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Cotswolds Books
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by (shelved 11 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.76 — 19,441 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 11 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.81 — 17,421 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 10 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.80 — 22,565 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 9 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.73 — 26,096 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 8 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.71 — 14,154 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 8 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.64 — 15,596 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 7 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.72 — 43,772 ratings — published 1992

by (shelved 7 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,649 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 7 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,776 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 6 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.79 — 10,458 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 5 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.76 — 8,953 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 5 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.31 — 2,123 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 5 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.82 — 11,506 ratings — published 2001

by (shelved 5 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.75 — 12,285 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 5 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.76 — 14,015 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 5 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.74 — 11,087 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.65 — 8,059 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.68 — 9,411 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.75 — 9,149 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.76 — 12,539 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.73 — 10,598 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,705 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.75 — 9,230 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,004 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 4 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.80 — 9,303 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,703 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.37 — 690 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.60 — 6,599 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.50 — 8,627 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.71 — 467 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.74 — 437 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.71 — 8,608 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.67 — 8,724 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.47 — 498 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.71 — 569 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.41 — 838 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.60 — 869 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 3 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,979 ratings — published 1959

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 4.09 — 11,327 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.60 — 35,651 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,470 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,455 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,456 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,718 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 4.17 — 5,879 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,166 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.54 — 4,831 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.08 — 833 ratings — published 1950

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,425 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 2 times as cotswolds)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,302 ratings — published 2016

“Although Beatrix considered Hampshire to be the most beautiful place in England, the Cotswolds very nearly eclipsed it. The Cotswolds, often referred to as the heart of England, were formed by a chain of escarpments and hills that crossed Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Beatrix was delighted by the storybook villages with their small, neat cottages, and by the green hills covered with plump sheep. Since wool had been the most profitable industry of the Cotswolds, with profits being used to improve the landscape and build churches, more than one plaque proclaimed, THE SHEEP HATH PAID FOR ALL.
To Beatrix's delight, the sheepdog had a similarly elevated status. The villagers' attitude toward dogs reminded Beatrix of a Romany saying that she had once heard from Cam... "To make a visitor feel welcome, you must also make his dog feel welcome." Here in this Cotswold village, people took their dogs everywhere, even to churches in which pews were worn with grooves where leashes had been tied.”
― Love in the Afternoon
To Beatrix's delight, the sheepdog had a similarly elevated status. The villagers' attitude toward dogs reminded Beatrix of a Romany saying that she had once heard from Cam... "To make a visitor feel welcome, you must also make his dog feel welcome." Here in this Cotswold village, people took their dogs everywhere, even to churches in which pews were worn with grooves where leashes had been tied.”
― Love in the Afternoon

“No matter how troubled the nights were, however, the days were extraordinary... pleasure filled, serene, imparting a sense of well-being that Christopher hadn't felt in years. There was something about the light in the Cotswolds, a smooth opalescence that covered the hills and farmland in a soft binding. The morning usually began with sun, the sky gradually thickening to clouds in the afternoon. Later in the day, rain fell on the brilliant autumn leaves and gave them a boiled-sugar glaze, and drew out a dark, fresh scent from the loam and clay.”
― Love in the Afternoon
― Love in the Afternoon