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PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312307098

ISBN-139780312307097

eBay Product ID (ePID)2319800

Product Key Features

Book TitleCountry Life : at Home in the English Countryside

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRegional & Ethnic / European, Regional / General, Europe / Great Britain

Publication Year2003

IllustratorOman, Julia Trevelyan, Yes

GenreTravel, Cooking, Gardening

AuthorRoy Strong

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10 oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-031921

Reviews"Splendid baroque prose." --- The Independent [U.K.] "Sir Roy was blessed at birth, or at the font, with the tongue of a ready writer. His prose is compulsive...like a glittering conversation with the best-informed and most charming of companions." ---A. N. Wilson, author of The Victorians, "Splendid baroque prose." ---The Independent [U.K.] "Sir Roy was blessed at birth, or at the font, with the tongue of a ready writer. His prose is compulsive...like a glittering conversation with the best-informed and most charming of companions." ---A. N. Wilson, author of The Victorians, "Splendid baroque prose." ---The Independent[U.K.] "Sir Roy was blessed at birth, or at the font, with the tongue of a ready writer. His prose is compulsive...like a glittering conversation with the best-informed and most charming of companions." ---A. N. Wilson, author ofThe Victorians

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal635/.09424/4

SynopsisSir Roy Strong and his wife, the designer Julia Trevelyan Oman, have lived in the country for nearly thirty years. In 1987 he was asked to write an occasional column reflecting this quintessentially English way of life for the prestigious magazine A Country Life. This charming book brings these popular pieces together, portraying the passing of the seasons in what the author describes as his 'beloved adopted county' of Herefordshire. A Country Life is a wide-ranging kaleidoscope of memories and observations, embracing the countryside, gardens, cooking, and remembrances of things both long gone and only yesterday. The author writes lyrically of the arrival of the bright green tarragon shoots in spring; of the delights of eating al fresco; of making sorbets from blackberry and quince; of the russet beech hedges in winter and the sweet nostalgia that comes from unpacking Christmas decorations. The keynote of A Country Life is delight - a portrait of life in the English countryside, which seems as old as time itself., Sir Roy Strong and his wife, the designer Julia Trevelyan Oman, have lived in the country for nearly thirty years. In 1987 he was asked to write an occasional column reflecting this quintessentially English way of life for the prestigious magazine A Country Life . This charming book brings these popular pieces together, portraying the passing of the seasons in what the author describes as his 'beloved adopted county' of Herefordshire. A Country Life is a wide-ranging kaleidoscope of memories and observations, embracing the countryside, gardens, cooking, and remembrances of things both long gone and only yesterday. The author writes lyrically of the arrival of the bright green tarragon shoots in spring; of the delights of eating al fresco; of making sorbets from blackberry and quince; of the russet beech hedges in winter and the sweet nostalgia that comes from unpacking Christmas decorations. The keynote of A Country Life is delight a portrait of life in the English countryside, which seems as old as time itself.

LC Classification NumberSB455.S843 2003