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Remains of Elmet
Ted Hughes
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Description for Remains of Elmet
Paperback. The Calder valley, west of Halifax, was the last ditch of Elmet, the last British Celtic kingdom to fall to the Angles. For centuries it was considered a more or less uninhabitable wilderness, a notorious refuge for criminals, a hide-out for refugees. This title celebrates this area where the author spent his early childhood. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
'The Calder valley, west of Halifax, was the last ditch of Elmet, the last British Celtic kingdom to fall to the Angles. For centuries it was considered a more or less uninhabitable wilderness, a notorious refuge for criminals, a hide-out for refugees. Then in the early 1800s it became the cradle for the Industrial Revolution in textiles, and the upper Calder became "the hardest-worked river in England". Throughout my lifetime, since 1930, I have watched the mills of the region and their attendant chapels die. Within the last fifteen years the end has come. They are now virtually dead, and ... Read more
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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571278763
SKU
V9780571278763
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-32
About Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Talesfrom Ovid (1997) and ... Read more
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