Title: Highways and byways in Shakespeare's country
Description: This title is one of a series by different authors,each concentrating on a defined area of England and Wales.
They were written during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and largely describe the histories of the aristocracy and gentrified classes and their influences on the area under scrutiny.They exhibit a level of deference which is astonishing to modern readers but give an insight into the way the Country was class controlled at that time.
Do not expect precise itinerary in the travel descriptions.Left and right and North and South are treated with cavalier disregard!
20 miles is described as "a little way beyond",but the books have a magic of a lost age and a magnetic charm which draws the reader in (and on.)