A Walk Around the Lakes: Observations Relative Chiefly to the Picturesque Beauty, for Those Desirous of Being Guided to the Lake District in th

by Hunter Davies

Book Overview

Third revised edition of an illustrated travelogue and literary guide to the Lake District, written by the author of WALK ALONG THE WALL and WALK ALONG THE TRACKS. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297775677
• ISBN13: 9780297775676
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Going to the Lake District?

Although this book was published in 1980, it is a fresh and very readable introduction to the Lake District. Think Bill Bryson and you get the idea of the author's style. Wonderful treatment in particular of Wordsworth and his group, including Coleridge and DeQuincy. Irreverent humor throughout. Nice discussion of other notables such as Robert Southey (and his wonderful tongue-twisting description of Lodore Falls) and Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin.