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View of Epping Forest
Nicholas Hagger
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Description for View of Epping Forest
Paperback. A poet's narrative memoir of a lifetime in Epping Forest, evoking the spirit of a place which shaped his works. Num Pages: 443 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
Epping Forest was given to the public in 1878. It has many historical and literary associations involving, for example, Harold II, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Clare and Churchill. Nicholas Hagger came to Epping Forest during the war. As a boy he knew Sir William Addison, long recognised as an authority on the Forest, and saw Churchill speak in his village in 1945. He grew up against the background of the Forest and visited it regularly when he was living elsewhere. The Forest has come into many of his poems and other works. In Part One of this book ... Read more
Epping Forest was given to the public in 1878. It has many historical and literary associations involving, for example, Harold II, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Clare and Churchill. Nicholas Hagger came to Epping Forest during the war. As a boy he knew Sir William Addison, long recognised as an authority on the Forest, and saw Churchill speak in his village in 1945. He grew up against the background of the Forest and visited it regularly when he was living elsewhere. The Forest has come into many of his poems and other works. In Part One of this book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
443
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
443
Place of Publication
New Alresford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846945878
SKU
V9781846945878
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99-1
About Nicholas Hagger
Nicholas Hagger is a poet, man of letters, cultural historian and philosopher. He is an authority on the Tudor time and Shakespeare, and is devoted to Epping Forest and Cornwall. He is the author of more than 30 books.
Reviews for View of Epping Forest
Nicholas Hagger writes with a rare intellectual passion. (Sir Laurens van der Post) He hits a pace, a tilt, that really carries the reader along...Everything comes as a subordinate clause to his dramatic momentum, a hand waving out of the express train window. (Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate)