Written by the same author as "Boys and the Butterflies", this novel evokes perceptions of a Yorkshire boyhood in the 40s, in which the passion for moth and butterfly collecting forms a leitmotif to the development of a young boy's life.
This is an account of wartime childhood set in London, Hertfordshire and Yorkshire and evoking the atmosphere of a now-vanished rural England. It describes the sublime sense of the bond of brotherhood between the three Birdsall boys and their shared passion for butterflies.
Taken from a series which celebrates the varied beauty of the British landscape, this book deals with images from a photographic tour of the dales , and features villages as diverse as 17th-century Giggleswick and Haworth, home of the Bronte sisters.
The essence of rural England in the early twentieth century presented from the uniquely personal perspective of one of England's most evocative wordsmiths; Beautifully illustrated with 100 specially commissioned photographs; A follow-up volume to the photographic tour of Yorkshire, The World of the Brontes; Laurie Lee, born 1914 in Stroud, ...
Taken from a series which celebrates the varied beauty of the British landscape, this book deals with the Yorkshire Dales. It includes 140 images from a photographic tour of the dales, and features villages as diverse as 17th-century Giggleswick and Haworth, home of the Bronte sisters.
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