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Portrait of Elmbury
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Portrait of Elmbury
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Moore
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:280 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781448204250
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.912 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Reader
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| Publication Date |
14 August 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is the first book of the famous trilogy of English country life, The Brensham Trilogy, by John Moore. A wonderful and exuberant chronicle of an English market town between the wars, distinguished with a historic abbey, a winding river and bustling pubs with a cast of characters that could have stepped out of Hogarth or Shakespeare...
Author Biography
John Moore (1907-1967) was a British author and pioneer conservationist. He was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in 1907 and died in Bristol in 1967. His most famous work was Portrait of Elmbury, published in 1945, about life in Tewkesbury in the early 20th century. This work, along with Brensham Village and The Blue Field, formed part of the 'Brensham Trilogy'. Most of his books had a rural setting and long before conservation came to mainstream media attention he wrote about the effect of technological advances on the countryside and rural life.
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