Hollow Places

- Reviews -

' Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley' s book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year' Sunday Times' A sensitively intelligent excavation into Hertfordshire history, the English imagination and omnipresent myth' Country Life' Christopher Hadley' s celebration of English folklore across 800 years delights in these imaginative tales which have shaped and coloured the cultural landscape of the nation . . . Enriching and at times surprising . . . Anchored by memorable tales, the narrative over-turns long-held historical beliefs as it goes . . . Hollow Places has an innate charm . . . The book' s real success lies in being alert to what makes these superstitions and rituals special - the understanding that imagination trumps truth' TLS' Hadley wears his scholarship lightly but at the heart of this antiquarian wild goose chase is an ingenious meditation on what history, in all its complexity and unevenness, really is. ' Guardian' Enthralling . . . Hadley is not a professional historian but he is, as he shows in his meticulous and occasionally inspired researches, following a distinguished line of gifted, patient, sometimes brilliant amateurs' The Oldie ' This meditation on the power of folk myth lives up to its billing as an ' unusual history' . It' s also engaging, wide-ranging stuff, exploring how stories become ties that bind' BBC History Magazine' The past is animated with imagination and knowledge . . . Shonks and his story, the tomb and the now vanished yew are a starting point for a digressive and affectionate exploration of a local tradition that has survived for 800 years . . . Authoritative and well-researched. ' Spectator' A great subject . . . The author really knows his stuff about the landscape and the sources. In particular he conveys the excitement and value of historical documents. ' Ronald Hutton

- Author Bio -

Christopher Hadley is a journalist and author. His pieces on such popular subjects as 18th-century religious tracts have appeared in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times, London Review of Books, Esquire and his local parish magazine, among many other publications. Hollow Places, an account of his search across a thousand years of British history for the dragon-slayer Shonks, is his first history book. Christopher is married with three children, whom he hopes will never grow-out of hunting for dragons and other marvels in the Hertfordshire countryside where they live. www. christopherhadley. co. uk

- Full Details -

Status:	Active
ISBN-13:	9780008319526
Published:	5 Aug 2020
Published In:	United Kingdom
Imprint:	William Collins
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	Paperback
Height:	198mm
Width:	129mm
Weight:	270g
Pages:	448

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