Cambridge: Chronicles Revealed

by R. W. Calloway

The story of Cambridge, told chapter by chapter from its earliest days to the present, in this short, readable work of popular history from the Chronicles Revealed series. Legends are marked as legends, and places where historians disagree are flagged in the text.

11 chapters:

• The Hill, the Bridge and the Danes
• Refugees, Hostels and a Town Guild’s College
• A Chapel Seventy Years in the Making
• Two Queens, a Countess and a Dutchman Who Hated the Beer
• Little Germany and the Godly Colleges
• Hobson’s Choice and the Greatest Fair in England
• The Young Man from Woolsthorpe
• A Bear, a Beetle and the Rules of Football
• An Effigy on a Bicycle: The Long Fight for Women’s Degrees
• The Laboratory off Free School Lane
• Spies, Chips and the Silicon Fen

Also includes a timeline, places to visit, and further reading and sources.

What you get: an instant digital download (PDF, 49 pages) to read on any computer, tablet or phone.