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Indlæser... Shakespeare's Pub: A Barstool History of London as Seen Through the Windows of Its Oldest Pub - The George Innaf Pete Brown
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 |   That said, the book was a quite interesting history of a real-life medieval pub over 600 years from the time of Chaucer, through the Elizabethan age, the brief times of the fast mail coach where the horses were changed at the pub to the modern day. In fact, it is the only remaining coaching inn in London. The George was rebuilt in 1666 after the Great Fire of London and nothing remains of the medieval structure. I'm not sure how much of the present builing is original, probably the galleried portion and maybe some of the glass. Here are some pictures of the George. http://www.goodbeergoodpubs.co.uk/pub-reviews/london-south/london-bridge-southwa... Note for Americans: it isn't a big deal to have a 400 year-old pub as your local, there are loads of them about. I don't think pubs go bust all that often and so are continually occupied. My local when I was growing up was the Murenger, which dates from Henry VIII's time. It wasn't really my local as I lived in a village, but in the nearest town where us kids would gather of an evening and it didn't care if you were 18 or not. http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=490&with_pho... It is a good book for the history of a pub through the ages, very light reading, and quite a nice present for someone going to London who likes history and beer. (  ) Petra.Xs | Apr 2, 2013 |
This is the new book by British beer writer and pub historian Pete Brown. To unpack it, we’ve got a book purportedly about the George Inn — the pub that William Shakespeare called his local. And, given that Shakespeare drank there, it’s not too surprising that the George has a claim to the title of “London’s oldest.” And, as such, it makes perfect sense that you’d be able to tell a rollicking good history of London without ever really leaving your favourite stool at the bar. The only real problem with all of this is that the first two premises aren’t exactly literal truths. But as Brown demonstrates, in a highly entertaining fashion, metaphorical truths can be so much more fun.
"A history of Britain told through the story of one very special pub, from "The Beer Drinker's Bill Bryson" (Times Literary Supplement) Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and lean back, resting your head against the wall. And then consider this: who else has rested their head against that wall, over the last six hundred years? Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims almost certainly drank in the George on their way out of London to Canterbury. It's fair to say that Shakespeare popped in from the nearby Globe for a pint, and we know that Dickens certainly did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, before heading to all four corners of Britain--while sailors drank here before visiting all four corners of the world. The pub, as Pete Brown points out, is the 'primordial cell of British life' and in the George he has found the perfect example. All life is here, from murderers, highwaymen, and ladies of the night to gossiping peddlers and hard-working clerks. So sit back with Shakepeare's Pub and watch as buildings rise and fall over the centuries, and 'the beer drinker's Bill Bryson' (UK's Times Literary Supplement) takes us on an entertaining tour through six centuries of history, through the stories of everyone that ever drank in one pub"-- No library descriptions found. |
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Brown has done lots of research into the George Inn, in Southwark. There is documentary evidence for the pub being on sight in 1542 and it has bee there is one iteration or another ever since. It is suspected that it had been there before, but there is no hard evidence to prove this.
In the book he looks at the way that the function of the building has changed from pub to coaching inn and as it now owned by the National Trust, into a working historical building. There is a lot of history of the Southwark area, mainly to put the pub and inns into a better context. This was one of the main routes int London for many years, and lead to one of the few bridges that crossed the Thames, and the early maps show that the George was one of several hundred pubs in the area.
Where he can he write about the characters linked or loosely associated with the pub. The pub was in existence when Shakespeare was alive, and whilst they cannot prove one way of the other if he every frequented the place, they cannot rule it out. Some of Dickens work mentions the and neighbouring pubs, so he speculates again on his attendance.
Really good local history book, but if you are expecting lots on Shakespeare, you'll be disappointed. (