Villages of Britain

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OF RURAL
BRITAIN
Praise for LANDMARKS OF BRITAIN:
'Charming, erudite, amusing
His energy, enthusiasm and learning, always
lightly worn, are prodigious'
David Dimbleby, Spectator
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'A brilliant, far-ranging enterprise all those who
care about history in the first place should acquire it5
Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times
Praise for THE ENGLISH HO USE:
'Informative and entertaining, effortlessly
conjuring up the houses of the past, and the lives
of those who lived in them a thorough treat'
Jenny Uglow, Guardian
'Beautifully written and fascinating'
Adam Nicolson, Mail on Sunday
VILLAGES OF BRITAIN
is the history of the countryside, told
through five hundred of its most noteworthy
settlements. Many of Britain's villages are
known for their loveliness, of course, but
their role in shaping the nation over the
centuries is relatively untold, drowned out
by the metropolitan bias of history.
A consummate storyteller, Clive Aslet deftly... Tovább

Fülszöveg

n
H
OF RURAL
BRITAIN
Praise for LANDMARKS OF BRITAIN:
'Charming, erudite, amusing
His energy, enthusiasm and learning, always
lightly worn, are prodigious'
David Dimbleby, Spectator
Wk
7/i
M
va\

N
'A brilliant, far-ranging enterprise all those who
care about history in the first place should acquire it5
Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times
Praise for THE ENGLISH HO USE:
'Informative and entertaining, effortlessly
conjuring up the houses of the past, and the lives
of those who lived in them a thorough treat'
Jenny Uglow, Guardian
'Beautifully written and fascinating'
Adam Nicolson, Mail on Sunday
VILLAGES OF BRITAIN
is the history of the countryside, told
through five hundred of its most noteworthy
settlements. Many of Britain's villages are
known for their loveliness, of course, but
their role in shaping the nation over the
centuries is relatively untold, drowned out
by the metropolitan bias of history.
A consummate storyteller, Clive Aslet deftly
weaves the worlds of agriculture, politics,
the arts, industry, folklore, science, ecology,
fashion and religion into one irresistible
volume. The Bedfordshire village that
constructed Britain's gargantuan airships;
the Cheshire municipality striving to
become the country's first carbon-neutral
community; the Derbyshire estate where the
cottages represent the gamut of European
architecture; the Gloucestershire community
founded by Tolstoyans, who still live by
anarchic principles; the Leicestershire village
where pub walls are embedded with Jurassic-
era fossils; the Morayshire settlement where
Hogmanay is celebrated eleven days late;
the Pembrokeshire park that is home to a
'lost tribe'; the Somerset village that was
built on the back of the trade in Peruvian
bird droppings; the Suffolk village that is
rejecting modernity by reconstructing a
windmill for grinding flour; the Wiltshire
village that still grows the salad known to
the Romans as 'nose-wrinkler' - all these are
places that have made a unique contribution
to the narrative of this country.
Follow Clive Aslet in visiting all five
hundred villages and you will have
experienced the history of these islands
from a uniquely rural perspective. Vissza