The Seaside - England's Love Affair (Hardcover)

A vivid journey around England's great seaside resorts, exploring their history and current struggle, and what they reveal about England, from the award-winning author of Love of Country England's seaside is made up of a striking variety of coastlines including cliffs, coves, pebbled shore, wide sandy beaches, salt marshes, and estuaries cutting deep inland. On these coastal edges England's great holiday resorts grew up, developed in the early eighteenth century originally as spas for medicinal bathing but soon morphing into places of pleasure, entertainment, fantasy and adventure. Acclaimed writer Madeleine Bunting journeyed clockwise around England from Scarborough to Blackpool to understand the enduring appeal of seaside towns, and what has happened to the golden sands, cold seas and donkey rides of childhood memory. Taking in some forty resorts, staying in hotels, caravans and holiday camps, she swims from their beaches and talks to their residents to delve into their landscapes, histories and contemporary plight.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Madeleine Bunting
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-78378-717-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > History > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	1-78378-717-1
Barcode:	9781783787173

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