{"product_id":"steeple-chasing-around-britain-by-church-9781472281951b","title":"Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003epaperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Featuring a brand new chapter!*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and elegiac book.' - \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e **BOOK OF THE YEAR pick 2023**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delicious treat' \u003ci\u003e- Financial Times **\u003c\/i\u003eTRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR pick 2023**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Tomb With a View\u003c\/i\u003e - Scottish Non-Fiction book of the Year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChurches  are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns,  villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned.  They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning  writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a  story of Britain. Join him as he visits the unassuming Norfolk church  which contains a disturbing secret, and London's mighty cathedrals with  their histories of fire and love. Meet cats and bats, monks and druids,  angels of oak and steel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteeple Chasing\u003c\/i\u003e, though it sometimes strikes an elegiac note, is a song of praise. It celebrates churches for their beauty and meaning, and for the tales they  tell. It is about people as much as place, flesh and bone not just flint  and stone. From the painted hells of Surrey to the holy wells of Wales, consider this a travel book . . . with bells on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824113520720,"sku":"9781472281951B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781472281951-l.jpg?v=1785895256","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/steeple-chasing-around-britain-by-church-9781472281951b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}