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 | Hertfordshire (Pevsner Buildings of England)Hardcover 318 pages (March 1, 2002). Publisher: Yale University Press. Book Description: Although so close to London this is still a rural area, with quiet country churches with fine monuments, timber-framed farmhouses, and some splendid country houses, of which the most celebrated is Cecil's Jacobean Hatfield House. At St Albans the remains of Roman Verulamium and the great early Norman abbey speak eloquently of older civilizations. The towns offer intriguing contrasts: Hertford, Bishop's Stortford and Hitchin still have the character of traditional market centres, while the new towns of Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead and Hatfield are important exemplars of planning ideals of the 1950s and 60s.
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Buy from Amazon.co.uk » |  | Hudson's Historic Houses & GardensPaperback, 608 pages. Published November 15, 2005 by Norman Hudson & Co. With 50 page illustrated editorial section, this illustrated reference source contains over 1500 colour photographs, is indexed and user-friendly.
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Buy from Amazon.co.uk » |  | The First Battle of St. Albans 1455Paperback, 176 pages. Published February 1, 2006 by Tempus Publishing.
Synopsis: Contrary to popular opinion, the first battle of St Albans was an extremely significant event in England's medieval history. Not only did it mark the vacillating beginning of the Wars of the Roses, but it also proclaimed the start of an intense family blood feud which fuelled the wars over many succeeding generations to come. Indeed, the great family vendetta pursued by the Neville's and Percy's in the second half of the fifteenth century was instigated in the streets of St Albans. What prompted Richard of York to take up arms in the first place? What remains of the medieval town today? Where did the main action take place? Andrew Boardman answers these tantalising questions and discusses other misinterpreted theories about the first battle of St Albans: a battle of the Wars of the Roses where the streets ran red with blood.
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Buy from Amazon.co.uk » |  | Verulamium: The Roman City of St AlbansAuthor: Rosalind Niblett. Paperback 176 pages (May 31, 2001). In its heyday Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain, with no less than seven temples within the city walls. Why it was that Verlamion, the Iron Age settlement of the Catuvellauni, became so prosperous and what this prosperity meant for its inhabitants is the subject of Rosalind Niblett's wide-ranging study which describes the development of St Albans from its origin in the first century BC to the rise of the Saxon town in the early eighth century AD. The last 20 years have seen an unprecedented amount of archaeological research on Roman St Albans, spearheaded by the author. She is thus ideally qualified to write the first substantial account of Verulamium since Sir Mortimer Wheeler's report of almost 70 years ago. Individual chapters look at developing ideas about the Roman city; from the Middle ages onwards; the development of the tribal centre of the Catuvellauni; the first hundred years of the Roman city; the life of the people in the second and third centuries; and the story of the final centuries before the rise of the Saxon town. Complete with 100 illustrations (many in full colour) this authoritative yet readable account of Roman St Albans will not only enthral local inhabitants but will be indispensable for all those interested in Roman Britain.
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