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111 Dark Places in England That You Shouldn't Miss [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, kõrgus x laius: 205x135 mm, kaal: 467 g, 111 Illustrations, color
  • Sari: 111 Places
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Oct-2021
  • Kirjastus: Emons Verlag GmbH
  • ISBN-10: 3740809000
  • ISBN-13: 9783740809003
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, kõrgus x laius: 205x135 mm, kaal: 467 g, 111 Illustrations, color
  • Sari: 111 Places
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Oct-2021
  • Kirjastus: Emons Verlag GmbH
  • ISBN-10: 3740809000
  • ISBN-13: 9783740809003
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • The ultimate insider's guide to Dark Places in England
  • Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides
  • Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 250 titles and 1.5 million copies in print worldwide
  • Appeals to both the local market more than 55 million people call England home) and the tourist market (more than 36 million people visit England every year!)
  • Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs
Our significant dead and mortality moments are remembered at dark tourism sites, where complex issues of politics, history and ethics are exposed. This first-ever travel guide to dark tourism in England offers a thought-provoking compendium of difficult heritage.

We remember the dead or acts of suffering through 'heritage that hurts'. This book explores infamous acts as well as obscure dark tourism sites lost to memory. Each site is challenged by its history and its political discourse and questions are raised as how we remember our tragic past.

Each site also has ethical issues that need to be addressed and confronted and visiting these sites are often fraught with moral dilemmas. 111 Dark Places in England That You Shouldn't Miss will help shine light on dark tourism and inherent complex issues associated with commemorating our dead. Dark tourism is politically vulnerable and ethically laden with moral commentary. This book attempts to be authoritative yet accessible in exploring sites of pain and shame.

Our significant dead and mortality moments are remembered at dark tourism sites, where complex issues of politics, history and ethics are exposed. This first-ever travel guide to dark tourism in England offers a thought-provoking compendium of difficult heritage.

We remember the dead or acts of suffering through 'heritage that hurts'. This book explores infamous acts as well as obscure dark tourism sites lost to memory. Each site is challenged by its history and its political discourse and questions are raised as how we remember our tragic past.

Each site also has ethical issues that need to be addressed and confronted and visiting these sites are often fraught with moral dilemmas. 111 Dark Places in England That You Shouldn't Miss will help shine light on dark tourism and inherent complex issues associated with commemorating our dead. Dark tourism is politically vulnerable and ethically laden with moral commentary. This book attempts to be authoritative yet accessible in exploring sites of pain and shame.
1 The Bampton Icicle Stone Far South West Death by icicle
10(2)
2 Charlotte Dymond Memorial Far South West Murder and miscarriage of justice
12(2)
3 Exercise Tiger Memorial Far South West The for gotten dead of friendly and enemyfire
14(2)
4 Kitty Jay's Grave Far South West Denied a Christian burial because of `self murder'
16(2)
5 Museum of Witchcraft & Magic Far South West A bewitching cauldron of curiosities
18(2)
6 William Donaghy Memorial Far South West The tragic case of a dead school teacher
20(2)
7 Bevin Boys Memorial Midlands Forgotten World War II heroes sent to the mines
22(2)
8 The Coffin Works Midlands Conserving funerary heritage
24(2)
9 Eyam Plague Village Midlands Dammed by a pestilential death
26(2)
10 The Ilkeston Giant Midlands A dead showman mighty in stature
28(2)
11 Jigger, the Miner Midlands Shiny colossus homage to tragically killed miners
30(2)
12 Knife Angel Midlands `Save a Life, Surrender your Knife'
32(2)
13 The Last Sin-Eater Midlands Pawning your soul to the Devil
34(2)
14 National Civil War Centre Midlands A lasting legacy of civil conflict
36(2)
15 National Cyclists War Memorial Midlands Homage to those who cycled for King and country
38(2)
16 National Holocaust Centre Midlands A place of testimony to man's inhumanity
40(2)
17 National Justice Museum I Midlands Bringing penal heritage to life
42(2)
18 Polish Airmen Graves Midlands Fearless foreigners fighting for Britain
44(2)
19 Shot at Dawn Monument Midlands Soldiers executed by the State
46(2)
20 Shrewsbury Prison Midlands An excursion into a criminal's incarceration
48(2)
21 The Workhouse Midlands Social savagery of dealing with paupers
50(2)
22 Clifford's Tower North A monument to York's turbulent and bloody past
52(2)
23 DickTurpin's Grave North A violent villain romanticised
54(2)
24 Dracula's Birthplace North Romantic views inspired Bram Stoker's dark mind
56(2)
25 Eden Prisoner of War Camp North Wartime history on display
58(2)
26 The Halifax Gibbet North "From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us"
60(2)
27 Hillsborough Disaster North `You'll Never Walk Alone'
62(2)
28 Mental Health Museum North Shining light on the darker recesses of our minds
64(2)
29 Old Mother Shipton's Cave North A `witch' who could turn objects to stone
66(2)
30 Royal Armouries North State-sponsored shrine for weapons of war
68(2)
31 Sheffield Cemetery North A park for both the living and the dead
70(2)
32 York Cold War Bunker North Spine-chilling reality of nuclear attack
72(2)
33 The Disappearing Gun North-East Built to defend, but neverfired in anger
74(2)
34 Grace Darling Museum North-East Maritime heroine and reluctant celebrity
76(2)
35 Heugh Gun Battery North-East Britain's only land-sea battle in WWI
78(2)
36 John Kirkpatrick North-East From ship deserter to war hero
80(2)
37 The Poison Garden North-East Plants that kill rather than heal
82(2)
38 St Cuthbert's Relics North-East A city built around saintly bones
84(2)
39 22 Bees Mural North-West Innocence and youth stayed
86(2)
40 Alan Turing Memorial North-West `Father of computer science' castrated by the State
88(2)
41 All Saints Burial Ground North-West Encountering 16,000 corpses buried underfoot
90(2)
42 Barrow's Bombing Blitz North-West The `other Blitz of World War II'
92(2)
43 Blackpool Tower Dungeon North-West Where horrible history comes alive
94(2)
44 Blackpool's WWI Trenches North-West Practicing along the promenade
96(2)
45 Bluebird K7 North-West Donald Campbell's tragic quest for speed
98(2)
46 Captured Africans Memorial North-West Trading human cargo
100(2)
47 Carlisle's Cursing Stone North-West Condemned to the deep pit of Hell
102(2)
48 The Evaders Garden North-West Tribute to the French Resistance & Allied escapees
104(2)
49 Grizedale Forest & Hall North-West Former German POWcamp and U-boat Hotel
106(2)
50 Hack Green Nuclear Bunker North-West `Protect and Survive' nuclear war
108(2)
51 Huskisson's Mausoleum North-West First-ever railway casualty
110(2)
52 International Slavery Museum North-West Difficult heritage of transatlantic slavery
112(2)
53 IWM North North-West Stories of war
114(2)
54 Lancaster Castle & Prison North-West Crime, witches and (injustice
116(2)
55 Lost Beatle Bench North-West Place of pilgrimagefor the Fifth Beatle'
118(2)
56 Lowther Castle & Gardens North-West Site of a secret weapon of war
120(2)
57 Mexico Lifeboat Tragedy North-West Worst-ever RNLI disaster
122(2)
58 The Pendle Witches North-West Witchcraft and `ritual magic'
124(2)
59 Preston's Martyrs North-West Dying for social justice
126(2)
60 Remembering Kitty Breaks North-West Sand dunes killing
128(2)
61 Rock-Tombs of Heysham North-West The `Viking Graves'
130(2)
62 Sambo's Grave North-West A lonely tomb from Britain's slavery heritage
132(2)
63 Spitfire Memorial North-West Symbol of sacrifice and a killing machine
134(2)
64 Titanic in Liverpool North-West The `unsinkable ship' that sunk
136(2)
65 Undamaged Red Post Box North-West Marker of atrocity and symbol of resilience
138(2)
66 Western Approaches HQJ North-West Protecting against the U-boat peril
140(2)
67 Witch Wood North-West A dead horse remembered
142(2)
68 The Woodplumpton Witch North-West Buried beneath a boulder
144(2)
69 Bletchley Park South Secret home to WWII codebreakers
146(2)
70 The D-Day Story South Tales from Operation Neptune
148(2)
71 Diana's Burial Island South The People's Princess
150(2)
72 International Bomber Command Centre South Controversial memorial to WWII bombing
152(2)
73 Lincoln Castle & jail South Kings and convicts, power and punishment
154(2)
74 Rothwell Bone Crypt South Assemblage of our forgotten dead
156(2)
75 Tyneham Ghost Village South The village that died for D-Day
158(2)
76 Anaesthesia Heritage Centre South-East Passing gas is a life-affirming activity
160(2)
77 Animals in War Memorial South-East Remembering animals who died during conflict
162(2)
78 Barts Pathology Museum South-East Glimpse into our bodies and souls
164(2)
79 Battle of Britain Memorial South-East Remembering the `Few'
166(2)
80 Bethlem: Museum of the Mind South-East `Pray remember the poor lunatics at Bedlam Asylum'
168(2)
81 Clink Prison Museum South-East Tales of torment and torture
170(2)
82 Cross Bones Graveyard South-East RIP `The Outcast Dead'
172(3)
83 David Bowie Mural South-East `Major Tom is dead'
175(1)
84 Execution Dock South-East Pirates hanged to the `Marshal's Dance'
176(2)
85 The Flask Public House South-East Serving fresh corpses for early autopsies
178(2)
86 Highgate Cemetery South-East Sightseeing in the mansions of the dead
180(2)
87 Ilford Pet Cemetery South-East A mortuary gem for beloved animals
182(2)
88 Jack the Ripper Museum South-East Forget the villain, remember the victims
184(2)
89 Kelvedon Hatch South-East The nuclear bunker below
186(2)
90 London Necropolis Railway South-East A train to transport the dead
188(2)
91 Lord Lucan's House South-East A disappeared aristocrat wanted for murder
190(2)
92 The Maidstone Mummy South-East A mummified memento mori
192(2)
93 Old Operating Theatre South-East Imagined echoes of patients' pain
194(2)
94 Postman's Park South-East Memorial to heroic self-sacrifice
196(2)
95 The Skateboard Graveyard South-East A skateboarding shrine for Timothy Baxter
198(2)
96 Spencer Perceval Memorial South-East The only British PM to be assassinated
200(2)
97 St Bride's Charnel House South-East A hidden world of the dead revealed in the Blitz
202(2)
98 St Dunstan-in-the-East South-East A bombed out church and urban oasis
204(2)
99 St Leonard's Ossuary South-East Coming face to face with our dead
206(2)
100 Stairway to Heaven South-East Crushed to death fleeing a false air raid warning
208(2)
101 Ten Bells Public House South-East `From Hell' to the abyss
210(2)
102 Tower of London Terrors South-East A prison and place of persecution
212(2)
103 Wildgoose Memorial Library South-East A mysterious memento mori
214(2)
104 Women of WWII Memorial South-East Remembering all women who served
216(2)
105 25 Cromwell Street South-West Memorial absence at the House of Horrors'
218(2)
106 Anti-Slavery Arch South-West Reminder of a shameful past and a call to action
220(2)
107 Bodmin Gaol South-West Home of `LongDrop' hanging
222(2)
108 Broadway Tower South-West A folly and a Cold War bunker
224(2)
109 Cheddar Gorge & Caves South-West Our ancestors ate their dead
226(2)
110 George Marshall Medical Museum South-West Macabre death masks and pseudoscience
228(2)
111 Littledean Jail South-West Alcatraz of the Forest'
230
Philip R. Stone, Ph.D. is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of 'dark tourism' and 'difficult heritage'. He has published extensively about the subject in the academic literature and has presented his work at conferences across the world. Philip is also a media consultant on dark tourism, with clients including the BBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.