Watling Street av John Higgs

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<p><b>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.</b><br><br><i>''A bravura piece of writing - Bill Bryson on acid'' Tom Holland</i><br><br>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 and ghosts, of queens and highwaymen, of history and myth, of Bletchley Park codebreakers, Chaucer, Boudicca, Dickens and James Bond. But <i>Watling Street</i> is not just the story of a route across our island. It is an acutely observed exploration of Britain and who we are today, told with wit and an unerring eye for the curious and surprising.</p>