Full Product Details
Author: John R. Murray
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint: Frances Lincoln
Dimensions:
Width: 23.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 27.50cm
Weight: 1.043kg
ISBN: 9780711232686
ISBN 10: 0711232687
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 24 November 2011
Recommended Age: From 0 to 0 years
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
'This attractive book contains much of interest to art historians.' This elegant and quietly charming book brings together the words and pictures of the two men in a celebration of one of the most spectacularly beautiful regions of Britain Editor's choice: Anyone familiar with this wonderful part of the country will be delighted by this quietly charming book. Editor's choice: Anyone familiar with this wonderful part of the country will be delighted by this quietly charming book. This elegant book brings together the words and pictures of the two men in a celebration of one of the most spectacularly beautiful regions of Britain. In addition, the author has photographed Farington's views as they appear today, to show how in many cases very little has changed over the centuries. Anyone familiar with this wonderful part of the country will be delighted by this quietly charming book. Definitely a must-read for anyone curious about the landscape. This elegant and quietly charming book brings together the words and pictures of the two men in a celebration of one of the most spectacularly beautiful regions of Britain 'This attractive book contains much of interest to art historians.'
Editor's choice: Anyone familiar with this wonderful part of the country will be delighted by this quietly charming book. Good Book Guide This elegant book brings together the words and pictures of the two men in a celebration of one of the most spectacularly beautiful regions of Britain. In addition, the author has photographed Farington's views as they appear today, to show how in many cases very little has changed over the centuries. Anyone familiar with this wonderful part of the country will be delighted by this quietly charming book. Good Book Guide Definitely a must-read for anyone curious about the landscape. Westmorland Gazette
Author Information
John R Murray was, until 2002, a publisher. He has compiled and edited two slim volumes: A Gentleman Publisher¹s Commonplace Book and Old Chestnuts Warmed Up (his own personal collection of poetry, verse and doggerel) and is the author of London Above Eye Level. He has swum the Bosphorus from Europe to Asia, climbed Mount Parnassus by night and has walked from London to Oxford in the footsteps of John Buchan. He is by nature restless and inquisitive.
