As well as providing a narrative of the city and university and a guide to sites within a short driving distance, this book features aspects commonly ignored in other accounts, including outstanding collections of sculpture and stained glass, the world-class Fitzwilliam Museum and Botanic Gardens, and quirky Kettle's Yard, plus Britain's oldest bookshop. Research reveals that most visitors to Cambridge never venture more than four hundred yards from the Market Square. An Armchair Traveller's History of Cambridge will help you do better than that?and want to.Richard Tames read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and is a qualified "Blue Badge" guide.