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Real Dorset

English

By (author): Jon Woolcott

Real Dorset is a personal, detailed, discursive, humorous and idiosyncratic look at Dorset. The county is famous for its spectacular coastline, for its historic towns, for its eco-foodie reputation, for Hardy and Fowles. But there's much more behind the tourist-friendly facade - subversion, rebellion and revolt, wealth and poverty, ghost stories and rich folklore. Dorset is home to the largest, but now lost, Neolithic earthwork in Britain. Its history can surprise - from the murky origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant to the black American GIs stationed here in wartime. Woolcott criss-crosses the county, making connections, uncovering the hidden and the forgotten. Stone circles and ancient hillforts contrast with Victorian pleasure gardens and nightlife in Bournemouth. Trade unionism originating from Tolpuddle, the model village of Milton Abbas, vie for the reader's attention with the importance of Dorset for writers like William Barnes, TE Lawrence, Hardy, Fowles and Sylvia Townsend Warner and artists John Piper, Rena Gardiner and Elisabeth Frink. Tombstoning at Lulworth, exploring Chesil Beach and the Fleet, boat trips along the coast, the modern pagan celebration of the Filly-Loo: Real Dorset covers all aspects of life past and present in this richly historical and much-visited edge of south west England. Locals and tourists alike may think they know Dorset: Jon Woolcott's book may well prove that there is plenty more to learn about it. Illustrated with the author's black and white photographs. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 135 x 208mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Apr 2023
  • Publisher: Poetry Wales Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781781727171

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