The Castle on Devil's Water: The Story of Dilston and the Tragic Earl of Derwentwater - Softcover

Dickinson, Frankie

 
9781871739251: The Castle on Devil's Water: The Story of Dilston and the Tragic Earl of Derwentwater

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A short history of Dilston in Northumbria, the grand house and magnificent gardens which belonged to the third Earl of Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, who died on the scaffold in 1716, for his part in the Jacobite Rebellion. All that remains of the house and gardens are a crumbling ruin and an overgrown wilderness on the banks of the beautiful Devil's Water. The book should be useful for those who want to know more about Northumbrian history.

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A short history of Dilston in Northumbria, the grand house and magnificent gardens which belonged to the third Earl of Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, who died on the scaffold in 1716, for his part in the Jacobite Rebellion. All that remains of the house and gardens are a crumbling ruin and an overgrown wilderness on the banks of the beautiful Devil's Water. The book should be useful for those who want to know more about Northumbrian history.

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