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Title: England's Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins, Paul Barker ISBN: 0-14-029795-2 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lovely, but could have been better.
Comment: In this book, Jenkins describes his choice of the thousand best churches in England. Churches range from tiny, rural chapels notable for their remote, dramatic settings, to grand and majestic churches. (Cathedrals, however, are not covered, only parish churches.) He also rates the churches from one star through 5 stars.
The descriptions are generally full and compelling. However, I took off one star from my rating, because, for the armchair traveller, more pictures would have been welcome. (How frustrating to read about glorious stained glass windows, and have no idea what they actually look like!) Only about one in 10 churches is illustrated with either an interior or exterior photo.
Rating: 5
Summary: What an inspiration!
Comment: For those interested in knowing more about England's wonderful parish churches, this book is a must. Organized by county, the book should prove useful for travellers like me who fall victim to every village spire. I appreciated both his wit and knowledge about the subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: The consummate gift book
Comment: The history presented, and the wonderful photographs, are a panorama of architectural beauty and fascination topped only by Jenkins' insightful and witty comments. This is a perfect "coffee table volume" for anyone interested in the Church, the arts, or history, and for others who plan travel to areas of England they have not previously explored. An added bonus is that those passionate about any one of the topics will, as I have found, have the further entertainment of arguing whether Simon's choices actually were of the 1,000 best, and which of their own favourites would have topped them.
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Title: English Parish Churches by Edwin Smith, Graham Hutton, Olive Cook ISBN: 0500201390 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: June, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Churches and Cathedrals of London by Stephen C. Humphrey, James Morris, Andrew Lloyd Webber ISBN: 0658017241 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: England's Thousand Best Houses by Simon Jenkins, Quintin Wright ISBN: 0670033022 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 25 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: The Most Beautiful Villages of England by James Bentley, Hugh Palmer ISBN: 0500019053 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides by Adam Nicolson ISBN: 0865476675 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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