Lancaster and Morecambe are like chalk and Lancashire cheese. So near, yet so far apart in what they offer. Morecambe, the traditional seaside resort, its 'Bring me Sunshine' favourite son Eric Morecambe and Victoria Wood's 'two soups' cafe. Plus, its awesome 1930's Art Deco Midland Hotel, haunt of Coco Chanel and Laurence Olivier. Lancaster, with its Roman remains, its impregnable 'John O'Gaunt' castle and characterful Georgian buildings, built in part from slave-trade profits. Notorious Lancaster, known as the 'Hanging Town' for its use of the noose, with its fearsome castle cells that held Quaker maker George Fox. Leave the crowds behind and embrace the true character of this story-filled region, one special place at a time. AUTHOR: Lindsay Sutton is an award-winning journalist, author and travel writer, and a former TV broadcaster and producer. He has worked for the Daily Mirror, the Daily Mail and The Times, and for ITV, Sky and the BBC. His previous book Sands of Time, focussed on the life of Morecambe Bay through the eyes of the longest-serving Queen's Guide to the Sands, Cedric Robinson. SELLING POINTS: . The ultimate insider's guide to Lancaster and Morecambe . Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides . Part of the international 111 Places series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide . Fully illustrated with 111 full-page colour photographs . New and updated edition