Enjoy more great tales from the history of the Isle of Wight in this second volume of John Medland's The Making of the Wight compiled from the monthly Island Stories published in the Isle of Wight Beacon magazine, with additional text and illustrations.
This new edition takes us a on a journey from the very first human colonists, almost half a million years ago, to the greatest gathering of its kind, the 1970 Isle of Wight Pop Festival.
Discover the ancient kingdom of the pagan Jutes, the modern towns of our Norman Lords and the genius of "Earthquake Milne". Hold your breath as the Spanish Armada threatens, King Charles I holds court in revolutionary Newport, or Governor Holmes launches an international war.
As a special feature this volume includes views of ten of the rarely seen paintings by Thomas Rowlandson and Samuel Howitt, owned by the Isle of Wight Council.
