The Royal Hospital School: Celebrating 300 Years - Val Horsler

This beautifully illustrated new book provides a compelling and colourful new narrative of The Royal Hospital School from its origins in 1712 through to the present day and beyond. Using a range of archive material and vivid modern photographs, the book tells the story of this unique School illustrating all aspects of School life both past and present.Published to commemorate the anniversary celebrations, The Royal Hospital School: Celebrating 300 Years links previous and present generations as it travels from Greenwich to Holbrook, and also:highlights the School's history and great traditions built up over three centuriestells the stories of achievement for some of the many who attendedoutlines the characteristics of the contemporary modern Schoolfocuses on its ethos of embracing intellectual excellence, spiritual awareness, sporting achievement and service to the wider community