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Down the centuries Berkshire has produced many famous people whose stories have passed into folklore.

How could a Lambourn man travel to London by land, sea and air as early at 1607? What peril awaited Reverend John Bacon after his gas-filled balloon had been launched from Newbury to observe a predicted meteor shower one night in 1899? How did Captain Hawkes, highwayman of the Bath Road, finally get caught by the Bow Street Runners?

These and many other stories, retold with enthusiasm by Cecilia Millson, will ensure that the old legends and traditions of Berkshire will live on for today's generations.

A5 (softcover) 128 pages

Author: Cecilia Millson

ISBN 9781846742446

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