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Steeple Chasing. Around Britain by Church
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Steeple Chasing. Around Britain by Church
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Издательство: Headline
Год выпуска: 2023 Страниц: 388 Тип обложки: 7Б - твердая (плотная бумага или картон) Оформление: Частичная лакировка, Супер Иллюстрации: Черно-белые Масса: 616 г Размеры: 241x161x33 мм Наличие: Ограничено
Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles.
Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a story of Britain. Join him as he visits the unassuming Norfolk church which contains a disturbing secret, and London's mighty cathedrals with their histories of fire and love. Meet cats and bats, monks and druids, angels of oak and steel.
Steeple Chasing, though it sometimes strikes an elegiac note, is a song of praise. It celebrates churches for their beauty and meaning, and for the tales they tell. It is about people as much as place, flesh and bone not just flint and stone. From the painted hells of Surrey to the holy wells of Wales, consider this a travel book . . . with bells on.
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