The country diaries
By: edited by Alan Taylor
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408486818
Subjects: Country life; Anecdotes; History; Large type books; Livres en gros caractères; Large print books
Description: "The unique beauty of the British countryside has been celebrated down the ages through music, poetry, and art. It has also been celebrated in countless private diaries. This delightful treasury gathers together the very finest - from Rev Gilbert White's journal of life at his famous home in Selborne, to Beatrix Potter's holiday diaries from Perthshire. Elsewhere, the thoughts of Dorothy Wordsworth and John Fowles rub shoulders with the words of Alan Clark and Queen Victoria. Together these private records paint a rich and surprising picture of a landscape and a way of life we think we know so well."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.