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Takes you on a journey through history, and lets you discover the stories behind a mixed bunch of characters who share the rare distinction, as commoners, of having a pub named after them; from poets to actors, from sports personalities to comedians, from novelists to singers and war heroes to inventors.

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This book, a new 360-page paperback by Mike Pentelow, is well-illustrated with photos by Peter Arkell and others, which include many pub signs. Don't be misled by the title - this is not one of those books about the drunken exploits of the authors. The book tells the stories, in Mike's usual entertaining style, of 179 commoners who have had pubs named after them. The introduction says History, it is now widely recognized, is just as much about these representatives of the common people - and not just kings and queens as taught to generations of school children in years gone by . The characters are from the 12th century up to the present day and include social reformers, rebels and freedom fighters; highwaymen and other criminals; sportsmen; figures from the worlds of science, medicine, music, literature and the arts; military and other heroes; and notable eccentrics. The book can be appreciated by reading it through from beginning to end - as I did , with great pleasure - or just by dipping into it, or by using it as a work of reference. David Roe (Editor, Journal of the Inn Sign Society)

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Mike Pentelow has been a newspaper reporter and member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) for over 40 years. He is the co-author of Characters of Fitzrovia published by Chatto & Windus and Felix Dennis in 2001, and author of the biography Norfolk Red: The Life of Wilf Page, Countryside Communist, published by Lawrence & Wishart Limited in 2009. Peter Arkell has been a photographer since 1970, specialising in social issues and the environment, and he has co-written Unfinished Business: The Miners' Strike for Jobs 1984-5, published by Lupus Books in 2009. He is also a member of the NUJ.

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