What A Life by Ztan Zmith

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Nottinghamshire tales about ordinary folk, their lives and their exploits. Includes Joseph Hooley from Wollaton, press ganged three times and marooned on St.Helena, Thomas Smith, a Nottingham draper who founded a banking empire, Thomas Berdmore whoc made a fortune as dentist to George 111, Charlie Gear, famous through a change in the Law, Francis Purdy, a bare knuckle fighter and William his son, and Gilbert Millington from Felley Priory who signed the death warrant of Charles 1. 56pp, illus

Nottinghamshire Heritage Series