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Country gentlemen, bird-watching vicars and farmers have traditionally been the chroniclers of the British countryside and rural way of life. This book introduces a very different point of view. We see the changing seasons - and the 20th century revolution in the long-settled ways of rural life - through the shahrp eyes of ten exceptional women including a leading suffragette, a classical scholar, an artist with her own large farm, and a climber's daughter who turned to writing when her children grew up and left home. Here is The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady for the 21st century.
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Synopsis
Country gentlemen, bird-watching vicars and farmers have traditionally been the chroniclers of the British countryside. This book features the 20th century revolution in the long-settled ways of rural life - through the eyes of ten women including a leading suffragette, a classical scholar, and an artist with her own large farm.
Book Details
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Publication Date:
30-Jun-2004
ISBN:
9780852651018
About this author
Martin Wainwright is the Northern editor of the Guardian and a regular broadcaster. Born in Leeds, he co-authored the Which? Guide to Yorkshire and The Peak District. He has also edited three previous Country Diary Collections: A Gleaming Landscape, A Lifetime of Mountains and Wartime Country Diaries.