Henry Pidgeon 4 hr 9 min read

A detailed antiquarian guide to the historic English town of Shrewsbury and its surroundings, richly illustrated with engravings.

Henry Pidgeon's 1837 book is a nonfiction topographical and historical description of Shrewsbury for visitors and residents. Detailed, illustrated, of genuine antiquarian interest. Read it for a loving early-Victorian portrait of a storied English town and its churches, antiquities, and environs.

In its time

Published in 1837, during the 1830s, poe and the german romantics.

Reading it

4 hr 9 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).