Beautiful Cornwall
Author : Nigel Hicks
Publisher : Portrait of a County
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
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ISBN : 9780992797034
Author : Nigel Hicks
Publisher : Portrait of a County
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780992797034
Author : Alex Langstone
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 20,23 MB
Release : 2020-02-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738765785
This book presents the first ever comprehensive focus on the folklore of eastern Cornwall, an ancient land steeped in legend and myth. It is populated by piskies, giants, and conjurors as well as the Devil's Dandy Dogs and the demonic specter of Tregeagle. Alex Langstone's ground-breaking study shares old tales of witches, charmers, supernatural encounters, and curious customs.
Author : S. Baring-Gould
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A Book Of Cornwall by S.Baring-Gould is a wonderful book about Cornwall and the history of Cornwall. The author covers all of the places in-depth and gives you a unique insight into how the city looked and lived centuries ago.
Author : Sue Viccars
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2008-01-15
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
ISBN : 9780711749818
Cornwall's coastal path gives access to many of Britain's finest marine landscapes, and a great many of the walks in this guide utilise sections of the path, which is maintained to a high standard. Two walks, starting at Polkerris and Little Petherick respectively, follow parts of the Saints' Way, which crosses Cornwall from coast to coast on a route pioneered by the early Christian missionaries. Other routes take in the ever-popular Land's End, romantic Prussia Cove (an old smugglers' haunt), and Bodmin Moor, a landscape that has altered little since the Iron Age, nearly 3,000 years ago.
Author : Sarah Jane Humphrey
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2018-05-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 1785004204
Botanical and scientific illustration share many common themes - the meticulous observation, the crucial composition, the precision of rendering and the accuracy of colour are all intrinsic to this niche genre of art. In this beautiful book, Sarah Jane Humphrey explains the techniques of the botanical artist but also introduces ideas for scientific illustration, so that the illustrator has a fuller understanding when rendering the natural world. Detailed instruction on all aspects of illustration is given, from application and materials to research and field trips. There is practical advice on using monochrome and colour theory to bring your illustration to life. Illustrated with over 200 of the author's exquisite illustrations, it is an invaluable companion for both beginners and experienced artists, as well as a source of inspiration and joy. Beautifully illustrated with 429 colour illustrations including 200 of the author's own illustrations.
Author : Kate Morton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1451649371
From the New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming comes a “moody, suspenseful page-turner” (People, Best Book Pick) filled with mystery and spellbinding secrets. Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest child, eleven-month-old Theo, has vanished without a trace. He is never found, and the family is torn apart, the house abandoned. Decades later, Alice is living in London, having enjoyed a long successful career as a novelist. Miles away, Sadie Sparrow, a young detective in the London police force, is staying at her grandfather’s house in Cornwall. While out walking one day, she stumbles upon the old Edevane estate—now crumbling and covered with vines. Her curiosity is sparked, setting off a series of events that will bring her and Alice together and reveal shocking truths about a past long gone...yet more present than ever. A lush, atmospheric tale of intertwined destinies from a masterful storyteller, The Lake House is an enthralling, thoroughly satisfying read.
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Publisher : Cornwall Tourism
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
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Author : Petroc Trelawny
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,66 MB
Release : 2024-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1474625118
'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES It would be hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. His first name is shared with one of Cornwall's most celebrated saints, his second is the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger challenges the Radio 3 presenter on his ancestry, he is inspired to return to the lands of his boyhood to rediscover the place where he grew up, and attempt to confirm if he still belongs there. Part history, part memoir, this is a deeply felt exploration of Cornwall - past, present and future. Petroc embarks on a slow journey that sees him visit old mine workings, ancient churches, sites where new technology was forged, and places where poets, musicians, architects and film makers have worked to shape Cornwall's cultural identity. He explores the Tamar, the river that marks out the Cornish frontier, and holds a finger up to winds of change, exploring the collapse of Methodism, the decline of the Cornish language, and the complex , sometimes lucrative, sometimes destructive, relationship with tourism. As he travels by road, rail and foot, he conjures marvellously vivid figures and scenes from memory, telling the stories of a loving family full of mysteries and a landscape still redolent of 'Cornish otherness'.
Author : Mabel Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Cornwall's Wonderland by Mabel Quiller-Couch is the story of the strange and ethereal Cornwall. Quiller-Couch writes about pirates, smuggling, and ghosts. Excerpt: "Long, long ago, when Cornwall was almost a desert land, cold, bleak, and poor, and inhabited only by giants, who had destroyed and eaten all the smaller people, Brutus and Corineus came with a large Trojan army intending to conquer England, or Albion as it was then called, and landed at Plymouth for that purpose. These two valiant chiefs had heard strange tales of the enormous size of the people in that part of the island, so, like wise generals, before venturing inland themselves, they sent parties of their men to explore, and find out what they could of the inhabitants."
Author : John R. Leifchild
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Copper mines and mining
ISBN :