Shakespeare's Local: Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub

Shakespeare's Local: Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub

by PeteBrown (Author)

Synopsis

Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-pannelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and consider this: who else has made this their local over the last 600 years? Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims almost certainly drank in the George on their way out of London to Canterbury. Shakespeare may well have popped in from the nearby Globe for a pint, and we know that Dickens definitely did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, before heading to all four corners of Britain -- while sailors drank here before visiting all four corners of the world...The pub, as Pete Brown points out, is the 'primordial cell of British life' and in the George he has found the perfect case study. All life is here, from murderers, highwaymen and ladies of the night to gossiping pedlars and hard-working clerks. So sit back and watch as buildings rise and fall over the centuries, and 'the beer drinker's Bill Bryson' (TLS) takes us on an entertaining tour through six centuries of history, through the stories of everyone that ever drank in one pub.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 08 Nov 2012

ISBN 10: 0230761267
ISBN 13: 9780230761261

Author Bio
Pete Brown used to advertise beer for a living before he realized that writing about it was even more fun, and came with even more free beer. In 2009, Pete was named Beer Writer of the Year by the British Guild of Beer Writers. He is the author of Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer; Three Sheets to the Wind and Hops and Glory.