England's Last Wolf and the Egg Pudding Stone

by Alan James Gilpin, Sandra Robinson (Editor), Harding and Richards (Photographer)

This book of short stories, is an amalgam of history, tales, and legend. The story of how England's last wolf was killed. The mysterious Egg Pudding Stone. The Cumbrian view of the legendary King Arthur. Robert the Bruce and Bonnie Prince Charlie. The death of an earlier Prince William, and how his death helped in the creation of the famous Saint Bart's Hospital in London. A night in an Inn in the Kentmere valley in England's Lake District (Lakeland). George Washington's British ancestors, and how we almost gave America heart-burn. The republic of Lakeland. Cumbria 's magic circle of legend and history, with the story of the Penrith Giant, and a true account of Cumbria's last kings and their connection with the curious giants grave in Saint Andrew's churchyard in Penrith in Cumbria. A look at how Christmas began. A view of Cumbria's stone circles, that includes the legend of Long Meg and her daughters. And finally, the life of "Iron Mad" John Wilkinson, one of history's greatest industrialists, and how one of his inventions helped greatly at the Battle of Trafalgar.

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 27, 2012