Yorkshire
- Author Richard Morris
- Narrator Sean Baker
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 11 hours and 10 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Archaeology, European history, Historical geography, History of other geographical groupings and regions.
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What to expect
Critics Review
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[A] restless, poetic, strange book, and the territory it describes deserves nothing less
Observer -
[A] quirky, personal history of the Ridings … Making an idiosyncratic selection of events from prehistory to the present day, and using some charming passages of personal memoir, Morris subtly draws out patterns and recurring themes that may explain the county’s distinctive history … Morris writes insightfully not just about one county, but about how places become what they are
Mail on Sunday -
Reading the book is like watching the author sift through layers of time: whatever will he turn up next? … There is a wealth of fascinating information – I’d not known, for example, that the fashion for naming houses ‘Windyridge’ (as both my father and grandfather called theirs) derived from the popularity of a 1912 novel of that title by Willie Riley
Guardian -
In this meticulously researched book, Richard Morris reveals Yorkshire and Yorkshireness through a series of extraordinary journeys and stories … Particularly interesting is the juxtaposition of nature, culture, religion and politics and the way in which places are defined and shaped by geography and terrain … Morris’s description of the River Swale as glittering and energetic could be a metaphor for his own writing, which is itself relentlessly energetic … Fascinating
Country Life -
Although it is one of the most diverse counties geographically, Yorkshire has always inspired a fierce loyalty among those born there, and it is this sense of place that is the subject of the fascinating Yorkshire
Choice -
Engrossing … Aims to look beyond the Eee By Gum stereotypes to explore the intersections between Yorkshire’s landscape, language and identity, and reflect too on how outsiders perceive the county
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