Winchester

At Winchester’s bridge, a saint is said to have restored an old woman’s eggs. Elsewhere in the city’s lore, a pilgrim in disguise faced a Danish giant in single combat.

Set in a chalk valley where the Itchen winds between meadows and ancient streets, Winchester carries traces of British, Roman and Saxon lives—and of the kings who once held court there. Sidney Heath guides readers through its riverways, churches and cathedral, where stone and legend alike preserve the city’s past. Yet how much of that past can be proved, and what is lost when romance is stripped from history? Heath invites us to weigh the evidence without letting go of the stories that make Winchester live.

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