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8vo. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. 95 + [1] pp. In pictorial wrapper. As new condition. Illustrated throughout in colour and sepia, including maps and plans. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. A new history of Folkestone by local historian, Terry Begent, which highlights various key events from the past of Folkestone often neglected by previous writers. Themes include discussion of the Roman sites, the advent of the Anglo-Saxons, the role of St. Eanswythe and later growth of the Parish Church, the Viking Longboat raids, the Norman Conquest and early Plantagenet kings, the French invasion of 1215, the town's part in the wars against the Spanish and French to its role in the two World Wars, the coming of the railway with establishment as a seaside resort and the development of the harbour and ferry links to France, replaced in recent years by the opening of the Channel Tunnel.