Oxford: Encounters through History: First-hand tales since 1500

Oxford has been a magnet for tourists and historians alike for centuries, and many of them have left vivid, interesting and sometimes amusing accounts of their discoveries about the city and their encounters with its inhabitants.

This book - one of a series of guides for cities across Britain - brings together a wealth of these travellers' tales for the first time, gleaned from almost five centuries of diaries, journals, field notes and travel guides.