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Icons of England
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  • Published: 10 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473583221
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $24.99
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Icons of England

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Paperback
19 Sept 2016
EBook
1 June 2010
Audiobook
10 Sept 2020
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England: our favourite things, by well-known names led by Bill Bryson, Michael Palin and Eric Clapton.

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This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.

First published as a lavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded edition has double the original number of contributions from many celebrities including Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey , Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby, and many more: and a new preface by HRH Prince Charles.

© Bill Bryson 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
  • Published: 10 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473583221
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson’s bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country, Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words, and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His acclaimed work of popular science A Short History of Nearly Everything won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize and is the bestselling nonfiction book of the twenty-first century. Bill Bryson was a chancellor of Durham University, is an honorary fellow of the Royal Society, and lives in England.
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Praise for Icons of England

An icon in itself, with essays from many great writers on their favourite English sights

The Times

bsolute must for Anglophiles of all ages... A delightfully wistful book, written with enormous affection

She

A collection of thought-provoking essays celebrating Britain's rural heritage

Business to Business