Loose Chippings

 

Or The Unknown Cotswolds

 

by Nibor Raheb

 

The Cotswolds – the very name conjures up the epitome of the tranquil English countryside. But how many know its true history?  Loose Chippings reveals some of the long-forgotten characters and unusual historical moments that have really made the area what it is today – including 

  • Gaius Clarkus Rapidus – the fastest Roman charioteer of his generation
  • Sir Geofroy “I do the jokes” de Jakes, medieval jousting knight of Stratton
  • The inside story of Sir St John (“Sinjer”) Kingdom Falstaff Danglingworthy and his beautiful tenant Gloriana d’Etang de Foie
  • The fortuitous chance meeting of Quinnius Titubant Pshaw – the learned 18th century historian – with Nell Flynn, the local earl’s mistress, and, equally significantly, her pug
  • How the manor house at Baunton became home to the exotic Schnapsi – daughter of the notorious Count Strahov
  • The Tale of Two Slaughters – extreme Viking tax collection
  • Crudwell’s very own chainsaw man – Mikhail de Rogate – and his unusual anti-tsunami defences
  • The mysterious South American occupant of Winson – Generalissimo Don Moroso Ipiales Mosquito-Urinos
  • Marston Meysey’s homes for old soldiers – most notably the Cotswold Bomardier – courageous Colour-Sergeant Ernest Pthoth 
  • Gryndle Brinscombe-Bussage and strange encounters at Minchinhampton….and many more Cotswold stories.
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-903071-61-8
Size: 198 x 129mm
Pages: 88
Price: £9.99