Ancient Sunlight - Softcover

Rothwell, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467879614 ISBN 13: 9781467879613

Publisher: AuthorHouseUK, 2012

Synopsis

The landscape of North Devon is dramatic and impressive and has inspired many of our best-known artists and writers. Turner, Kingsley, R. D. Blackmore, Agatha Christie and more recently Ted Hughes, Henry Williamson and P. D. James have all made full use of its very particular qualities - 'ANCIENT SUNLIGHT' by Peter Rothwell, with its powerful sense of place, maintains that long and illustrious tradition. Readers familiar with the novels of Henry Williamson will recognise in the title 'ANCIENT SUNLIGHT', a reference and a tribute to his fifteen volume 'Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', which contains, particularly in the five books set during the Great War, arguably some of the best writing in the English language. Williamson, in his title for the 'Chronicle', was paying homage to Richard Jefferies, whose autobiography'The Story of My Heart' had such a profound effect upon the young soldier home from the trenches

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About the Author

For Peter Rothwell, it was reading Henry Williamson's 'Dandelion Days' when he was fourteen that prompted a deep interest in Williamson's work, eventually leading to several meetings with the author. One of the topics discussed was the ending of 'The Pathway', the final part of Williamson's tetralogy 'The Flax of Dream'. Why had he chosen to end the story the way he had? It transpired that he had considered a number of alternatives. It was at this moment that the seed of the idea of writing a 'post-script' to 'The Pathway' was sown, and approval sought. "You may write what you wish. You may send me a copy, but I will not promise to read it" . . . came Williamson's reply. 'ANCIENT SUNLIGHT' is the outcome of that conversation . . . Peter Rothwell is well-known for his paintings and illustrations of North Devon and his books about Lundy Island. 'ANCIENT SUNLIGHT', his first novel. won an award for historical fiction sponsored by The Winston Graham Trust.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouseUK
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1467879614
• ISBN 13: 9781467879613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448