This Bright Field: A Travel Book in One Place

by WilliamTaylor (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  As a young would-be priest William Taylor spent seven years exploring the history and changing populations of Spitalfields in London's East End - one well trodden by the Kray twins and Jack the Ripper. This book follows the author's personal voyage of discovery in a parish he came to know and love.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $5.29

  When the author's desire to join the clergy was rejected in 1987 by the Bishop of Oxford, he set out to learn humility by living in Spitalfields. This autobiography describes his quest for identity, history and vocation in the East End of London. Local characters include the artists Gilbert and George, and the author reveals how he lived, worked and got along with very different groups of people, including market traders, new Georgians and Brick Lane Muslims.