Garden Of England:Kent,Surrey And Sussex: The Counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex (COUNTRY SERIES)

Garden Of England:Kent,Surrey And Sussex: The Counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex (COUNTRY SERIES)

by Rob Talbot (Author), Robin Whiteman (Author)

Synopsis

* Covers one of the most attractive and accessible tourist destinations in the UK, and one which the opening of the Channel Tunnel should make even more popular. * Another beautiful book in the best-selling Country Series by the two remarkable regional chroniclers . * Contains a complete list of all major sites with addresses, telephone number's and opening days.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: New
Publisher: W&N
Published: 13 May 1996

ISBN 10: 0297835246
ISBN 13: 9780297835240
Book Overview: The recent opening of the Channel Tunnel has confirmed the status of south-east England as the gateway to the continent, but despite the region's close links with its foreign neighbours, it retains a quality of its own, with much that is typical of the quintessential English scene. Kent is traditionally known as the Garden of England, but the term could just as easily apply to Surrey and Sussex, with orchards, vineyards, hopfields and some of the country's greatest gardens to be found throughout the region. Also found here in abundance, and within easy reach of London or the coast, are romantic ruins, cathedral cities, roman remains, medieval cottages, magnificent castles and historic houses - many connected with such famous figures as Dickens, Kipling, Churchill and the Bloomsbury set - as well as a richly varied landscape ranging from wooded hills and undulating ridges to open heath land and precipitous cliffs.

Author Bio
Robin Whiteman graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1968. He has worked with Rob Talbot on many books, including The Cotswolds and The West Country. Rob Talbot;s landscape photographs have met with great critical acclaim. Apart from the Country Series, his books include Shakespeare Country, Shakespeare's Avon and The Lakeland Poets. Robin Whiteman and Rob Talbot have both distinguished themselves as a regional chronicler and outstanding landscape photographer respectively, with their Country Series collaborations. Their work has met with great critical acclaim and together they have produced nine other Country Series volumes: The Cotswolds, the English Lakes, The Yorkshire Moors and Dales, the Garden of England, The West Country, Wessex, The Heart of England, the Peak District and England.