Leicester: A Modern History by Richard Rodger HARDBACK 9781859362310

Leicester: A Modern History\nby Richard Rodger\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Richard Rodger\nTitle: Leicester: A Modern History\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Local history\nPublisher: Carnegie Publishing Ltd\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9781859362310\nISBN-10: 1859362311\nRRP: \u00A335.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis lavishly produced book brings together an impressive amount of new historical research which seeks to answer this question, providing fresh interpretations of Leicester's history since 1800. The chapters analyse the events, changes and characteristics that have shaped the city and given it its distinctive identity. The sights, sounds and smells of the city in the twenty-first century are products of cumulative layers of history, layers which ar.