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Shakespeare's Local: Six Centuries of History, One Pub

By: Pete Brown
Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
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Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge: a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. 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 to Canterbury. Shakespeare may have popped in from the nearby Globe, and we know that Dickens definitely did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, while sailors drank here before sailing.

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 enjoy a tour through six centuries of history, through the stories of everyone that ever drank in one pub.

©2012 Peter Brown (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Sailing

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I really enjoyed this book. An entertaining and informative story that made me want to set off on a pilgrimage to the George.
The narration was the best I’ve heard on Audible. Perfect. He made a good book even better.

Loved Shakespeare’s Local

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Smashing book and very funny when it needs to be. Another belting book by Peat Brown. I’ll be recommended.

Great social history

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loved it. good narrator. unique type of historicall research. easy to follow. relaxed style of writing.

fascinating

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I love this book, I’d heard about elsewhere and found it in audible. It’s a delightful journey into the history of a famous london pub, actually quite local to me. The tone is chatty, conversational, lighthearted. It’s is deeply researched and the love comes through.

Brilliant, just brilliant

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