Cotswold Tales - Couverture souple

Sutton, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845880145 ISBN 13 : 9781845880149

Editeur : Nonsuch Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

This selection of tales is about rural Cotswold life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There have been many tales and anecdotes about the Cotswolds published over the past two hundred years, some of which are now virtually inaccessible. This book provides a fine selection of these tales - some amusing, others poignant - covering this corner of the country, revealing something of the unique nature of the region. The text covers a wide variety of subjects and, with much of it written in dialect, vividly captures the texture of life as it was at the end of the nineteenth century. Here are tales of the farmer and the country fir, the shepherd and his idyllic life and the rural wedding, but also of the death of a child and the effects of politics on ordinary people. Here, too, are anecdotes of daily life and characters still strangely familiar despite the passing of the years. In this volume is contained S S. Buckman's John Darke's Sojourn in the Cotteswolds and Elsewhere; Willum Workman's Wit and Wisdom by G. Edmund Hall and John Drinkwater's Cotswold Characters. Illustrated with original line drawings and contemporary photographs of the area, Cotswold Tales will delight visitors and residents alike.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alan Sutton is a well-known Gloucestershire publisher and writer, and this collection of Cotswold Tales is his ninth book. His publishing activities in Stroud have created much interest over the years and the recent developments including the launch of the new Amberley list are yet another chapter in a distinguished career which has seen the launch of many new local interest and history series over a span of 33 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nonsuch Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845880145
• ISBN 13: 9781845880149
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible