{"product_id":"tom-fort-the-village-news","title":"Tom Fort - The Village News (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubtitled : The Truth Behind England's Rural Idyll.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe have lived in villages a long time. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe village was the first model for communal living. Towns came much later, then cities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater still came suburbs, neighbourhoods, townships, communes, kibbutzes. But the village has endured. Across England, modernity creeps up to the boundaries of many, breaking the connection the village has with the land. With others, they can be as quiet as the graveyard as their housing is bought up by city ‘weekenders’, or commuters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ideal chocolate box image many holidaying to our Sceptred Isle have in their minds eye may be true in some cases, but across the country the heartbeat of the real English village is still beating strongly - if you can find it. To this mission our intrepid historian and travel writer Tom Fort willingly gets on his trusty bicycle and covers the length and breadth of England to discover the essence of village life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis journeys will travel over six thousand years of communal existence for the peoples that eventually became the English. Littered between the historical analysis, are personal memories from Tom of the village life he remembers and enjoys today in rural Oxfordshire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good (Almost \u003cstrong\u003eAs New\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Britain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2017 (This Edition 2019 - Simon \u0026amp; Schuster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781471151101\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B004122\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP300gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘An entertaining book, written with Fort’s characteristic conversational style . . . A real pleasure to read’ - \u003c\/em\u003eBBC Countryfile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A wide-ranging, intelligent and bracingly enjoyable book’ - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Literary Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Meticulously researched and seasoned with wry humour, this is a perceptive and richly rewarding read’ - \u003c\/em\u003eMail on Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Delightfully curious.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The headline news is that \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003evillage life is still alive and well and it is great fun looking for it\u003c\/span\u003e.’ - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBest of British.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA chatty and often amusing summary\u003c\/span\u003e of his enquiries into twenty-odd English villages. Warm and thoughtful.’ - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Oldie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A wide-ranging, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eintelligent and bracingly enjoyable book\u003c\/span\u003e.’ - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Literary Review.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTom Fort was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1978 he joined the BBC in London where he worked in the BBC Radio newsroom for 22 years. He lives in South Oxfordshire with his wife and two of his children and has been travelling up and down the A303 for over five decades.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55680602931576,"sku":"B004122","price":3.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/files\/Tom-Fort-The-Village-News.jpg?v=1790613228","url":"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/products\/tom-fort-the-village-news","provider":"Campsie Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}