Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

by Peter Ross

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Praise for Peter Ross

'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written a delightful book.' - The Guardian

'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the inevitable.' - The Observer

'A phenomenal, lyrical, beautiful book.' - Frank Turner

'The author's humanity has acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.' - The Sunday Times


From the author of A Tomb With a View - Scottish Non Fiction book of the Year

Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders, and might be regarded as one huge gallery shattered and scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles. A map of churches is a treasure map. Churches hold within them Britain's history, national and personal. That smell they have, is it just damp and dust? Or is it faith and time?

From The Holy Trinity in Norfolk - home to the 275-year-old wax effigy of Sarah Hare - to Somerset, and Britain's smallest Parish church; from the holy wells of Wales to Southwark cathedral and its resident moggy - Doorkins Magnificat, Steeple Chasing takes the reader around Britain by spire, and gives a unique perspective on the country and its people: a travel book . . . with bells on.

  • ISBN10 1472281926
  • ISBN13 9781472281920
  • Publish Date 11 May 2023
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Headline Publishing Group
  • Imprint Headline Book Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Language English