{"product_id":"9781801108843","title":"The Granite Kingdom : A Cornish Journey","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hannigan, Tim \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCornwall\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 May 2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Apollo) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages, 40 integrated b\u0026amp;w + 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e162 x 242 x 36 | 622g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award 2024A fascinating, lyrical account of an east-west walk across Britain's westernmost and most mysterious region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA distant and exotic Celtic land, domain of tin-miners, pirates, smugglers and evocatively named saints, somehow separate from the rest of our island...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew regions of Britain are as holidayed in, as well-loved or as mythologized as Cornwall. From the woodlands of the Tamar Valley to the remote peninsula of Penwith  via the wilderness of Bodmin Moor and coastal villages where tourism and fishing find an uneasy coexistence  Tim Hannigan undertakes a zigzagging journey on foot across Britain's westernmost region to discover how the real Cornwall, its landscapes, histories, communities and sense of identity, intersect with the many projections and tropes that writers, artists and others have placed upon it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining landscape and nature writing with deep cultural inquiry, The Granite Kingdom is a probing but highly accessible tour of one of Britain's most popular regions, juxtaposing history, myth, folklore and literary representation with the geographical and social reality of contemporary Cornwall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44204538331376,"sku":"9781801108843","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781801108843.jpg?v=1713552486","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781801108843","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}