Harper travels the great road from London to Portsmouth and its branches, stopping at coaching inns, market towns and commons. He gathers the history of the highway: admirals and sailors on the march, highwaymen, and the murder of an unknown sailor beside the Devil’s Punch Bowl at Hindhead in 1786, all illustrated with his own drawings.
Road history at its most companionable, from one of the great chroniclers of England’s coaching highways. Download the free EPUB.