Tyneside by Alistair Moffat

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Tyneside bursts with pride - not a swaggering conceit but the most obvious, warm and pungent sense of civic pride in Britain. All this and a welter of supporting detail, colour, anecdote, tradition and good, solid, scholarly popular history can be found in this substantial history of Tyneside, Gateshead and the River Towns.

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Tyneside by Alistair Moffat

Tyneside bursts with pride - not a swaggering conceit but the most obvious, warm and pungent sense of civic pride in Britain. All this and a welter of supporting detail, colour, anecdote, tradition and good, solid, scholarly popular history can be found in this substantial history of Tyneside, Gateshead and the River Towns.
"When the authors of this lively, well-written and attractive survey of Tyneside history say 'earliest times', they really mean it. . I would unreservedly recommend this to the general reader" * Northern Echo *
"Rich in anecdotes and fascinating facts" * The Journal *
"An ambitious undertaking and the first of its kind to tackle so much of the region's history . . . an accomplished book" * Morning Star *
Alistair Moffat is a writer and television presenter/producer who runs his own independent television company. He lives in Selkirk. George Rosie is a journalist, writer and broadcaster. He lives in Edinburgh.
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ISBN 13 9781845961190
ISBN 10 1845961196
Title Tyneside
Author Alistair Moffat
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published 2006-10-05
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.