Spine title: England & Wales. Provides recommendations for sights, activities, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, and shopping.

Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This fascinating collection answers these and many other questions about the world of superstitions and forms an endlessly browsable guide to a subject that continues to obsess and intrigue.

"From Stonehenge and Silbury Hill to the magnificent cliff castles of Cornwall and the hill forts on the Welsh Marches, this Penguin guide covers, county by county, almost a thousand prehistoric sites in England and Wales."--Back cover.