{"product_id":"9781906507725","title":"Worcester: Portrait of an Oxford College","description":"Myth and fact are not always easy to separate in Worcester's history; provoking a range of interesting, often quirky questions with even quirkier answers.\u003cp\u003eWas there really a time when the College became a training-ground for Greek Orthodox clergy from Constantinople and Antioch? True, albeit only briefly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas Lewis Carroll inspired to create the rabbit-hole in Alice, by seeing the tunnel into the gardens at the end of the main quad? Almost certainly false.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid wallabies once roam the College grounds? Yes. Did Rupert Murdoch put them there? No.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for anyone who wants to know why Worcester seems to create a special magic, for readers intrigued by a very unusual Oxford College, and for anyone interested in Worcester's people - from the architect and collector George Clarke, to the opium-eater Thomas de Quincey, to spymaster Masterman to the dons, the staff and the students who have enlivened the College in more recent times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a rich and colorful 'portrait' of the College: not an academic history, but an impression of the place, its people and its customs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Third Millenium Pub Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052376408304,"sku":"9781906507725","price":51.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906507725_p0.jpg?v=1763616990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906507725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}