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Book SynopsisCelebrated by Matthew Arnold as the "city of the dreaming spires", Oxford has a long and illustrious history as one of Europe's oldest university towns. Its colleges, libraries and museums, ranging from the medieval to the modern, testify to the city's academic traditions and the dominant influence of "gown" over "town". But there is another Oxford, the city of car factories and housing estates, high-tech research and alternative culture. The University City: the seat of learning, inside the colleges, river and gardens, dons and students, "town and gown" conflict, the other university The Writer's City: Oxford loved and hated by Dr Johnson, Oscar Wilde and CS Lewis; Alice in Wonderland, Zuleika Dobson, and Inspector Morse. The Other Oxford: cars and marmalade; saints and sinners, museums and mausoleums, tramps and tourists.
Trade Review"David Horan is consistently readable, whether he is attempting to breathe fresh life into some well-known aspect of Oxford's story, or drawing our attention to some unconsidered trifle" Oxford Times "Highly recommended" Oxford Mail "Not just 'another' book about Oxford, but one that brims with unusual and unexpected delights" Colin Dexter
