Local historian Adam Sowan has explored all that the town of Reading has to offer, and presents here a witty, entertaining and challenging set of questions to stimulate the reader’s curiosity and develop a deeper acquaintance with this much-maligned town.
The book includes 80 questions, with detailed and informative answers, along with 40 photographs to identify.
Adam Sowan’s previous books about Reading, all published by Two Rivers Press, include A Much-Maligned Town: Opinions of Reading 1126-2008 (2008), A Mark of Affection: The Soane Obelisk in Reading (2007), The Holy Brook (2003), Abattoirs Road to Zinzan Street: Reading’s streets and their names (2004). He also edited John Man: The Stranger in Reading, published by Two Rivers Press in 2006.
The book includes 80 questions, with detailed and informative answers, along with 40 photographs to identify.
Adam Sowan’s previous books about Reading, all published by Two Rivers Press, include A Much-Maligned Town: Opinions of Reading 1126-2008 (2008), A Mark of Affection: The Soane Obelisk in Reading (2007), The Holy Brook (2003), Abattoirs Road to Zinzan Street: Reading’s streets and their names (2004). He also edited John Man: The Stranger in Reading, published by Two Rivers Press in 2006.