Oxford Format: General/trade

$ 7.87

Item Weight: 12.8 Oz Language: English Author: Martin Garrett ISBN: 9781566560870 Book Title: Oxford : a Cultural Guide Number of Pages: 224 Pages Illustrator: Yes Publication Year: 2015 Book Series: Interlink Cultural Guides Narrative Type: book gtin13: 9781566560870 Intended Audience: General/trade Genre: Travel, History Item Height: 0.7 in Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated Type: book Format: Trade Paperback Item Width: 5.2 in Item Length: 8 in Topic: Special Interest / Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain

Description

Entertainingly-written and concise guide to Oxford and its environs. Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the “oxen ford” from which it takes its name. It became a center for trade and religion and developed one of the oldest universities in Europe fr