HISTORY OF LEICESTER JAMES THOMPSON 1879 KING RICHARD III HOUSE
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HISTORY OF LEICESTER JAMES THOMPSON 1879 KING RICHARD III HOUSE :
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HISTORY OF LEICESTER
POCKET EDITION
BY
JAMES THOMPSON
SECOND EDITION
PUBLISHED F.HEWITT, CAXTON HOUSE, LEICESTER.
PublishedF. Hewitt, Caxton House, Leicester. 1879. Original green cloth with only light wear. 241pages. Size; 5 by 6 inches approx. Hastwo illustrations of Richard the Third’s house as it appeared in 1840; one ofthe exterior and one of the bedroom he slept in prior to his departure forBosworth Field. This is the 1879 pocket edition of Thompson\'s History ofLeicester, that’s 138 years old! His earlier works being “A HISTORY OFLEICESTER FROM THE TIME OF THE ROMANS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTHCENTURY”, and “AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH MUNICIPAL HISTORY”. Thompson inherited the Leicester Chronicle from his father and wrote most of that papersleading articles reflecting the movement from Radicalism to Liberalism takingplace at the time. Together with William Kelly he was largely responsible forsaving the Old Town Hall together with the Corporation records for posterity.
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HISTORY OF LEICESTER JAMES THOMPSON 1879 KING RICHARD III HOUSE :
$15.06