Yorkshire : a lyrical history of England's greatest county
Morris, Richard, 1947-2019
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The way in which the 'continent unto itself' took shape through literature, legend and popular culture is traced from Iron Age to present in this wide-ranging and lyrical narrative. 'Restless, poetic, strange ... and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' Observer'Glittering and energetic' Country LifeYorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the region's most extraordinary people and places.
Main title:
Yorkshire : a lyrical history of England's greatest county / Richard Morris.
Author:
Morris, Richard, 1947-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.
Collation:
xxvi, 278 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780229096 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.81
LC class:
DA670.Y6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
388904