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At the Yeoman's House
Ronald Blythe
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Description for At the Yeoman's House
Hardcover. At the Yeoman's House centres on Bottoengoms Farm, East Anglia. The celebrated authour of Akenfield explores the building inhabited by 20th century artist John Nash. It is part of the landscape loved by Constable. Inside Bottengoms there are telling handprints and footprints everywhere, and this is their tale. A tale told by a true countryman. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
What happens in an old farmhouse when the farmers have left? Perhaps only a poet-historian-storyteller can say. These traditional work centres were established centuries ago, sometimes in the village street, often far away in their own fields. But the pattern of the toil was the same. This quietly vanished a few years ago. Ronald Blythe describes the going of it in his celebrated Akenfield. Some years before this his friend John Nash had rescued an already abandoned farmhouse in the Stour Valley from total dereliction. It was called Bottengoms. Nobody knows why. John Nash called himself an Artist-Plantsman. Behind both ... Read more
What happens in an old farmhouse when the farmers have left? Perhaps only a poet-historian-storyteller can say. These traditional work centres were established centuries ago, sometimes in the village street, often far away in their own fields. But the pattern of the toil was the same. This quietly vanished a few years ago. Ronald Blythe describes the going of it in his celebrated Akenfield. Some years before this his friend John Nash had rescued an already abandoned farmhouse in the Stour Valley from total dereliction. It was called Bottengoms. Nobody knows why. John Nash called himself an Artist-Plantsman. Behind both ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904634881
SKU
V9781904634881
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About Ronald Blythe
Ronald Blythe has written novels, short stories, poetry, literary criticism and social history. Among his books are Akenfield, now a Penguin Modern Classic, The Age of Illusion, The View in Winter, Divine Landscapes, Aldeburgh Anthology, The Assassin (his most recent novel), and Aftermath: Selected Prose 1950- 2010. He has published critical studies of Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, William Hazlitt and ... Read more
Reviews for At the Yeoman's House
'The whole book is a poem: Sheer delight' - The Spectator 'This is a production of old age, gentle but not soft, both tough-minded and charitable.' The TLS 'A hand-polished gem of a book' The Tablet ... Read more