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In Search Of England: H.V. Morton
In Search Of England: H.V. Morton
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After many years abroad, H.V. Morton set out one morning in the mid-1920s, in his Morris two-seater, in search of England. This is not an unbiased travel guide - if he's unhappy with a place, the reader will know. He 'expects the worst' at Wigan and believes Norfolk to be 'the most suspicious county in England.' The reader will see through his eyes: Stonehenge, Dartmoor, the ruins of Glastonbury, Hadrian's Wall, inns, cathedrals and churches. Written almost one hundred years ago some things, like the generation gap, haven't changed - a cockle gatherer claimed that they were the last of their kind since 'girls today want to be ladies and they don't like hard work either.' After being lured into a tea shop he feels that 'the Crusades could have been stopped by a Dorsetshire tea'. He is excellent company and this is no run-of-the-mill travel guide. This is England between the wars and preserved by this leading author - and believe it or not, still in print today.
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1938; hardback; decorative gilt board still in great condition; decorative map endpapers; light foxing on title page as depicted; slight corner and spine bumping; tightly bound and clean within, Autobiography/Bio/Non-FictionShare
