Kent's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from a very curious county (Strangest)

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Kents Strangest Tales is a book devoted to the weird and wonderful side of the Garden of England.
Home to historically rich towns such as Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate, Kent is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a strange-shaped stick at. From Chaucers legendary tales of debauchery and naughtiness to Mick and Keefs very first meeting on a rocking n rolling Dartford train, Kent has it all coast, ghosts, castles, treasures, pirates, Britains oldest highway and, lest we forget, the old lady who tricked the Luftwaffe. All the stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.

Perfect for Kent-dwellers and tourists alike, Kents Strangest Tales is a treasure trove of the hilarious, the odd and the baffling an alternative travel guide to some of the countys best-kept secrets that date back many thousands of years. Read on, if you dare!

Word count: 45,000

Author Bio

Dr Martin Latham, 56, has a PhD in history from London University and was a lecturer at Hertfordshire University before becoming a bookseller. He hasmanaged Waterstones bookshop in Canterbury for 21 years. He is proud of ordering the excavation of the Roman Bath-House floor at his bookshop, payingfor it with the biggest petty cash slip in Waterstones history.