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Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

Peter Ross

4.34/5 (452 ratings)

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Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles.

Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a story of Britain. Join him as he visits the unassuming Norfolk church which contains a disturbing secret, and London's mighty cathedrals with their histories of fire and love. Meet cats and bats, monks and druids, angels of oak and steel.

Steeple Chasing, though it sometimes strikes an elegiac note, is a song of praise. It celebrates churches for their beauty and meaning, and for the tales they tell. It is about people as much as place, flesh and bone not just flint and stone. From the painted hells of Surrey to the holy wells of Wales, consider this a travel book . . . with bells on.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 352 pages

Publication:: 2023

Publisher:: Headline

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1472281926

ISBN13:: 9781472281920

kindle Asin:: B0B1D41776

Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

Peter Ross

4.34/5 (452 ratings)

Read Download

*Featuring a brand new chapter!*

Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles.

Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a story of Britain. Join him as he visits the unassuming Norfolk church which contains a disturbing secret, and London's mighty cathedrals with their histories of fire and love. Meet cats and bats, monks and druids, angels of oak and steel.

Steeple Chasing, though it sometimes strikes an elegiac note, is a song of praise. It celebrates churches for their beauty and meaning, and for the tales they tell. It is about people as much as place, flesh and bone not just flint and stone. From the painted hells of Surrey to the holy wells of Wales, consider this a travel book . . . with bells on.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 352 pages

Publication:: 2023

Publisher:: Headline

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1472281926

ISBN13:: 9781472281920

kindle Asin:: B0B1D41776

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