{"product_id":"a-history-of-mevagissey-paperback","title":"A History of Mevagissey","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A great book for the armchair traveller or visitor to Cornwall. It is written as if you are sitting down with the author over a cup of tea or two and listening to tales and history. A delight.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn engaging and informative history of Mevagissey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor over eight hundred years Mevagissey has flourished beside the south Cornish coastline. It has, in its heyday, been a globally significant port, lighting the streets of London in the eighteenth century and feeding the homes of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt has been battered by freak storms and a cholera outbreak but has continued, unbroken, contributing in no small part to the colonisation of the world by Cornish men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis potted history gives an insight into the history of the village and takes a humorous look behind the scenes into what it is like to actually live and work in Cornwall’s second largest fishing port.  It debunks a few myths and introduces some lively, tall tales, as told through local voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA History of Mevagissey is well written and well researched and provides an entertaining and fascinating look into the history of this famous village.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mudlark's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604622491991,"sku":"9780993218026","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/9268\/5911\/files\/AhistoryofMevagissey-frontcover300dpi_cb4d98a5-4f19-4908-96b5-b409a18dce3d.jpg?v=1706025324","url":"https:\/\/mudlarkspress.com\/products\/a-history-of-mevagissey-paperback","provider":"Mudlark's Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}