West Country History
West Country History (Book)
Dorset
By Peta Whaley
Category: Cultural Studies
Series: Westcountry History
Edition
Thomas Hardy was born there, Sir Walter Raleigh chose to live there and Lawrence of Arabia is buried there.
With so many great figures shaping its history, it is unsurprising that Dorset should provide such fascinating stories from eminent leaders like Alfred the Great and Charles II to notable writers such as Wordsworth and Barnes.
Peta Whaley lives in Shaftsbury in Dorset. She is a member of the London Writer's Circle, the Society of Civil Service Authors, the Clader Valley Poet's Society, and she also helped to found the Dorset Poetry Society.
- Shaftesbury and Alfred the Great (7)
- Corfe and Edward the Martyr (15)
- Sherborne and Sir Walter Raleigh (21)
- Corfe Castle and Lady Banks (41)
- The Western Coastal Towns and the Stewarts (47)
- Dorchester, Judge Jefferies and the Bloody Assizes (59)
- Marshwood Vale and the Wordsworths (71)
- Portesham and Nelson's Hardy (81)
- Tolpuddle and its Martyrs (87)
- Stuminster Newton, Winterborne Came and William Barnes (101)
- Wimborne St. Giles and the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (111)
- Stinsford, Higher Bockampton and Thomas Hardy (125)
- Lawrence of Arabia (135)
Bibliography (147)
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