{"product_id":"literary-trails-british-writers-in-their-landscapes-9780810967052","title":"Literary Trails: British Writers in Their Landscapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom haunting remains of castles dotting the countryside to light-flooded stretches of coast  Britains landscapes have inspired writers from Jane Austen and Daphne du Maurier to Virginia Woolf and Rudyard Kipling. Evocatively illustrated with paintings and photographs of sites made famous in classic books  Literary Trails invites readers to walk  drive  or sail through some of Britains best-known literary landscapes  all of which have been preserved by the National Trust. Author Christina Hardyment traces the route of Thomas Hardys Tess across Wessex  wanders around the Lake District as Wordsworth did Alonely as a cloud \" and follows the path of Alfred Lord Tennyson toward Tintagel in Cornwall in quest of the Arthurian legends. Maps and archival pictures illustrate each route  and photographs show the places as they are today  making Literary Trails both a pleasure for the armchair traveler and a practical guide for anyone planning a literary journey through Britain. CHRISTINA HARDYMENT is a journalist  broadcaster  and author of several books  including Abrams Gardens of the National Trust. She has long been an enthusiastic literary explorer  seeking out the houses  landscapes  and sites she first came upon in her reading. She lives in Oxford  England. 165 illustrations  120 in full color  16 maps  83\/4 x 95\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648278487093,"sku":"ByrdShop_0810967057","price":34.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780810967052.jpg?v=1781715446","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/literary-trails-british-writers-in-their-landscapes-9780810967052","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}