2,000 Years of Manchester

An enlightening and entertaining portrait of the English city’s history, legends, and lore, including photos and quotations: “Excellent.” — NB Magazine This is not a chronological history of Manchester filled with names and dates and figures. Rather, it is an eclectic mix of fact, fiction, legend, and myth that presents the history of Manchester from its beginnings as a Roman settlement, then as an insignificant market town, to its place as a city at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and be