The Discovery of Sussex by Peter Brandon HARDBACK 9781860776168

The Discovery of Sussex\nby Peter Brandon\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Peter Brandon\nTitle: The Discovery of Sussex\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Local history\nPublisher: The History Press Ltd\nPublication year: 2010\nISBN-13: 9781860776168\nISBN-10: 1860776167\nRRP: \u00A325.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThere is a greater difference between life in Sussex today and life one hundred years ago than there was between the times of our great-grandparents and of Queen Elizabeth, for in 1900 Sussex away from the seaside resorts had more in common with the Sussex of 1700 than today's county. Horse power still set the pace of life and thistledown floated up from the spacious sheepwalks in high summer. Hazel and chestnut coppice was still cut regularly, men had not le.