Brontë Country

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HAWORTH and its moors are for ever linked with the name of Bronté, but they alsó have a fascination in their own right. Peggy Hewitt telis the story of the moors and of the people who have lived and worked there - people who are as much a product of their environment as are the drystone walls and heather. This rich history and these personal experiences are interwoven with the stories and legends that influenced the Brontés and emerged in their writings; fact and fiction are hard to separate.
Peggy Hewitt captures the elusive spirit of the Yorkshire moors in a book that will appeal to everyone who knows this stirring landscape, and to Bronté lovers everywhere.
PEGGY HEWITT was born and bred in the Worth Valley, and has lived most of her life close to the Bronté moors. Her first published work appeared in Yorkshire Life, and since then she has written many articles, short stories and poems on a variety of subjects. Several of her stories have featured on children's television and... Tovább

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HAWORTH and its moors are for ever linked with the name of Bronté, but they alsó have a fascination in their own right. Peggy Hewitt telis the story of the moors and of the people who have lived and worked there - people who are as much a product of their environment as are the drystone walls and heather. This rich history and these personal experiences are interwoven with the stories and legends that influenced the Brontés and emerged in their writings; fact and fiction are hard to separate.
Peggy Hewitt captures the elusive spirit of the Yorkshire moors in a book that will appeal to everyone who knows this stirring landscape, and to Bronté lovers everywhere.
PEGGY HEWITT was born and bred in the Worth Valley, and has lived most of her life close to the Bronté moors. Her first published work appeared in Yorkshire Life, and since then she has written many articles, short stories and poems on a variety of subjects. Several of her stories have featured on children's television and radio. She alsó runs a creative writing class. Although Peggy now lives in Rathmell, near Settle in North Yorkshire, her roots are deep in the peat soil of the Bronté moors.
Cover illustrations. Front, main image: Virginia Farm, wbich stood opposite the Bronté Waterfalls. Empty for many years, sadly it was demolished in the 1990s; top: Stanbury village from Hob Hill (both from photographs by Simon Warner). Back: Old Timmy Featber, handloom weaver and 'clog dancer of somé renowrí (by kind permission of Ian Dewhirst). Vissza