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The Shell Country Alphabet
The Shell Country Alphabet
Dec 6, 2024 2:45 AM

Author:Geoffrey Grigson,Sophie Grigson

The Shell Country Alphabet

In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson travelled around England writing the story of the secret landscape that is all around us, if only we take the time to look and see. The result is a book that will take you on an imaginative journey, revealing hidden stories, unexpected places and strange phenomena.

From green men, ice-scratches, cross-legged knights and weathercocks to rainbows, clouds and stars; from place-names and poets to mazes, dene-holes and sham ruins, via avenues, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you discover the world that remains, just off the motorway.

'Geoffrey Grigson resurrected the minor, the provincial and the parochial ... [he was] an erudite and unrivalled topographer ... ardent in promoting informed awareness of the distinctiveness of place' Toby Barnard

'An anthologist of genius' P.J. Kavanagh

Reviews

Dully has written a forceful account of his survival

—— Observer

[an] extraordinary memoir

—— Mail on Sunday

truly stunning

—— Publishers Weekly

astonishingly free of rancour

—— The Times

a tale of epic horror...Dully's courage in telling it inspires awe

—— Kirkus

both moving and revolting... he faces his past honestly

—— Financial Times magazine

Deeply poignant and courageous...exceptionally candid

—— The Good Book Guide
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