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Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi Norman Buckley

Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi By Norman Buckley

Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi by Norman Buckley


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Summary

Fifteen short walks associated with the Brontes, illustrated with maps and photographs.

Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi Summary

Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi by Norman Buckley

Explore one of England's great landscapes in the company of the great writers with whom it is indelibly associated. In the style of Walking with Beatrix Potter and Walking with Wordsworth, Walking with the Brontes is a pocket-sized book containing fifteen walking routes, predominantly in West Yorkshire. Each walk is to somewhere associated with one or more of the Bronte family, either in real life or with important characters or places in their novels: for instance the house on which Emily based Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights, or the countryside around Cowan Bridge School which, with its harsh regime, caused the Bronte girls much suffering and became Lowood School in Charlotte's Jane Eyre. The walks are generally short and fairly easy, contrasting semi-urban areas with the wild moorland above their home at the Parsonage Haworth. Each route is fully described, aided by sketch plans, and illustrated by new colour photographs. In each case, a separate text explains the Bronte associations, with extracts from their writing.

Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi Reviews

I am sure [this book] will give us as much walking pleasure as the others did. -- John Burland Footsteps The Bronte's and their stories are so ingrained into our cultural psyche that we think we know them inside out - but walking in the footsteps of the literary greats and their characters offers a new perspective of their work. Bradford Telegraph & Argus There are stunning photographs that make the book not just a useful guide but as a keepsake and memory of the wonderful country you will see on the walks. A gem of a guide. Yorkshire Gazette & Herald

About Norman Buckley

Norman Buckley and his wife June are professional writers, and the authors of numerous guide books and walking books. Norman was awarded an M.A. degree in Lake District Studies at Lancaster University in 2006. They live in Windermere. June Buckley and her husband Norman are professional writers, and the authors of numerous guide books and walking books. They live in Windermere, and are long standing members of the Beatrix Potter society.

Table of Contents

PREFACE INTRODUCTION LAND AND WATER On the edge: Solovki, Russia Transylvania, Romania Water: Thames Landscape Strategy, London Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania Soil: Villa La Pietra, Florence The Apothecaries' Garden, Moscow Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford Chelsea Barracks, London LIFE Wildlife: Winchester wet meadows, Hampshire Shawford wet meadows, Hampshire Heveningham Hall, Suffolk People: Victoria and Albert Museum, London Hyde Park Corner, London Hyde Abbey Garden, Winchester City of London Cemetery, London SPIRIT Inspiration: Avebury Ring Ridge and Furrow Lyveden New Bield Rousham Claremont Studley Royal Andy Goldsworthy Paley Park Landform: Heveningham Hall, Suffolk Great Fosters, Surrey County Hall, London Holker Hall, Cumbria Hurstbourne Park, Hampshire The Holt, Hampshire Rotherfield Park, Hampshire The King's Observatory, Kew Boughton House, Northamptonshire HOME GROUND Friars Stile Road, Richmond Franklin Farm, Hampshire Index Acknowledgements

Additional information

GOR005128224
9780711232549
0711232547
Walking with the Brontes in West Yorkshi by Norman Buckley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
20120322
144
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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