The English Lakes by Ian Thompson Md

The English Lakes by Ian Thompson Md

With more than twenty million visitors each year, England's Lake District--its dramatic landscape long the inspiration of poets and painters--continues to fascinate and attract people from across Britain and abroad. Author Ian Thompson, who grew up nearby and hiked the region's hills from an early age, proves the perfect guide to the Lake District's storied past.

Thompson's elegant cultural history details how the perception of the region changed, from one of horrid mountains to vales of peace, due in large part to the work of Romantic poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey--later christened the Lake Poets. The region's reputation was furthered by the landscape paintings of J.M. W. Turner, the writings of John Ruskin, and the illustrated stories of Beatrix Potter. All were drawn to the area's unique charms, and helped make it the treasured place it is today.

Full of fascinating detail and dozens of full-color illustrations--including Thompson's own photographs-- The English Lakes is sheer delight for armchair travelers, history-lovers, and Anglophiles.

Ian Thompson was born in Liverpool, England, but grew up in a tiny town in Cheshire for the majority of his childhood. He went into textiles for a career that included laboratory testing and quality control. Give him some carpet, garment, or curtain fibers, as well as a microscope and some chemicals, and he'll tell you everything you need to know! He enjoys fast-paced adventures with strong and interesting characters, gritty action, and unexpected twists. Getting whisked away into someone else's imagination has always appealed to him, inspiring him to construct his own places.

PARADISE EXHUMED, his debut novel, was published in February 2015 and is a violent whodunit thriller set in modern-day Britain about a pair of investigative reporters on the hunt for a ruthless and seemingly relentless killer. The first book in the Ray Hammett Thriller series is PARADISE EXHUMED. Ian's second work, AGE OF DARKNESS - VOLUME I: THE APOCALYPSE BEGINS, is the first installment of a war-torn action fantasy series. Three Short Stories From The Age Of Darkness were published after that.

SURVIVAL I: SLAUGHTER AT GHASTAR kicked off a spin-off series of Age Of Darkness Novellas. Ian's third book is a chilling horror story. GOD OF WAR is a cause-and-effect story in which events from two thousand years ago have horrifying consequences now. During the Roman occupation of Ancient Britain, an ambitious man attempts to build something spectacular for Nero's gladiatorial arenas.

A group of cavers in modern-day Britain find the results of Roman efforts... They discover that they are being pursued by a beast that kills to feed and gratify its vicious urges. His next books launched his Short Horror Stories Series, which features short stories packed with thrills, chills, and unexpected turns. GLANCING BLOW, a story about a simple mishap with horrific effects, launched in October 2015.

SLOWLY followed HOOKER, CHAINED, IGNITION SOURCE, HOME OF MY DREAMS, BUG HUNT, and KILL HIM. THE BURNING RIDER is the eighth installment in the series. AGE OF DARKNESS, VOLUME II: EXTINCTION was released in March 2016, bringing the fantasy war saga to a terrible finale. For more information about Ian Thompson and his art, go to his website.

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ISBN 13	9781608192267
ISBN 10	1608192261
Title	The English Lakes
Author	Ian Thompson Md
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury USA
Year published	2010-10-26
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.