The King's Homeland: Sandringham And North-West Norfolk
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: sound copy for age; frontispiece loose; map at rear intact with no tears. damaged spine with some loss.
In the golden Edwardian age, when the monarch's private estate at Sandringham stood as a symbol of regal pastoral life, W. A. Dutt's The King's Homeland: Sandringham and North-West Norfolk presents a richly detailed portrait of one of England's most celebrated royal retreats and the sweeping Norfolk landscape that surrounds it. Published for the Homeland Association in 1904, this authoritative volume chronicles the history, geography, and natural character of North-West Norfolk, guiding the reader through ancient villages, broad fenlands, and the quiet grandeur of the Sandringham estate itself, accompanied by thirty-seven full-page illustrations drawn largely from original artwork by Gordon Home. Dutt, already well regarded as the author of works on East Anglia and the Norfolk Broads, writes with the intimate knowledge of a dedicated regional historian, his prose imbued with both scholarly rigour and a genuine affection for the English countryside. An introduction by H. Rider Haggard — himself a Norfolk landowner and celebrated author — lends additional cultural weight to the work, anchoring it firmly within the Edwardian discourse on rural England and national identity. A document of its era as much as a guide to a place, this volume leaves the reader wondering just how much of that tranquil, unhurried world still lingers beneath the surface of the modern Norfolk landscape.
Author: W. A. Dutt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1904, Adam and Charles Black, London
Genre: British & Irish history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: sound copy for age; frontispiece loose; map at rear intact with no tears. damaged spine with some loss.
In the golden Edwardian age, when the monarch's private estate at Sandringham stood as a symbol of regal pastoral life, W. A. Dutt's The King's Homeland: Sandringham and North-West Norfolk presents a richly detailed portrait of one of England's most celebrated royal retreats and the sweeping Norfolk landscape that surrounds it. Published for the Homeland Association in 1904, this authoritative volume chronicles the history, geography, and natural character of North-West Norfolk, guiding the reader through ancient villages, broad fenlands, and the quiet grandeur of the Sandringham estate itself, accompanied by thirty-seven full-page illustrations drawn largely from original artwork by Gordon Home. Dutt, already well regarded as the author of works on East Anglia and the Norfolk Broads, writes with the intimate knowledge of a dedicated regional historian, his prose imbued with both scholarly rigour and a genuine affection for the English countryside. An introduction by H. Rider Haggard — himself a Norfolk landowner and celebrated author — lends additional cultural weight to the work, anchoring it firmly within the Edwardian discourse on rural England and national identity. A document of its era as much as a guide to a place, this volume leaves the reader wondering just how much of that tranquil, unhurried world still lingers beneath the surface of the modern Norfolk landscape.