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Bloody British History: Hereford, Paperback / softback Book

Bloody British History: Hereford Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Hereford has a darker side to its history, filled with strange – and sometimes unlikely – true tales.

Was King Arthur a Hereford man? Why was its patron saint murdered by his would-be father-in-law?

Why did another of its saints become the only saint to die excommunicated?

Was a Bishop of Hereford involved in the murder of a king by the most frightful method imaginable?

Did bones from the Cathedral graveyard really cure every disease known to man?

Was a ghost really responsible for the destruction of the cathedral’s west front?

Was the Hay Poisoner really guilty? Was a Hereford clerk the rightful King of England? These, and many other strange stories, will be revealed in this book…

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