Yorkshire A Lyrical History of England's Greatest County

'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.

ISBN:	9781780229096
Publisher:	Orion
Imprint:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published date:	04 Apr 2019
DEWEY:	942.81
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xxvi, 278 , 4 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	282g
Height:	193mm
Width:	127mm
Spine width:	23mm

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