{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-oxfordshire-9780750997324","title":"The Little Book of Oxfordshire","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: History Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: History Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Non-Classifiable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDid you know?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trip to the Ashmolean for Alice Liddell and Charles Dodgson led to the latter, under his \u003ci\u003enom de plume\u003c\/i\u003e Lewis Carroll, immortalizing both Liddell and himself (as a dodo) in the Alice books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man was crushed beneath his own cart wheels in 1872, when his horse reared after meeting an elephant on the road from Oxford to Eynsham.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDespite Percy Bysshe Shelley being expelled from University College for writing the pamphlet 'The Necessity of Atheism', he is now its most celebrated alumnus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Book of Oxfordshire\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information no one will want to be without.\u003c\/b\u003e Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, and hundreds of interesting facts (plus some authentically bizarre bits of historical trivia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining essential details with little-known and entertaining information and quotations, this book is a highly engaging guide to where you are, what to look out for now you're here, and how on earth all this came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45031511392407,"sku":"9780750997324","price":876.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780750997324.webp?v=1769206839","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-little-book-of-oxfordshire-9780750997324","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}