A classic travelogue that brilliantly conjures 1930s Britain.
In this series of pen-portraits of England from the 1930s, Victor Canning โevocatively captures the pattern and colour of English lifeโ (The Bookseller), from Cumbria to Cornwall. Canningโs heart-warming and humorous observations of sleepy villages, pastoral scenes and busy industries are a delightful time capsule into life in England during the interwar years.ย ย
โWhat does the word England mean to you? To all of us England means something different, and yet I think there is for every man and woman some little corner which is more England than anywhere elseโฆโ
