{"product_id":"little-book-of-essex-dee-gordon-9781803999654","title":"Little Book of Essex","description":"Did you know?\n In the eleventh century, Edward the Confessor banished nightingales from the royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower because their singing disturbed his devotions.\n In 1913, Benny Hucks of Stansted Mountfitchet was the first person to perform a loop-the-loop in an aircraft.\n On Boxing Day 1946, Hatfield Heath villagers challenged local German and Italian POWs to a football match – and lost 11–0.\n Brentwood was the first town in Britain to install CCTV.\n A compendium of frivolity, a reference book of little-known facts and a wacky guide to one of England’s most colourful counties, The Little Book of Essex is packed full of entertaining, bite-sized pieces of historic and contemporary trivia that come together to make essential reading for visitors and locals alike.\nDip in randomly, or read consecutively – there are no rules. Be amused and amazed at the stories and history of Essex’s landscape, heritage, buildings and, above all, its people.","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50274628895008,"sku":"9781803999654","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781803999654.jpg?v=1785188388","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/little-book-of-essex-dee-gordon-9781803999654","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}