{"product_id":"9780857042156","title":"Once Upon A Pint : A Reader's Guide to the Literary Pubs \u0026 Inns of Dorset \u0026 Somerset","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Townsend, Terry, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/09\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 128 pages, colour photographs,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Halsgrove,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Halsgrove,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Somerset, Dorset, Local history, Restaurant \u0026amp; pub guides\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857042156\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people enjoy visiting old inns simply because they feel a vague sense of history. This pleasure can be greatly enhanced if a few facts are known about its past. Every county in England has its share of literary pubs and inns but the southern counties are particularly blessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a literary pub crawl around two of England’s most beautiful and least spoilt shires, Dorset and Somerset, following in the steps of famous and lesser known writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are town pubs, country pubs, village pubs, riverside pubs and seaside pubs all with one thing in common; they have been immortalised by association with books or writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the many characters you will meet along the way are Lorna Doone, Sam Weller, Inspector Morse, Tess of the d’Urbervilles , Barry Lyndon, The Ancient Mariner, Anne Elliot and her Captain Wentworth, The French Lieutenant's Woman. The Mayor of Casterbridge and a Poet Laureate turned thriller writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe literary pilgrimage has long been accepted as a good excuse to travel. Now, if you need it, you also have a good excuse to pop down the pub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout in colour, this handy new hardback is the essential guide to more than fifty of the most characterful hostelries in the fair counties of Dorset and Somerset and their famous literary links. Cheers and good reading!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetired graphic designer Terry Townsend has combined his life-long interests in English Literature and English pubs to produce this reader’s guide to those twin sources of delight and amusement. Terry lives in Dorset with his wife Carol and their cat Smudge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022252605593,"sku":"9780857042156","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780857042156_8d4fcc6b-f2f0-4d14-9f28-8bec45d120bc.jpg?v=1601399836","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780857042156","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}