Central Cambridge: A Guide to the University and Colleges

By Kevin Taylor

Book Overview

The fully revised and updated second edition of this best-selling guidebook is intended for all visitors to Cambridge, and for anyone with an interest in the University. Combining an accessible style with accuracy of fact and a wealth of historical detail, it can be used to accompany a walking tour or read at leisure as an authoritative introduction. The second edition is packed with newly commissioned colour photographs by Japanese artist and photographer Hiroshi Shimura, as well as fresh maps and added information about the buildings and developments of recent years. Central attractions receive full entries, and the book also offers historical descriptions of all the outer-lying colleges, making it a comprehensive survey of the collegiate University. There is an informative introduction, a list of colleges with foundation dates, a substantial glossary and index, and a list of further reading material, all extended and updated for this edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521717183
• ISBN13: 9780521717182
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

breathtaking

This is one of the best books about Cambridge that i own. It's a hybrid of a picture book, full of dazzling photos of the colleges and surrounding town, and a brief history of each college and the town of Cambridge itself. It isn't as long or as wordy as a full history might have been but take it for what it is. For those who've been there, it is a trip down memory lane which showcases the most beautiful, the most intriguing, and the most fascinating sights in Cambridge, with a good bit of information about each. For those who haven't been, or are planning to go, this book acts as a tourguide, complete with map. It points out the very best there is to see and how to get there. I would (and have) recommend this book for anyone with an interest in Cambridge. It's almost like taking a daytrip there.