| - Book Title: Britain Revisited
- Author: Anthony Burton
- ISBN: 0192116592
- Publisher: Oxford
- Year Published: 1986
- Our Normal Price: £16.50 GBP ($0.00 USD)
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- Description: Oxford University Press 1986: Hardcover in dust jacket approximately 7.2 by 10 inches tall: 192 pages: black and white photographic illustrations, drawings, and maps . Synopsis: Anthony Burton's account of his travels through Britain in the footsteps of eight famous travellers whose recorded journeys are well known. The author relives selected parts of these journeys, travelling on foot, by narrow boat, on a tandem, and by train and car noting changes and similarities in people and places encountered on the way. His journeys involve the following: -- The Working Thames : The description of the two famous rivers of Thame and Isis, 1632 written by John Taylor (1580 -- 1653). A Sovereign Remedy for the Vapours: Through England on sidesaddle in the time of William and Mary written by Celia Fiennes (1662 -- 1741). The Useless Hills: A Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain 1724 -- 6, written by Daniel Defoe (1661 -- 1731). A Foreign Land: A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland 1775, written by Samuel Johnson (1709 -- 84). On Four Legs: Rural Rides, 1830 written by William Cobbett (1763 -- 1835) . Round the Coast and under the Sea: Rambles beyond Railways 1851, written by Wilkie Collins (1824 -- 89). Hills, Mines, and Bards: Wild Wales 1862, written by George Borrow (1803 -- 81). A Dram at the End of the Day: The whisky distilleries of the United Kingdom 1887, written by Alfred Barnard. Condition: very clean and good overall.
- Condition: Collectable- Very Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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