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Walks Through
History: Birmingham
John Wilks
Walks Through History: Birmingham contains
twelve walks within the city. Each walk is circular,
with clear concise directions supported by easy-to-use
sketch maps, illustrated by a host of photographs.
Each walk covers a specific period in the history
of Birmingham, and goes past historic buildings and
other sites from that period. The history of the sites
seen is given in a highly readable and informative
style that brings the past alive, and is so written
that the book can be read as a history book alone,
independent of the walking.
Together the twelve walks cover all the major themes
in Birmingham’s history, and if read chronologically
they lead the reader from Birmingham’s humble
beginnings in saxon times to its position as wrokshop
of the world. Birmingham has a compact city centre,
and six of the walks are around the centre. The other
six are in the suburbs, each starting from a railway
station within easy reach of the city centre.
The author, who was born in Birmingham, is both a
keen historian and an enthusiastic walker, and has
worked as a professional tour guide. He is secretary
of his local branch of the Historical Society, and
to date has written ten walking books, each with an
historic theme. For this book, he returns to his native
Birmingham.
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