Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past

Name: Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
ISBN: 9781474603492

John Higgs

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A journey along one of Britain’s oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today.
‘A bravura piece of writing – Bill Bryson on acid’ Tom Holland
Winding its way from the White Cliffs of Dover to the Druid groves of Anglesey, the ancient road of Watling Street has gone by many different names. It is a road of witches & ghosts, of queens & highwaymen, of history & myth, of Bletchley Park codebreakers, Chaucer, Boudicca, Dickens & James Bond. But Watling Street is not just the story of a route across our island. It is an acutely observed exploration of Britain & who we are today, told with wit & an unerring eye for the curious & surprising.

John Higgs is the author of I Have America Surrounded: The Life of Timothy Leary; The KLF: Chaos, Magic & the Band Who Burned A Million Pounds; Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century; & the novels The Brandy of the Damned and The First Church on the Moon. He lives in Brighton with his partner & their two children.

www.johnhiggs.com | @johnhiggs

A free, four-part podcast series is available as a companion to this book. In the Watling Street Podcast, John Higgs retraces his journey accompanied by his co-host Dr. David Bramwell & guests including Cerys Matthews, Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair & Salena Godden. Music is by Oddfellows Casino.