Double Gloucester

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Nowhere is England more like herself than in the county of the Severn and the Thames; Arthur Mee Double Gloucester celebrates this originality, and here in microcosm is the rich history of Gloucestershire. From that base, it reaches out to celebrate the poetry and music associated with the county-from Ivor Gurney to Gustav Holst. In all of this there is, if only by default, an essentially moral message, because Gloucestershire's motto is 'prorsum semper', meaning 'ever upright'. John Hedley has crafted a detailed and thought-provoking history of the county in this deftly-written play, offering snapshots of Gloucester's history through the people who lived there, and how they lived.