Bøger om Dorset

I løbet af få dage vendes Raynor Winns liv på hovedet. Hendes mand gennem toogtredive år, Moth, får stillet en dødelig diagnose, og de mister deres hjem og levebrød. De har intet tilbage, og heller ikke meget tid, og de beslutter impulsivt at vandre den tusind kilometer lange South West Coast Path langs kysten i det sydvestlige England. Alt, hvad de ejer, bærer de i deres rygsække. På turen mærker de en ny frihed, nærkontakt med naturen og deres egen eksistens. Men hvad venter dem for enden af stien?

Som sprækker i jorden er en stemningsfuld roman, der strækker sig over to årtier fra 1955 til 1975 og væver tre tidslinjer sammen i en gribende fortælling om stor kærlighed, forræderi, mord og evig loyalitet.Året er 1968, og en hund bliver skudt på Beths og Franks fredelige fårefarm i Dorset. Og da den charmerende forfatter Gabriel Wolfe, som Beth havde en kort og intens sommerromance med som ung, dukker op sammen med sin søn, bliver der vendt op og ned på deres liv. Over tid løftes sløret for fortidens hemmeligheder, og et tragisk tab sætter gang i et spil med fatale konsekvenser.Om forfatteren:Clare Leslie Hall er pseudonym for thrillerforfatteren Clare Empson, som har udgivet bestsellerne MINE og HIM i 2018 og 2019. Clare Leslie Hall bor i den vilde natur i Dorset sammen med sin familie. Som sprækker i jorden er solgt til udgivelse i 30 lande.

When the bones of a woman are dug up on a beach in Dorset whose are they? How do they connect with Nessa Halloran's present life as memories of her English post-war childhood emerge to haunt her?

A survey in superb photographs of the branch lines and by-ways across the Southern Region in the 1960s.

A fascinating illustrated overview of the evolution of the bus scene within the areas of Wiltshire and Dorset.

Seining Along Chesil details the working lives of the people who fished along the Dorset coast at Chesil Beach, using traditional seine nets, a way of life that has almost completely died out.

The Lost Orchards charts the decade-long journey made by pomologist Liz Copas and cider-maker Nick Poole across Dorset to discover, propagate and make cider from the county's forgotten cider apples, varieties including Yaffle, Best Bearer and Dewbit.

The first book to reveal the complete story of one of England's first mafias, the Hawkhurst Gang Southeast England in the 1740s was not a pleasant place. Foreign wars, rebellion and fractious politics rattled the state and made life difficult for most. In this chaos, the old practice of smuggling reached new and dangerous heights. Violent gangs of smugglers terrorized communities and confounded government attempts to stop them. The most famous of these gangs, the Hawkhurst Gang, operated like a modern-day drug cartel. They threatened witnesses and authorities, brandished their arms in public, and fought battles in the streets. It took a potent combination of new government powers and courageous citizens to finally end their reign. Hawkhurst chronicles the story of the gang by taking the reader deep into the Georgian underworld. Using vivid descriptions of 18th-century life, it explores the swirling menagerie of the tattooed thugs, customs men, political extremists and corrupt politicians involved in the rise and fall of one of England's first mafias.

In a time of deadly plague, Alice Edwards is on her own and fighting for all she holds dear. But sickness is not the only danger. How can Alice tell friend from foe when the shadow of a murder is haunting her steps - and heartache awaits at every turn? A gripping mystery steeped in authentic historical detail

Secret Dorchester explores the lesser-known history of the town of Dorchester through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.

Explore the fascinating photographic comparison between Dorset's past and present railways through time.

All-in-one hiking route guide, maps and accommodations for the 217-mile footpath that runs around the entire coastline of South Devon and Dorset: from Plymouth to Poole Harbour. Part 3 of the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile national trail from Minehead to Poole. Includes 97 large-scale maps (3 1/8 inches to 1 mile); 29 town plans and 13 overview maps. Full details of all accommodations and campsites, restaurants and pubs; plus full public transport information. Includes day-walks.

Wild About Dorset is a new collection of nature writing from award-winning journalist and author Brian Jackman. Drawing on a decade of columns in his local community magazine, Jackman paints a 'year in the life' of wildlife and wild places in West Dorset's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the author's home for fifty years.

This book will interest anyone keen to know more about Dorset's remarkable local military history through time.

A fascinating exploration of the local history of the castles and fortifications of the West Country.

I løbet af få dage vendes Raynor Winns liv på hovedet. Hendes mand gennem toogtredive år, Moth, får stillet en dødelig diagnose, og de mister deres hjem og levebrød. De har intet tilbage, og heller ikke meget tid, og de beslutter impulsivt at vandre den tusind kilometer lange South West Coast Path langs kysten i det sydvestlige England. Alt, hvad de ejer, bærer de i deres rygsække. På turen mærker de en ny frihed, nærkontakt med naturen og deres egen eksistens. Men hvad venter dem for enden af stien?

En romantisk og humoristisk spændingsroman om opklaringen af et mord på et engelsk landsted. Her bliver bogens hovedperson, Gray Octavian, hvirvlet ind i de lokales mystiske – ja, næsten magiske – liv og kærlighedsforhold.Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) var en irsk forfatter og filosof, der særligt beskæftigede sig med dualistiske spørgsmål som godhed og ondskab. Iris Murdochs filosofiske ideer smittede af på hendes skønlitterære forfatterskab, der også tager netop samme spørgsmål om menneskets gode og dårlige sider, om moral, etik, kærlighed og ondskab op.