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The History
of Maidenhead
Bob Crew
A previous local historian once said that Maidenhead
has not had a very striking history. But Bob Crew
takes the view that Maidenhead’s history can
be described if not as striking, then certainly as
startling.
In this visionary and lively history of Maidenhead,
Bob Crew raises local history to a new height by
making regional, national and international connections
that local historians seldom, if ever, make. He explains
how local history can be told on both or just one
of two levels – the purely local or the national
and international . He takes the latter course, enabling
the people of Maidenhead to see themselves in a completely
new light.
By holding up a national and international mirror
to his readers that reflects Maidenhead’s local
history in a new way, he challenges who it is that
Maidenhead people think that they are. This is a
thought-provoking and intellectually-rigorous history
that refuses to take things for granted, as it puts
the town in a far less parochial context than hitherto
and makes new discoveries not formerly known.
This is a veritable tour de force of a book that
is jam-packed with fascinating information about
the most startling aspects of Maidenhead’s
local history. It also invites the people of Maidenhead
to make more of their history than they have done
previously. This is a must-read book, not only for
Maidenhead, Berkshire and Thames Valley people, but
for history lovers everywhere. This is local history
as it is not normally written, bristling with ideas,
insights and scintillating observations.
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