Icons of England

by Bill Bryson (Editor), HRH The Prince of Wales (Foreword by)

Overview

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. The original contributions come from Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey, Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784161965
Publisher:	Transworld Publishers Limited
Publication date:	10/01/2017
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	913,692
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Bill Bryson is the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods, In a Sunburned Country, The Road to Little Dribbling, and A Short History of Nearly Everything. He has been awarded the Aventis Prize,  the Descartes Prize (the European Union’s highest literary award), the Bradford Washburn Award from the Museum of Science in Boston, and the Royal Society of Chemistry's Bill Bryson Prize was named for him.

Hometown:

Hanover, New Hampshire

Date of Birth:

1951

Place of Birth:

Des Moines, Iowa

Education:

B.A., Drake University, 1977

Editorial Reviews

Armchair travelers and Anglophiles will be equally pleased.” —Booklist
 

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