Overview
The English Village champions all that is unique and loved about a typical village – the pub, the green, the school, the church, the pond, the local shop and more – as well as exploring how the village has changed over the centuries, and how it has adjusted to modern-day life.
<p><b> A charming guide to the story of the English village, celebrating this beloved heart of the countryside.</b><br><br>The village remains a quintessential and much-loved treasure that is often representative of England. This rural idyll has inspired generations of great poets, novelists and artists including the likes of Constable, Hardy and Wordsworth.<br><br><i>The English Village</i> champions all that is unique and loved about a typical village – the pub, the green, the school, the church, the pond, the local shop and more – as well as exploring how the village has changed over the centuries, and how it has adjusted to modern-day life.<br><br>A fascinating compendium of interesting details, facts, customs and lore, this is an unabashed toast to the English village, as well as a record of a disappearing world.</p>
- | Author: Martin Wainwright
- | Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2016
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781782436331
- | ISBN-10: 1782436332
