Manchester: Chronicles Revealed

by R. W. Calloway

The story of Manchester, 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 Fort on the Red Rock
• A College of Priests and a Library for Everyone
• An Exchange, a Prince and a Duke’s Canal
• Cottonopolis
• Sabres on St Peter’s Field
• Rails, Rights and the Free Trade Hall
• The Condition of the Working Class
• A Gothic Palace for a Merchant City
• Atoms, Votes and a Meeting at the Midland
• Fire at Christmas and a Baby in a Laboratory
• Decline, a Bomb and a City Remade

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

What you get: an instant digital download (PDF, 50 pages) to read on any computer, tablet or phone.