Steeple Chasing - Around Britain by Church

Informationen zum Autor Peter Ross is an Orwell journalism fellow. His writing has appeared in national newspapers and magazines in the UK and US. His won the non-fiction prize at Scotland's National Book Awards with A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards , and his most recent book, Steeple Chasing , was a Sunday Times bestseller and was selected as Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month. He is also author of the collections Daunderlust and The Passion Of Harry Bingo . He lives in Glasgow. Klappentext Praise for Peter Ross 'Absorbing . . . considered and moving' - Hilary Mantel 'The pages burst with life' - Financial Times 'A beacon of light in the darkness' - Sunday Times 'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide' - Observer ''His stories are always a joy' - Ian Rankin 'Never has a book about death been so full of life. It also reveals Peter Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country' - Andrew O'Hagan Vorwort From the author of A Tomb With a View - a celebration of the weird and wonderful churches of Britain. Zusammenfassung From the author of A Tomb With a View - a celebration of the weird and wonderful churches of Britain.

Product details

• Authors: PETER ROSS, Peter Ross
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781472281920
• ISBN: 978-1-4722-8192-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Travel writing, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Social and cultural anthropology, Architecture: religious buildings, Religious sites / Holy or sacred places, RELIGION / Sacred Places