Britannia Obscura by Joanne Parker
From investigations of caves and megaliths to canals and airspace, this book reveals a country with countless competing centres and ceaselessly shifting borders - a land where one person's sleepy, unexceptional province will always be the busy heart of another's map. It opens our eyes to the layered landscape of a very large small island.
This prodigious book takes us on a fascinating excursion around a Britain obscure to most of us * Daily Mail *
Original and engaging-- Gillian Tindall * Literary Review *
An affectionate, alternative exploration to make readers feel more familiar with Britain. * Great Outdoors *
Parker’s tour is conducted with a light touch in prose which makes learning from her a pleasure. She makes delightful connections between eras and activities, and is conscious of the value of the unknown and uncertain in our lives... At twice the length this book would have been no less enjoyable. -- Horatio Clare * Daily Telegraph *
[Joanne Parker’s] book is an eye-opener. -- Andrew McNeillie * Country Life *
Original and engaging-- Gillian Tindall * Literary Review *
An affectionate, alternative exploration to make readers feel more familiar with Britain. * Great Outdoors *
Parker’s tour is conducted with a light touch in prose which makes learning from her a pleasure. She makes delightful connections between eras and activities, and is conscious of the value of the unknown and uncertain in our lives... At twice the length this book would have been no less enjoyable. -- Horatio Clare * Daily Telegraph *
[Joanne Parker’s] book is an eye-opener. -- Andrew McNeillie * Country Life *
Joanne Parker is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. She has always been interested in the British countryside, in British eccentricities, and in questions of identity. She has lived in York, Edinburgh, Cumbria, Quebec, and now lives on Dartmoor (next door to a pub allegedly built around a standing stone), with a morris dancer, two daughters and a flock of black sheep.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784700003 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784700002 |
| Title | Britannia Obscura |
| Author | Joanne Parker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 (UK) |
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