The writing on the wall - Mike Read

This book contains 100 blue plaques, and the stories and people behind them, fromacross the United Kingdom, each linking, through a common denominator, to thenext.From David Bowie to William Shakespeare we run the gamut of plaquesremembering kings, actors, singers, explorers, footballers, cricketers, writers,inventors, scientists, politicians, musicians, reformers, broadcasters, songwriters,comedians, pioneers, artists, the military, athletes, dancers, activists, poets andeducation. From Lennon and McCartney to the victims of Jack the Ripper this is aneclectic representation of British life, through our blue plaques, from the 1500s to2017.