Footnotes. A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers

The premise of this book is simple, or that is what it seemed when I started.'Peter Fiennes follows in the footsteps of twelve inspirational writers, bringing modern Britain into focus by peering through the lens of the past.The journey starts in Dorset, shaped by the childhood visions of Enid Blyton, and ends with Charles Dickens on the train that took him to his final resting place in Westminster Abbey.From the wilds of Skye and Snowdon, to a big night out in Birmingham with J. B. Priestley an