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Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst; Winston country and its history. From the etiquette
Churchill’s bedroom at Chartwell; T. E. of afternoon tea to the origins of mince pies,
Lawrence’s dilapidated Dorset cottage; from the best way to eat a Stilton to how to
and war damage to a great house in Derby. cook a proper Yorkshire pudding, here are
All are infused with his love of beauty and both well-loved favourites and unsung heroes
his sympathy for those giving up their from the nation’s mouth-watering culinary
ancestral homes forever. heritage.
The Wood John Stewart Collis Through England on a Side-Saddle
An academic and writer, during the Second Celia Fiennes
World War John Stewart Collis was put to Journeying through England on horseback,
agricultural work. Clearing and thinning an the intrepid seventeenth-century traveller
Ash wood, he found a meditative peace and Celia Fiennes recorded every sight and
an earnest pleasure in the use of axe and experience of her adventure in her journal,
bill-hook. The Wood contains his beautiful, from her delight at countryside cakes and
thoughtful writing on the joys of nature and the beauty of remote landscapes, to the
of a life of activity, how a love of the sun challenges of disagreeable landladies,
affects a man, and the progression of nature choppy sea crossings and a troublesome
that sees each plant - hawthorn, honeysuckle, horse. Describing potteries in Staffordshire,
larch, elder - have its hour. cheesemaking in Cheshire, dyers in Exeter
and tin miners in Cornwall, her writings
The Pleasures of English Food give an unrivalled glimpse into an England
Alan Davidson of bustling industry and rich variety.
Stargazey pie, Cheshire cheese, toffee
apples, fish and chips, Sussex pond pudding, The selection is so diverse and tempting
Cumberland sausages, pasties, gingerbread, you may just want to acquire the entire set.
dumplings and Cox’s orange pippins are just Each title is £4.99 or purchase all twenty
some of the edible delights in this glorious and receive a 20% discount. Order online
celebration of English food from across the at www.penguin.co.uk
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