Over the Hills and Far Away

Over the Hills and Far Away

by Candida Lycett Green (Author)

Synopsis

From early childhood, when her eccentric mother would take her on trips along her beloved Ridgeway in a horse-drawn cart, Candida Lycett Green has retained a love of travelling at a horse's pace and casting an eye on the beauty of England through the back door. Framed by a recent 150-mile journey through Yorkshire and Northumberland, "Over the Hills and Far Away" also dips back into the journeys by horse Candida has taken at the turning points in her life. From her idyllic childhood in the bohemian Betjeman household, through a charmed youth in the Swinging Sixties, Candida tells a story made all the more poignant by her parents' deaths and her own recent fight with breast cancer.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 04 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0552999830
ISBN 13: 9780552999830
Book Overview: Betjeman's daughter's story of her journeys round England on horseback which, in the shadow of her breast cancer, is also a memoir of her family and her life.

Author Bio
Candida Lycett Green Candida Lycett Green is the daughter of former poet laureate John Betjeman. She is the author of Prince Charles's THE GARDEN AT HIGHGROVE, and other books about the English countryside. A journalist whose career includes regular columns with the Telegraph Magazine, Private Eye and The Oldie, she is also the editor of her father's letters. She lives in Oxfordshire.