Terry Hearing

Having been living in Dorset a decade now i try and read up on local history every now and again. And Dorset had a lot of history with human activity stretching back several thousand years, and the Jurassic Coast many millions.

In this, Hearing has selected 101 items and people that have played a part in one way or another in the history of this beautiful county. Full of photos there are neolithic items such as flint and an exquisite jade axe, to Roman mosaics, Saxon churches, Medieval floor tiles all the way up to World War II objects.

Interesting stuff and great photos, but let down a little by the writing, which was a little dull.… (más)