Bloomsbury Publishing , 2010. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Clean bright pages, unclipped jacket. A very nice looking copy, in almost as new condition. Ian Thompson's sumptuous book does full justice to the history, topography, and cultural background ~ from Defoe to Wordsworth and Coleridge to Beatrix Potter and beyond ~ of this astoundingly impressive, inspiring place.A few of the reproductions [Turner, Claude Lorrain, Potter, etc] could be clearer, but mostly the many illustrations which adorn the book, including as they do several tremendous photographs by the author himself, are mouth-watering.Thompson's text is intelligent and informative.A book to treasure. (Reader review) 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN/EAN: 9780747598381. Inventory No: dscf10430. . 9780747598381

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A superbly illustrated history of one of the most famously beautiful regions in Britain.With more than 20 million visitors each year, the Lake District retains its fascination for people from all over Britain and abroad. Ian Thompson, who grew up in nearby Barrow-in-Furness and went fell-walking from an early age, is well-equipped to reveal the area's allure. He tells how it was the chance combination of a fascination with the Alps and the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars that provided the spark for a national obsession. And in brief elegant chapters he shows how Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and De Quincey transformed the perception of the region from one of 'horrid mountains' to 'vales of peace'. Later the work of J. M. W. Turner, John Ruskin, Beatrix Potter, Arthur Ransome and Alfred Wainwright, the great populariser of fell-walking, all in their different ways contributed to making the region what it is today. Crammed with fascinating detail and illustrated with Thompson's own superb colour photography and more than 80 other colour illustrations, The English Lakes is sheer delight.

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Bookseller: Denton Island Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: dscf10430
Title: The English Lakes: A History
Author: Ian Thompson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine Condition
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 074759838X
ISBN 13: 9780747598381
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: BZDB229 Travel & Places; The English Lakes A History Ian Thompson

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