Oxford: Chronicles Revealed

by R. W. Calloway

The story of Oxford, 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.

10 chapters:

• A Ford, a Saint and a Burning Church
• An Empress in the Snow
• Masters Without a Founder
• Wine, Blood and a Penny a Head
• A Cardinal’s College and Three Fires in a Ditch
• The King’s Capital
• Bodley’s Books and Boyle’s Air Pump
• Tracts, Apes and a Golden Afternoon
• From Bicycles to Bullnoses: The Car Town
• Mould, Miles and Medicine

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

What you get: an instant digital download (PDF, 46 pages) to read on any computer, tablet or phone.