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And Did Those Feet

Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History

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And Did Those Feet

Yazan: Charlie Connelly
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The landscape of the British Isles is filled with history, much of which we miss as it flashes past the car window. Do we even realise that we're following the same path as the Tolpuddle Martyrs, or that we're driving past the exact spot where King Harold was killed, shot through the eye with an arrow? As a lover of both history and the British countryside, Charlie Connelly decided to rectify this, and set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys. En route he retells the story of the original trip while discovering who and what now inhabit these iconic routes.

Walking in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Charlie journeys alongside Boudicca's ghost in Norfolk, relives Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to Skye disguised as Flora MacDonald's maid and takes the same 32-mile round trip as the starving Louisburgh famine walkers. He suffers broken toes, becomes trapped in the Scottish Parliament and encounters dead poets and a surprisingly high number of mad old women in woolly hats.

Told with Charlie's customary charm and wit, And Did Those Feet will reveal the historical secrets hidden in the much-loved coastal, country and urban landscapes of Britain.

©2009 Charlie Connelly (P)2009 Hachette Audio UK Europe Travel Writing & Commentary Kraliyet İskoçya İngiltere
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Good stories and good narration, just nice and easy listening. An easy way to learn!!

Nice, Easygoing Listening

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the book was an enterprising attempt to combine travelogue and history. But I found the writer's attempt at humour over laboured and too self- deprecatory. I barely chuckled once, and his nasal whine became soporific and monotonous. Good try, but I laboured to the end, though picked up a bit of history on the way.

occasionally entertaining and educative

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