Rural Rides

by William Cobbett

Overview

William Cobbett (1762-1835) was an essayist, politician, agriculturalist, journalist, and equestrian traveler. The son of a laborer, Cobbett was self taught. He enlisted in the British Army, then fled to Philadelphia to avoid prosecution for demanding a decent wage for his fellow soldiers.

After several years in exile, Cobbett returned to England where he became politically active, eventually winning a seat in Parliament. In the early 1820s the new MP set out on horseback to make a series of personal tours through the English countryside. These observations were collected and make up the two volumes of "Rural Rides".

The two books are written in some of the finest prose to grace the English language. Considered one of the best accounts of rural England ever written -- they are detailed, factual, filled with shrewd observation and remain enduring classics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781514869307
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Pages:	202
Sales rank:	704,781
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

	From Petersfield to Kensington	1
	Down the Vale of the Avon in Wiltshire	34
	From Salisbury to Warminster, from Warminster to Frome, from Frome to Devizes, and from Devizes to Highworth	58
	From Highworth to Cricklade, and thence to Malmsbury	80
	From Malmsbury, in Wiltshire, through Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire	100
	From Ryall, in Worcestershire, to Berghclere, in Hampshire	120
	From Berghclere to Lyndhurst, in the New Forest	143
	From Lyndhurst to Beaulieu Abbey; thence to Southampton and Weston; thence to Botley, Allington, West End, near Hambledon; and thence to Petersfield, Thursley, and Godalming	167
	From Weston, near Southampton, to Kensington	181
	To Tring, in Hertfordshire	206
	Northern Tour	216
	Eastern Tour	220
	Midland Tour	260
	Tour in the West	276
	Progress in the North	277
	Notes	299
	Index	323