England: The Four Seasons

by Ronald Blythe

The spectacular landscape photographs in this book convey the regional differences throughout rural England, but also highlight the seasonal variations which are so much part of the English way of life'

144 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

Ronald Blythe CBE was one of the UK's greatest living writers. His work, which won countless awards, includes Akenfield (a Penguin 20th-Century Classic and a feature film), Private Words, Field Work, Outsiders: A Book of Garden Friends and numerous other titles. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded their prestigious Benson Medal in 2006. In 2017, he was appointed CBE for services to literature

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

"England: The Four Seasons is the essential ph9otographic celebration of the English countryside. Michael Busselle's superb photographs attest to the spectacular variety and charm of the scenery found in this small island. His extensive travels have taken him to the marshlands of East Anglia, the heathlands of Dorset, the Forest of Dean, and the moors of Yorkshire. Arranged seasonally, this volume records the freshness and changeability of spring, with lambs bounding in the Cumbrian fells, the sultry heat of a summer's afternoon high up in the Sussex Downs, autumn mists embroidering their way through silver birches in a forest in the Kent Weald, and the blue cold of Tintern Abbey on a winter morning. Ronald Blythe, the distinguished author and observer of country life, reflects the seasons in four essays that convey his love and concern for the landscape."
~~back cover

Some of these photographs were spectacular, others not so much.