Description
Product ID: | 9781911657439 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | National Trust |
Title: | A National Trust Miscellany |
Subtitle: | The National Trust's Greatest Secrets & Surprises |
Authors: | Author: Ian Allen, National Trust Books |
Page Count: | 136 |
Subjects: | Humour, Humour, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Staggering statistics, strange facts and all kinds of surprising stuff from the National Trust. Haunted houses, baffling objects, bizarre buildings and distinctly curious characters. Staggering statistics, strange facts and all kinds of surprising stuff from the National Trust. Haunted houses, baffling objects, bizarre buildings and distinctly curious characters.• Who needs an upside-down lighthouse? • How can you tell a gargoyle from a hunky punk? • What are the top 10 historical toilets? • Where’s the best place to see a UFO? • Why would you hang toast on a tree?Welcome to this smorgasbord of strangely compelling facts and figures about the National Trust.Find out what lurks under the floorboards of its grandest homes and hides behind the shrubs in its gardens. Meet some of the curious characters who lived at its properties, and discover the unusual jobs carried out by its staff. Pit your wits against National Trust curators to identify the oddest things in their care.For secrets, surprises and strange things of all kinds, read on. |
Imprint Name: | National Trust Books |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-05-05 |