This collection of Laurie Lee's writings, including several newly discovered pieces, is a lyrical portrait of a lost England through the changing years and seasons.
Laurie Lee has written some of the best-loved travel books in the
English language. Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, he was
educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. At the
age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot
through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil
War. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as he recounted in
A Moment of War.
Laurie Lee published four collections of poems- The Sun My Monument
(1944), The Bloom of Candles (1947), My Many-Coated Man (1955) and
Pocket Poets (1960). His other works include The Voyage of Magellan
(1948), The Firstborn (1964), I Can't Stay Long (1975), and Two
Women (1983). He also wrote three bestselling volumes of
autobiography- Cider with Rosie (1959), which has sold over six
million copies worldwide, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
(1969) and A Moment of War (1991).
Brings to life the landscapes and traditions of Lee's home in
Gloucestershire, from centuries-old May Day rituals and
carol-singing on Christmas Eve, to his battle in old age to save
his beloved Slad valley from developers
*Guardian*
Reminded me what a superlative nature writer Lee was ... I finished
it with an ache in my heart and a tear in my eye
*Spectator*
Simply written, observant and shot through with Lee's
characteristic humility ... Against his whitewashed prose are
touches of beauty
*The Times Literary Supplement*
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