Secret Warwick Sutherland Graham
Secret Warwick Sutherland Graham The county town of Warwick is famous for its castle, St Mary's Collegiate Church, with its links to Joan of Arc, and the Lord Leycester Hospital, but much more of its…
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Secret Warwick Sutherland Graham
The county town of Warwick is famous for its castle, St Mary's Collegiate Church, with its links to Joan of Arc, and the Lord Leycester Hospital, but much more of its history has been too often overlooked. In Secret Warwick we encounter the Tudor benefactor whose legacy still provides funding today, the setting for Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, rowdy election rioting in the town, and local government corruption. In this book local author Graham Sutherland delves deeply into Warwick's long-forgotten and hidden histories, recounting some remarkable stories.
A reformed slaver and a vicar who was banned from his own church are among several turbulent priests. Grim reminders of the past include the old leper hospital, prisons and public execution sites. A secret garden welcomes visitors by the river.
Warwick housed two prisoner of war camps in the Second