Duke of Connaught 426 days in Sidmouth
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Duke of Connaught 426 days in Sidmouth follows the extensive regional and national press coverage of the Duke's visits here. The 1931 announcement that the Duke of Connaught would stay in Sidmouth for at least the three months winter season propelled the town into the limelight where it stayed for the next four years. The articles, reports and photographs together with your own imagination will make you feel you are following a British period drama. The Duke of Connaught is the main character, supported by other royals, local gentry, councillors, tradesmen and the inhabitants of Sidmouth and the Sid Valley. Most of the action takes place in Sidmouth and the surrounding area of East Devon, with references to London and Europe. The language and grammar is of the period, you will note that the 1930s reporters made mistakes as they still do today. There were no television cameras, reporting was very descriptive to make it is easy for the reader to imagine the scene. pp140 ISBN 978-1-0682259-0-1
