"A Traveller's History of Oxford" gives the reader a clear account of Oxford's earliest beginnings from Roman times, its Anglo-Saxon past, its importance in medieval England ...

Few cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings ...

"The main picture on each page is from the Minn collection"--pref. ; with photographs taken from the same position c. 1967-1969.