Manson's Bristol Miscellany Volume 2
Searching For The Soul Of The City
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bristol Books CIC
Published:11th Jul '22
Should be back in stock very soon
How much do you know about the history of Bristol? Why does it look the way it does? What secrets do its streets hide? What stories would its buildings tell if they had a voice?
In Volume Two of Manson's Bristol Miscellany, author and historian Michael Manson continues his search for the soul of the city. Accessibly written the book contains an array of fascinating, enjoyable and sometimes shocking accounts of Bristol's past. It is extensively illustrated.
Volume Two of Manson’s Bristol Miscellany includes:
- Getting around: roads, ferries, trams, trains, planes and bridges.
- Webs of communication: newspapers and telecommunications.
- Earth, wind and flood: weather extremes, floods and earthquakes.
- Realists and romantics: a new poetic movement, literary and cultural connections.
- A roof over your head: almshouses, workhouses, orphanages and social housing.
- Buildings of Bristol: bricks and stones, grand houses, town squares, windmills and post war reconstruction.
And so much more…
"A beautifully curated dive into the best kept secrets that Bristol has to offer. Every single page unearths yet more hidden stories about this city that we all love. From staircases to snow storms, Michael Manson leaves no stone unturned in his quest to tell us the truth about what’s right under our noses."
Jane Duffus, author of ‘The Women Who Built Bristol’ series
"A second helping from Michael Manson’s extravagant, locally-sourced antiquarian buffet. And it’s all good for you as he cherry-picks his way around Bristol’s past, taking in the big history as well as the more incidental, quaint and interesting bits like Bristol’s weather and where to find the city’s oldest tree."
Eugene Byrne, Editor of Bristol Times
"Michael Manson has done it again with this beautifully illustrated second miscellany. I learned much that is new to me - it made me go and discover the city again."
Andrew Kelly, Director of the Bristol Festival of Ideas
"An indispensable compendium of Bristol ephemera."
Professor Steve Poole, UWE
ISBN: 9781909446311
Dimensions: 240mm x 180mm x 16mm
Weight: 700g
160 pages