Bristol-Related Books

A selection of some of the most interesting books about Bristol and it's immediate surroundings. Click on any book to order it.

Secret Bristol
Illustrated with memorable photographs, Secret Bristol strips away the gloss to uncover the city’s darker, stranger and often uncomfortable past. From prehistory to the present, it explores slavery, piracy, social unrest, institutional cruelty and the human cost of war, while revealing Bristol’s pioneering role in aircraft and automobile manufacture.

Discover how the city’s medieval heart was destroyed, forgotten and finally erased by post-war planners, how ‘Whites Only’ employment persisted on Bristol buses into the 1960s, and how the 1980 St Paul’s riots helped shape the Bristol of today.

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