A county of remarkable variety and contrast, Somerset possesses a sea coast along the Bristol Channel, as well as the high lands of the Mendip Hills, stretching westward from the cathedral city of Wells, and of the Quantock Hills rising above Taunton. There are moors and forests, combes, gorges, orchard-filled valleys, fens, lakes and sandy beaches. With its fine medieval churches, splendid houses and magnificent architecture, it is also the county of St Paul, St Joseph of Arimathea, King Arthur and Glastonbury. Legend and history are intimately intertwined and there are constant reminders and recurring echoes of a distant past.
- ISBN10 0712698876
- ISBN13 9780712698870
- Publish Date 7 September 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Pimlico
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English