The English Lakes With more than twenty million visitors each year, England's Lake District--its dramatic landscape long the inspiration of poets and painters--continues to fascinate and attract people from across Britain and abroad. Author Ian Thompson, who grew up nearby and hiked the region's hills from an early age, proves the perfect guide to the Lake District's storied past.Thompson's elegant cultural history... Full description
The English Lakes With more than twenty million visitors each year, England's Lake District--its dramatic landscape long the inspiration of poets and painters--continues to fascinate and attract people from across Britain and abroad. Author Ian Thompson, who grew up nearby and hiked the region's hills from an early age, proves the perfect guide to the Lake District's storied past.Thompson's elegant cultural history... Full description