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The Country Diaries: A Year in the British Countryside
Alan (Ed) Taylor
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Description for The Country Diaries: A Year in the British Countryside
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries, as told by the nation's greatest diarists. Illustrator(s): Hinchcliffe, John. Editor(s): Taylor, Alan. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BJ; DQ; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. 356 pages, illustrations. A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries, as told by the nation's greatest diarists. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; BJ; DQ; WND. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight: 274.
The unique beauty of the British countryside has been celebrated down the ages in music, poetry, and art. It has also been celebrated in countless private diaries. This delightful treasury gathers together the very finest - from Rev Gilbert White's journal of life at his famous home in Selborne to Beatrix Potter's holiday diaries from Perthshire. Elsewhere, the thoughts of Dorothy Wordsworth and John Fowles rub shoulders with the words of Queen Victoria, Siegfried Sassoon and Roger Deakin.
Together, these private records, which have been arranged as a diary of the calendar year, paint a rich and surprising portrait of a landscape and a life we think we know so well.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847673268
SKU
V9781847673268
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-72
About Alan (Ed) Taylor
Alan Taylor is a journalist and is currently the Editor of the Scottish Review of Books. Formerly, he worked for The Sunday Herald, Scotland on Sunday and the Scotsman, where he was Managing Editor. In an earlier incarnation he was a reference librarian. He is the co-editor of two other anthologies: The Assassin's Cloak and Those Who Marched Away (both published by Canongate).
Reviews for The Country Diaries: A Year in the British Countryside
This is an altogether life-enhancing compendium . . . It reminds us how the countryside is rapidly changing, and how, today, one person's fallow field is another's luxury development or power station.
Daily Mail
The arch-editor appears to have scoured the hedgerows, rolled over boulders and scaled Britain's mountains in his search. For he has unearthed a diverse range of authors - from literary greats such as Hardy and Scott; to playwrights and poets, such as Bennett and Sassoon to more contemporary sources, like Roger Deakin and Derwent May.
Scottish Field
A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries told by the nation's greatest diarists . . . dip into it each day to see how endlessly gripping and entertaining everyday life can be.
Country Life
Collectively the entries give a fascinating insight into the lives and values of people as well as the country in which they live. It is not so much of an insight into the British Countryside, as an insight into Britain the country.
Good Book Guide
Delightful.
Giles Foden
Observer
this book provides a rich tapestry of life in Britain.
Good Book Guide
Combines keen observation with wry nostalgia and an awareness of what it means to be part of a landscape.
London Review of Books
Daily Mail
The arch-editor appears to have scoured the hedgerows, rolled over boulders and scaled Britain's mountains in his search. For he has unearthed a diverse range of authors - from literary greats such as Hardy and Scott; to playwrights and poets, such as Bennett and Sassoon to more contemporary sources, like Roger Deakin and Derwent May.
Scottish Field
A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries told by the nation's greatest diarists . . . dip into it each day to see how endlessly gripping and entertaining everyday life can be.
Country Life
Collectively the entries give a fascinating insight into the lives and values of people as well as the country in which they live. It is not so much of an insight into the British Countryside, as an insight into Britain the country.
Good Book Guide
Delightful.
Giles Foden
Observer
this book provides a rich tapestry of life in Britain.
Good Book Guide
Combines keen observation with wry nostalgia and an awareness of what it means to be part of a landscape.
London Review of Books