The English landscape / 1st American ed.

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作   者:[writers: Joan Aiken ... et al.] ; with an introduction by Bill Bryson.

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ISBN:9780670896806

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"You are very lucky in England. Generation upon generation endowed you with one of the loveliest, most parklike and fetching landscapes the world has ever known." -from the introduction The English Landscape is a stunning volume of essays and photographs celebrating the breadth, diversity, and delicacy of the English countryside. A distinguished selection of writers such as the Duchess of Devonshire, Richard Mabey, Anna Parord, Christopher Lloyd, Robin Hanbury-Tenbison, Marina Warner, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, and David Bellamy pay homage to their favorite parts of the English landscape. Complete with color photographs and maps, The English Landscapewill engage Anglophiles, travel enthusiasts, and literature buffs alike.

目录

Table Of Contents:
Foreword ix

List of maps xi

List of contributors xiv
Introduction 1(13)

Bill Bryson

The Isles of Scilly 14(6)

Michael Morpurgo

North Cornwall 20(8)

Nick Darke

Land's End 28(3)

The Lizard & Carnmenellis 31(3)

The Hensbarrow Downs 34(2)

Bodmin Moor 36(6)

Robin Hanbury-Tenison

South Cornwall 42(4)

South Devon 46(8)

Marina Warner

Dartmoor 54(6)

Roger Deakin

The Culm & Lundy 60(4)

The Exe Valley & the Devon Redlands 64(3)

Exmoor 67(4)

The Quantocks & the Vale of Taunton 71(2)

The Blackdown Hills 73(2)

The Somerset Levels & Moors 75(3)

The Mendips 78(2)

The Yeovil Hills 80(2)

The West Dorset Vales 82(2)

Purbeck 84(6)

Nicholas Crane

The Dorset Downs & Cranborne Chase 90(2)

The Weymouth Lowlands & the Isle of Portland 92(2)

The Dorset Heaths 94(2)

Blackmoor Vale & the Vale of Wardour 96(2)

Salisbury Plain 98(6)

Candida Lycett Green

The New Forest 104(3)

The Isle of Wight 107(3)

The Southampton to Brighton Coast 110(3)

The South Hampshire Lowlands 113(2)

The Hampshire Downs 115(2)

The Wealden Greensand 117(3)

The South Downs 120(6)

Max Egremont

The Low Weald 126(6)

Peter Oliver

The High Weald 132(6)

Christopher Lloyd

The Pevensey Levels 138(2)

Romney Marsh 140(2)

The North Downs 142(2)

North Kent 144(6)

Jane Gardam

The Greater Thames Estuary 150(2)

London & the Thames 152(6)

John Elkington

The Thames Valley 158(4)

The Upper Thames Basin 162(2)

The Berkshire & Marlborough Downs 164(7)

Jennifer Jenkins

The Upper Avon 171(2)

Bristol & the Lower Avon 173(3)

The Cotswolds 176(6)

Richard Young

Oxford & the Upper Thames 182(4)

The Chilterns 186(6)

Richard Mabey

South Hertfordshire 192(2)

South Essex 194(2)

The South Suffolk & North Essex Claylands 196(6)

Ronald Blythe

The East Anglian Chalklands 202(2)

Bedfordshire & West Cambridgeshire 204(2)

The Northamptonshire Vales 206(2)

The Northamptonshire Uplands 208(3)

Mid-Warwickshire 211(2)

The Severn & Avon Vales 213(3)

The Forest of Dean & the Lower Wye 216(3)

South Herefordshire & Over Severn 219(3)

The Golden Valley & the Black Mountains 222(2)

The Herefordshire Lowlands 224(6)

Clive Aslet

The Malvern Hills 230(2)

The Herefordshire Plateau & the Teme 232(3)

Clun & North-West Herefordshire 235(3)

The Shropshire Hills 238(6)

Richard Fortey

The Mid-Severn Plateau 244(3)

Cannock Chase 247(3)

Arden 250(6)

Chris Baines

The Mease & Sence Lowlands & adjoining coalfields 256(3)

Charnwood Forest & surrounding Parklands 259(2)

South Leicestershire 261(2)

Rockingham Forest 263(3)

The Fens 266(6)

David Bellamy

The South Norfolk & High Suffolk Claylands 272(6)

Paul Heiney

The Suffolk Coast & Heaths 278(4)

North Norfolk 282(7)

Raffaella Barker

The Broads 289(3)

Mid-Norfolk 292(2)

Breckland 294(3)

The Kesteven Uplands 297(2)

The Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire Wolds 299(2)

The Trent Valley 301(2)

The Potteries & surrounding Claylands 303(2)

The Cheshire, Shropshire & Staffordshire Plain 305(3)

The Oswestry Hills 308(2)

The Peak District by the Duchess of Devonshire 310(6)

The Southern Pennine Fringe 316(2)

Leeds to Nottingham 318(2)

The Lower Derwent, Derbyshire 320(2)

Sherwood 322(2)

The Trent & Belvoir Vales 324(3)

The Lincolnshire Vales & the Northern Edge 327(3)

The South Lincolnshire Edge 330(2)

The Lincolnshire Wolds 332(2)

The Lincolnshire Coast & Marshes 334(2)

Holderness & the Humber Estuary 336(2)

The Yorkshire Wolds 338(2)

The Vale of York 340(2)

The Humberhead Levels 342(3)

Greater Manchester 345(2)

The Mersey Valley & Lancashire Coalfields 347(2)

The Wirral 349(2)

Merseyside 351(2)

The Lancashire Coast 353(3)

Bowland 356(2)

The Lancashire Valleys 358(2)

The South Pennines 360(3)

The Yorkshire Dales 363(3)

The Northern Pennine Fringe 366(3)

The Vale of Mowbray 369(2)

The Howardian Hills & the Vale of Pickering 371(2)

The North York Moors & Cleveland Hills 373(3)

The Tees Lowlands 376(3)

Tyne & Wear, Durham & the Coast 379(3)

The Upper Derwent 382(7)

Joan Aiken

The Durham Coalfield Pennine Fringe 389(2)

The North Pennines 391(2)

The Eden Valley 393(2)

The Orton & Howgill Fells 395(3)

Morecambe Bay 398(6)

Hunter Davies

The South Lake District 404(3)

The Cumbria Coast 407(3)

The North Lake District 410(6)

Anna Pavord

The Solway Basin 416(2)

The Border Moors & Forests 418(2)

The Tyne Gap & Hadrian's Wall 420(2)

Mid-Northumberland 422(2)

The South-East Northumberland Coast 424(6)

Matt Ridley

The Northumberland Hills 430(3)

The North Northumberland Coast 433(2)

The Cheviots & Cheviot Fringe 435(6)
Appendix: The Countryside Agency character areas 441(4)
Picture credits 445(1)
Acknowledgements 446(1)
Index 447

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