This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of KEITH SPENCE's
essential guide to two of the most beautiful - and often still
unspoiled - counties in England, which on its first publication quickly
established itself as the best available guide to the area.
Mr Spence shows how much as yet survives and how rich, varied and
fascinating this part of England still is. He writes sensitively and
knowledgeably about buildings and architecture, andhas a keen sense of
the detail that gives identity to a place. There is much to be learned
from this book, which maintains the high standard of the Companion Guide
series. OBSERVER