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Portrait of Cornwall
 
Price£8.50
AuthorClaude Berry
FormatHardback
PublisherRobert Hale 1966
DescriptionThis is a book full of is own kind, as distinctive and full of variety as the county itself; every page is warmed by the undercurrent of deep feeling and lit by the author’s wide knowledge of Cornwall’s past and intimate experience of the Cornwall of today.

This is a rich and revealing guide to the stranger as well as welcome reminder to the Cornish of what their county really means to them. This firm purpose gives the book, for all its variety, a satisfying unity. Whether the author is writing of the Cornish saints of the fifth century, or the fishermen and lifeboatmen of today; describing Cornwall’s peculiar and delectable dishes, or conveying the thrills and suspense of hurling or wrestling matches; wandering over the familiar cliffs and windswept moors or musing among the gorse and heather beside the crumbling wall of an old mine-shaft, he is always close to the heart of Cornwall.

 
    
 

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