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Akenfield
Häftad, 2005
165 kr
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'The best portrait of rural life in England' Roger Deakin'Exquisite' John Updike'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' ObserverRonald Blythe's perceptive and vivid evocation of the rural Suffolk he had known since childhood was acclaimed as an instant classic when it was …
Akenfield
E-bok, 2005
125 kr
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'The best portrait of rural life in England' Roger Deakin'Exquisite' John Updike'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' ObserverRonald Blythe's perceptive and vivid evocation of the rural Suffolk he had known since childhood was acclaimed as an instant classic when it was …
Awkward Age
E-bok, 2006
113 kr
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Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection …
Voices of Akenfield
E-bok, 2009
57 kr
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Born and brought up in rural Suffolk, Ronald Blythe was fascinated by the rhythms of country life and the stories of the people he had known since childhood. In this perceptive and moving evocation of his home, the villagers speak candidly about their lives, from the reminiscences of survivors of …
Age of Illusion
England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940
Häftad, 2010
259 kr
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'An enthralling collection of essays on personalties and events of the interwar years, taking in Amy Johnson's solo flights, the Jarrow marches, Lawrence of Arabia, Soho corruption, the Rector of Stiffkey and the Brighton Trunk Murders.' John Walsh, The OldieIn this brilliant reconstruction of life …
Treasonable Growth
Häftad, 2010
272 kr
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A Treasonable Growth was Ronald Blythe's was first book and only novel. It is set in Aldeburgh, Suffolk shortly before the Second World War. Ronald Blythe himself has described it as his 'Forsterian novel' and even admits to going for walks with E. M. Forster while working on the novel 'although I …
Treasonable Growth
E-bok, 2012
177 kr
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A Treasonable Growth was Ronald Blythe's was first book and only novel. It is set in Aldeburgh, Suffolk shortly before the Second World War. Ronald Blythe himself has described it as his 'Forsterian novel' and even admits to going for walks with E. M. Forster while working on the novel 'although I …
Time by the Sea
Aldeburgh 1955-1958
Häftad, 2014
153 kr
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The Time by the Sea is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. Although befriended by Imogen Holst and by E …
Time by the Sea
Aldeburgh 1955-1958
E-bok, 2013
121 kr
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The Time by the Sea is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. Although befriended by Imogen Holst and by E …
Age of Illusion
England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940
E-bok, 2014
162 kr
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In this brilliant reconstruction of life in England between the two world wars, Ronald Blythe highlights a number of key episodes and personalities which typify the flavour of those two extraordinary decades. He begins with the burial in Westminster Abbey of the Unknown Soldier. This was nearly two …
Next to Nature
A Lifetime in the English Countryside
E-bok, 2022
51 kr
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''All the charm, wonder, eccentricity and vigour of country life is here in these pages, and told with such engaging directness, detail and colour . . . Bliss'' STEPHEN FRY ''A capacious work that contains multitudes . . . a work to amble through, seasonally, relishing the vivid dashes of colour …
Next to Nature
A Lifetime in the English Countryside
Häftad, 2023
189 kr
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'All the charm, wonder, eccentricity and vigour of country life is here in these pages, and told with such engaging directness, detail and colour . . . Bliss' STEPHEN FRY'A capacious work that contains multitudes . . . a work to amble through, seasonally, relishing the vivid dashes of colour and …
Next to Nature
A Lifetime in the English Countryside
Häftad, 2026
178 kr
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'Extraordinary, intimate and enriching' Sunday Times'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' Patrick Barkham, GuardianRonald Blythe lived at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the border between Suffolk and Essex. His home …
Village Hours
Inbunden, 2012
310 kr
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Britain’s best loved rural writer chronicles the progress of the seasons in the Stour valley village where he has lived and worked among artists, writers, farmers and, increasingly, commuters. For all the changes in the contemporary countryside, timeless qualities remain and both are captured here …
Under a Broad Sky
Inbunden, 2013
292 kr
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With reverence and love, Britain’s most admired rural writer chronicles daily life in the Stour valley village, finding beauty and significance in its sheer ordinariness as well as in its many literary, artistic and historic associations. The year takes its shape from the seasons of nature and the …
Under a Broad Sky
E-bok, 2017
229 kr
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With reverence and love, Britain''s most admired rural writer chronicles daily life in a Stour valley village, finding beauty and significance in its sheer ordinariness as well as its many literary, artistic and historic associations.
View in Winter
Reflections on Old Age
Inbunden, 2014
365 kr
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'The View in Winter' is a timeless and moving study of the perplexities of living to a great age, as related by a wide range of men and women: miners, villagers, doctors, teachers, craftsmen, soldiers, priests, the widowed and long-retired. Their voices are set in the context of what literature, …
Word from Wormingford
A Parish Year
Inbunden, 2014
281 kr
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An illustrated collection of the author's regular weekly column on the back page of the "Church Times", where, with a poet's eye, he observes the comings and goings of the rural world he sees from his ancient farmhouse in Constable country.
Circling Year
Perspectives from a Country Parish
Av Ronald Blythe, Robin Tanner
Inbunden, 2014
321 kr
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Open the ancient door of an old church, says Ronald Blythe, and framed in the silence is a house of words where everything has been said: centuries of birth, marriage and death words, gossip, poetry, philosophy, rant, eloquence, learning, nonsense, the language of hymn writers and Bible translators …
Bookman's Tale
E-bok, 2009
195 kr
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Ronald Blythe has spent his life among the artists and writers of his native Suffolk. His books, especially the bestselling "Akenfield", have given East Anglia a distinctive literary voice. This book accompanies Ronald through the lanes of Constable country, and observe him in his study following …
River Diary
E-bok, 2015
199 kr
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The year takes its shape from the seasons of nature and the feasts and festivals of the Christian year. Each informs and illuminates the other in this loving celebration of nature''s gifts and neighbourly friendship. Literature, poetry, spirituality and memory all merge to create an exquisite …
Village Hours
E-bok, 2014
238 kr
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Britain’s best loved rural writer chronicles the progress of the seasons in the Stour valley village where he has lived and worked among artists, writers, farmers and commuters. For all the changes in the contemporary countryside, timeless qualities remain and both are captured here with a poet’s …
In the Artist's Garden
E-bok, 2015
229 kr
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Ronald Blythe inherited an ancient farmhouse and garden in a fold of the Stour valley in Constable country. As the garden evolves through the year, Ronald Blythe celebrates the gifts of each season in this ninth collection of columns, blending literature, poetry, spirituality and memory as he muses …
Stour Seasons
E-bok, 2016
229 kr
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Ronald Blythe observes in rich detail the gifts that each season brings and evokes a world of beauty, friendship and wonder from his home on the Suffolk border.
Ink and Spirit
Literature and Spirituality
Av Ronald Blythe, Richard Marsh m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
249 kr
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As suspicious as one often is of the other, literature and spirituality enjoy a rich and deep relationship. They have been inextricably linked since narrative and symbol first met in the earliest biblical writings.Story, poetry and drama have always been used to express the human search for …
Circling Year
Perspectives from a Country Parish
Av Ronald Blythe, Robin Tanner
Häftad, 2001
225 kr
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Open the ancient door of an old church, says Ronald Blythe, and framed in the silence is a house of words where everything has been said: centuries of birth, marriage and death words, gossip, poetry, philosophy, rant, eloquence, learning, nonsense, the language of hymn writers and Bible translators …
Priest to the Temple or The Country Parson
With Selected Poems
Av George Herbert, Ronald Blythe
Inbunden, 2003
228 kr
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Written at a time of notoriously lax standards in the Church of England, George Herbert's essay on the calling and work of a parish priest remains fresh and full of wisdom for all who are pursuing this vocation today.
Talking to the Neighbours
Conversations in a Country Parish
Häftad, 2003
227 kr
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These reflections weave together literature, poetry, biography, botany, nature and scripture to offer incisive comment on contemporary life. Resonating with the pattern of the natural and litugical year, it provides a commentary on experiencing the sacred day to day.
View in Winter
Reflections on Old Age
Häftad, 2005
277 kr
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'The View in Winter' is a timeless and moving study of the perplexities of living to a great age, as related by a wide range of men and women: miners, villagers, doctors, teachers, craftsmen, soldiers, priests, the widowed and long-retired. Their voices are set in the context of what literature, …
