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Icons of England
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Barnaby Edwards, Ben Eagle, Terence Wilton, Homer Todiwa, Leda Hodgson, Sara Poyzer, Sara Novak
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.
First published as a lavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded edition has double the original number of contributions from many celebrities including Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey , Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby and many more: and a new preface by HRH Prince Charles.
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- margot manning
- 01-08-21
I love this gentle listen an education and delight
absolutely a pleasure to listen to and so interesting about the vagaries of British life and fauna
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- 10-10-20
This is impossible to read, the font is far too small. As above this font size is ridiculously small.
Too long, but it has good points. As above this font size is ridiculously small.
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- Mike
- 25-11-20
A Curates Egg
Some of these essays are a genuine delight, thank you. Sadly some contributors can't resist the opportunity to promote something or to preach.
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- Rachel
- 28-06-23
Delightful 😊
I'm just bursting with British pride 😊what a wonderful amount of interesting things and places we have here on our Island 👍There is so much to be appreciated no matter how small🙏 it's what makes us who we are 🇬🇧
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- #earlyeditor🤓📚
- 03-01-23
Misleading
Not totally rubbish in itself, but this title looks like a full book by Bryson...
Instead, he only edited it and is just a collection of unique essays by a large range of people on England.
Nothing against the essays themselves, I'm certainly not qualified to criticize them, it just isn't a book that's all.
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