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Bare-Knuckle Champion of All England. This enthralling biography covers Tom Spring's amazing life and fighting career. It is redolent with the gamey and colourful character of the period.

Tom Spring was an extremely elegant fighter who swept all before him in the 1820's. The pupil of another legendary fighter, Thomas Cribb, he defeated Bill Neat at Andover in 1823 to become Champion of All England.

From the Sack of Shakespearean England to the supermarket Chardonnay of the 21st century, wine tastes in this country have changed dramatically. This book takes an irreverent (yet-impeccably-researched) look the development of our national tastes.

Explores 1,000 years of the history of Ross on Wye and the Wye Valley. This book covers subjects which include the war years, poverty, drink and festivities, the surrounding landscape and the church. It also includes old quotations and memories and is illustrated with over 120 images.

Bareknuckle fighter Thomas Cribb (1781-1848) was a sporting legend whose exploits still feature in thousands of publications on boxing, a primitive activity he dragged from the gutter into the smoking rooms of country houses. His most famous bouts were against Tom Molineaux, a black American. These fights really captured the imagination of the public - the English patriot versus the black American slave. People slept in ditches and dangled from trees to catch a glimpse of a fight that would never be forgotten. The exploits of Cribb popularised boxing among the upper classes, and in 1821 Cribb was a Page at the Coronation of King George IV. A key figure in the history of boxing, an amazing character and a great story.