Now Then is a biographical mosaic of Yorkshire. Rick Broadbent, an award-wining author and exiled Yorkshireman, goes in search of the soul of England''s biggest county and produces an all-encompassing portrait of a place that has been victimised and stereotyped since the days of Williams the Conqueror.
Incorporating social history, memoir, reportage and author interviews, Now Then paints a picture of what it means to be from Yorkshire - both now and back then.Now Then is not a hagiography and Broadbent visits devastated mining communities, an inner-city homeless shelter and the county''s most isolated sheep farm, as well as examining the truth about well-known Yorkshire figures and institutions.
From the Bronte sisters and Marks & Spencer to the Yorkshire pudding, accent and Ripper, this is a funny, wise and searching account of the county that gave the world its first football club and its last witch-burning. Ultimately, this is an affectionate but unsparing look at a county, its people and their flinty vowels It is about the real Yorkshire and its daily life, as well as Dracula and Geoffrey Boycott.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
448 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Atlantic Books |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2023-10-05 |
| ISBN |
9781838957360 |
