Hampshire

through writers' eyes

Alastair Langlands

A rediscovery of this home county, told through the thoughts and musings of many of our most loved authors - from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy and P.G. Wodehouse

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Beschrijving Hampshire

Those who know the downs and chalk streams of Hampshire are quietly fortunate but rarely boastful. So it is fascinating to rediscover this home county, on the eastern edge of Wessex, as a place of extraordinary richness.

ISBN: 9781780600987
Pagina's: 288
Verschenen: 01-01-2017
NUR: 510

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Paperback / softback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Eland Publishing Ltd

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