Places: An Anthology of Britain

by Ronald Blythe, Anthony Thwaite (Contributor), Nina Bawden (Contributor)

A collection of essays and poems on various locations in the British Isles, contributed by over forty writers with special connections to the landscape.

Genres: History

250 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 1981

About the author

Ronald Blythe CBE was one of the UK's greatest living writers. His work, which won countless awards, includes Akenfield (a Penguin 20th-Century Classic and a feature film), Private Words, Field Work, Outsiders: A Book of Garden Friends and numerous other titles. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded their prestigious Benson Medal in 2006. In 2017, he was appointed CBE for services to literature

Reviews

[Sammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is notable to me only for its inclusion (among works by forty writers) of one of the last pieces written by Barbara Pym before her death, A Year in West Oxfordshire. However clearly a sweet volume carefully compiled.