Imprint: Windmill Books
Published: 21/03/2013
ISBN: 9780099558392
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm
Weight: 277g
RRP: £9.99
WINNER OF THE 2014 THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
In the past, Hugh Thomson has written acclaimed books about Peru, Mexico and the Indian Himalaya. Now he returns to the most exotic and foreign country of them all – his own.
Walking right across England, along ancient trackways and green grass roads, Hugh explores the way the country was and the way it is today: the legends, literature and natural world that define us, and the undercurrent of regret running throughout our history; what he calls ‘the unicorn disappearing into the trees’.
From coast-to-coast and through the heart of the countryside, he shows how older,forgotten cultures like the Celts, Saxons and Vikings lie much closer to the surface than we may think. It is a journey enriched and partly told by the characters he meets along the way. By taking it, Hugh casts unexpected light – and humour – on the way we live now.
Imprint: Windmill Books
Published: 21/03/2013
ISBN: 9780099558392
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm
Weight: 277g
RRP: £9.99
He is an illuminating companion…frequently comic, his voice is original and engaging; proof that it is the walker, not the path, that counts.
An immensely enjoyable book: curious, articulate, intellectually playful and savagely candid.
He records more than impressions: there are fascinating excursions into neglected areas of British history, and conversations with hippies, travellers and farmers, which makes Mr Thomson’s journey a joy to follow.
Often funny and always enlightening
I would love to walk with Thomson