Publisher's Synopsis
A paean of praise for all the fascinating variety of England's places and people. Within England's borders life changes mile on mile. Industrial towns give way to moorland, high forests run down to wide estuaries and Morris Men perform their ancient dances in the civic centres of new towns. Roy Hattersley celebrates crumbling churches and serene Victorian architecture, magnificent hills and coasts, our music, theatre and local customs. He travels through the literary landscapes of Shakespeare, George Eliot and John Clare and reflects on Larkin and the poetry of Hull, discovers bell ringers in Somerset and truth-seekers on Glastonbury Tor, and salutes the hardy English seaside resort, before returning to his beloved Peak District.
