I bought myself this, as a birthday present. Partially funded by Amazon voucher giftage (thanks to those who helped).
I first saw it in Topping Books, Ely, at the list price of £40. I bought it via Amazon, at closer to £30. I’d prefer to support Topping, not Bezos, in all honesty. But sometimes, alas, economics dictate…
The above images are just a few from the first wee of chunk of this absolute treasure trove. As Diarmaid MacCulloch so rightly says, on the back cover blurb:
‘What fortunate isles are these, to boast thousands of local sculpture galleries, scattered through towns and villages, nearly all accessible for free: churches that host funeral monuments and memorials spanning more than a millennium.’
Amen to that, aulde fruit!
I’ve only just started in on this weighty and handsome but not oversized tome. So this is hardly a full on review. Just a few initial thoughts, notes, and snaps.
There are, it says in the intro, 365 monuments, covered here. One for every day of the year. Culled from visiting nearly nine thousand parish churches! I can’t wait to really dig in…