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Brown, Pete, 1968-
Subjects
George Inn (Enfield, London, England) -- History.
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- England -- London -- History.
Hotels, taverns, etc. -- England -- History.
London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History.
Enfield (London, England) -- History.
Great Britain -- History.
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Brown, Pete, 1968-
George Inn (Enfield, London, England) -- History.
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- England -- London -- History.
Hotels, taverns, etc. -- England -- History.
London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History.
Enfield (London, England) -- History.
Great Britain -- History.
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Shakespeare
's
pub
: a
barstool
history
of
London
as
seen
through
the
windows
of
its
oldest
pub
-
the
George
Inn
/ Pete Brown.
by
Brown, Pete, 1968-
St. Martin's Press, 2013.
Call #:
647.9542 B879s
Subjects
George
Inn
(Enfield,
London
, England) --
History
.
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- England --
London
--
History
.
Hotels, taverns, etc. -- England --
History
.
London
(England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --
History
.
Enfield (
London
, England) --
History
.
Great Britain --
History
.
ISBN:
9781250033888 (hc.)
1250033888 (hc.)
Edition:
1st U.
S
. ed.
Description:
352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
"First published in Great Britain under the title
Shakespeare
's local by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347).
Contents:
Prologue : Concerning scandal, murder, smuggling, highwaymen, coffee, & C. -- In which we make the perilous and eventful journey to the
George
Inn
, Southwark. From my house -- Concerning dates, names, Mutya, Heidi & C. -- Being some remarks on London'
s
first bridge, and how this bridge gives our story
its
very shape -- On inns, taverns, alehouses, pubs and boozers. But mainly inns, and the distinctive nature thereof -- The poet'
s
tale, or, how English literature was born in a Southwark
inn
-- In which we meet the inhabitants of sinful Southwark, and the patrons of
its
divers inns, taverns and alehouses -- Concerning bulls, bears, actors and other beasts, and their various 'entertainments', including the sad tale of a monkey on a horse -- Further unsavoury activities in inns and alehouses, and how these places were burn'd by almighty God'
s
fury (if you believe in that sort of thing) -- Our
inn
enjoys a golden age of romance, highwaymen, complicated timetables and sore posteriors -- Concerning drink, hops and politics, and how the
George
Inn
brings these elements together -- In which the road of steel replaces the roads of the Romans, and the inns of the Borough suffer a terrible fate -- Concerning a mother and daughter, two brothers, and the condition of nostalgia -- In which the
George
Inn
is sav'd for the nation, and a princess and a bishop have a lock-in -- Epilogue : a drink at the
George
Inn
to-day -- Timeline and dramatis personae.
Summary:
"A
history
of Britain told
through
the story of one very special
pub
, from "The Beer Drinker'
s
Bill Bryson" (Times Literary Supplement). Welcome to the
George
Inn
near
London
Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and lean back, resting your head against the wall. And then consider this: who else has rested their head against that wall, over the last six hundred years? Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims almost certainly drank in the
George
on their way out of
London
to Canterbury. It'
s
fair to say that
Shakespeare
popped in from the nearby Globe for a pint, and we know that Dickens certainly did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, before heading to all four corners of Britain--while sailors drank here before visiting all four corners of the world. The
pub
, as Pete Brown points out, is the 'primordial cell of British life' and in the
George
he has found the perfect example. All life is here, from murderers, highwaymen, and ladies of the night to gossiping peddlers and hard-working clerks. So sit back with Shakepeare's
Pub
and watch as buildings rise and fall over the centuries, and 'the beer drinker'
s
Bill Bryson' (UK'
s
Times Literary Supplement) takes us on an entertaining tour
through
six centuries of
history
,
through
the stories of everyone that ever drank in one
pub
"--Provided by publisher.
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