Footnotes : a journey around Britain in the company of great writers / Peter Fiennes ; illustrations by Alice Carter.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: London : Oneworld, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Paperback editionWhakaahuatanga: 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781786077707
- 914.1 23
- 820.9 23
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Nonfiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 941 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2206430 |
Originally published: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references.
I am your storyteller -- Walk, and be merry -- Pilchards to postcards -- Backtracking -- I'll be mirror -- Lorf? Why, I thought I should 'a died' -- The secret dream -- The Doncaster unhappiness -- A wilderness -- Fog on the Tyne -- Last supper -- Larger than life.
Peter Fiennes follows in the footsteps of twelve inspirational writers, bringing modern Britain into focus by peering through the lens of the past. The journey starts in Dorset, shaped by the childhood visions of Enid Blyton, and ends with Charles Dickens on the train that took him to his final resting place in Westminster Abbey. From the wilds of Skye and Snowdon, to a big night out in Birmingham with J. B. Priestley and Beryl Bainbridge, Footnotes is a series of evocative biographies, a lyrical foray into the past, and a quest to understand Britain through the books, journals and diaries of some of our greatest writers. And as Fiennes travels the country, and roams across the centuries, he wonders: Who are we? What do we want? They seemed like good questions to ask, in the company of some of our greatest writers.
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