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Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakesis a celebration of the British landscape, and it tells the remarkable story of Alfred Wainwright who in 1952 decided to hand draw a series of guides to the fells of Lakeland. For the next 13 years he spent every weekend walking, and every weekday evening drawing and writing - completing one page per night. The result wasWainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Although initially self published they have now sold over a million copies and are still popular and much loved today.

He went on to present a series of TV shows on the BBC about walking in the Lake District that made him even better known. He was an unlikely celebrity, he preferred his own company and thought walking in the countryside should be a solitary rather than group pursuit.Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakesintroduces him to a new generation of lovers of the countryside, features some of Wainwright's favourite walks and is lavishly illustrated, including stunning aerial shots of the Lake District.

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Product Details
BBC Digital
1448140714 / 9781448140718
eBook (EPUB)
30/06/2012
England
English
170 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
TV tie-in Author, Martin Wainwright Description based on print version record.