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Summary: Here's England...
Review: Ruth McKenney of MY SISTER EILEEN fame and her husband, Richard Bransten, have lived in England for the past three years. To say that they have fallen in love with that green and pleasant land is putting it mildly. Theirs is an evangelical passion which they are eager to share with their readers. The result is the liveliest book about England which has appeared since WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME.HERE'S ENGLAND is aimed squarely at American tourists -- it's replete with history, architecture and practical travel information, but first and foremost it's a book to read for sheer enjoyment. In the hands of an eloquent novelist like Miss McKenney, history comes alive; the stories of Thomas Becket, Old Sarum and the Wars of the Roses take on color and a contemporary urgency. All through the book there are passages of lyrical beauty and flashes of humor which are equally delightful. The first section, on London, its sights, its spirit and its people, is followed by seven easily manageable journeys into various sections of England. They range from Canterbury to Cornwall to the moors of the Border Country, and every one of them has its full quota of excitement and pleased discovery for both tourist and reader. Osbert Lancaster's line drawings are both witty and characteristically distinguished.
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Summary: Here's England...
Review: Ruth McKenney of MY SISTER EILEEN fame and her husband, Richard Bransten, have lived in England for the past three years. To say that they have fallen in love with that green and pleasant land is putting it mildly. Theirs is an evangelical passion which they are eager to share with their readers. The result is the liveliest book about England which has appeared since WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME. HERE'S ENGLAND is aimed squarely at American tourists -- it's replete with history, architecture and practical travel information, but first and foremost it's a book to read for sheer enjoyment. In the hands of an eloquent novelist like Miss McKenney, history comes alive; the stories of Thomas Becket, Old Sarum and the Wars of the Roses take on color and a contemporary urgency. All through the book there are passages of lyrical beauty and flashes of humor which are equally delightful. The first section, on London, its sights, its spirit and its people, is followed by seven easily manageable journeys into various sections of England. They range from Canterbury to Cornwall to the moors of the Border Country, and every one of them has its full quota of excitement and pleased discovery for both tourist and reader. Osbert Lancaster's line drawings are both witty and characteristically distinguished.
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