The Manchester Compendium

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26396793787
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Books
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12.99
book_author_name: 
Ed Glinert
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Penguin Books Ltd
published_date: 
07/05/2009
isbn: 
9780141029306
Merchant Product Cat path: 
Books > History > Local interest, family history & nostalgia > Local history
specifications: 
Ed Glinert|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|07/05/2009
Merchant Product Id: 
9780141029306
Book Description: 
In the same format as the successful London Compendium, the Manchester Compendium relates the remarkable and diverse history of England's second city. Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage., Peterloo and Engel's treatise on the conditions of the working classes its political history and the Manchester Guardian and Factory Records its cultural and social history. From Thomas de Quincey to Alan Touring, Neville Cardus to Morrissey - all are part of the city's rich and fascinating past. Covering every area of human activity and incorporating all the great events and key moments in the city's history this will be a fresh and unique perspective on a great city.

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