© Martyn Barr

History Guide

The Young Person’s History Guide to Canterbury is a 40-page 280mm x 210mm softback book featuring over 100 photographs and illustrations and a Canterbury city centre ‘Treasures Map’.

The content is spread over 12 time-lined chapters:

  • IRON MAN: The Cantiaci of Durovernon
  • BATH TIME: Romans rule Britannia!
  • RAIDERS & SETTLERS: Anglo-Saxons conquer Kent
  • MAN WITH A MISSION: Augustine the Evangelist
  • VICIOUS VIKINGS: Siege and seizure
  • UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The great cathedral builders
  • TALL TALES AND TOURISTS: A place of pilgrimage
  • TUDOR TANTRUMS: The dissolution of the monasteries
  • INN EXCESS: A new kind of tourist
  • TUNNEL VISION: The railway pioneers
  • BLITZED!: A city at war
  • SHOPPERS’ PARADISE: The new Whitefriars

There are also additional ‘Focus’ features on:

  • ROMAN LIFE
  • BENEDICTINE MONKS
  • CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
  • ST THOMAS BECKET
  • THE CANTERBURY TALES
  • CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
  • GHOSTLY GOINGS-ON


Sample page spreads


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