The Village explores the richness and variety of traditional life in rural England, as it was lived by everyone from the dweller in the 'Big House' to the poorest farm worker. It shows how people spent their days and made a living. It tells how they brought up their children. It looks at their beliefs and superstitions, at the medicines and cures they manufactured and the fears that preoccupied them. And it shows how they celebrated key events in their lives and the seasonal calendar. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a fascinatingly and richly kaleidoscopic picture of a way of life that has all but disappeared.
- ISBN10 1847946585
- ISBN13 9781847946584
- Publish Date 31 December 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Random House Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English