Bloody British History: Somerset

Andrew May talks to Vernon Harwood about his new book “Bloody British History: Somerset“. Excerpts from a live interview on BBC Radio Somerset, Tuesday 9 October 2012. Topics discussed include the Battle of Sedgemoor and the Bloody Assizes, the murders of King Edward II and Archbishop Thomas Becket, the execution of King Charles I, the “real-life Frankenstein“ Andrew Crosse and the Victorian sex cult run by the Reverend Henry Prince. Vernon describes the book as “a brilliant read“.