Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers

ISBN-13: 9781786077707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 336 str.

Peter Fiennes

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Through past and present, the country and the city, a unique exploration of the British Isles

'The premise of this book is simple, or that is what it seemed when I started.'Peter Fiennes follows in the footsteps of twelve inspirational writers, bringing modern Britain into focus by peering through the lens of the past.The journey starts in Dorset, shaped by the childhood visions of Enid Blyton, and ends with Charles Dickens on the train that took him to his final resting place in Westminster Abbey.From the wilds of Skye and Snowdon, to a big night out in Birmingham with J. B. Priestley and Beryl Bainbridge, Footnotes is a series of evocative biographies, a lyrical foray into the past, and a quest to understand Britain through the books, journals and diaries of some of our greatest writers.And as Fiennes travels the country, and roams across the centuries, he wonders:'Who are we? What do we want? They seemed like good questions to ask, in the company of some of our greatest writers, given these restless times.'

Recenzje

'As enjoyable a guide to the relationship of writers to the landscape of Britain as one could hope to read: beautifully written, moving in its reflections, and often very funny.'

Tom Holland

O autorze

Fiennes, Peter

Peter Fiennes is the author of the critically acclaimed Footnotes, Oak and Ash and Thorn, and To War with God. As the publisher for Time Out, he nurtured a lifelong obsession with old guidebooks, creating award-winning city guides, walking books and titles about Britain's countryside and seaside. He lives in south-west London.