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Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written PICTORIAL GUIDES TO THE LAKELAND FELLS have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television series, Wainwright remained an intensely private person. With full access to Alfred Wainwright's private letters and unpublished material, Hunter Davies reveals a man more passionate, witty and generous than readers of his guides have come to expect. His biography throws a new and surprising light on a man who has been an enigmatic and misunderstood person.
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Hunter Davies is the author of over thirty books which include such modern classics as the authorised biography of The Beatles, The Glory Game and A Walk Around the Lakes. He has written several other walking books. He is also well known as a broadcaster and journalist and writes for the Independent, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and New Statesman. He is married to the novelist and biographer Margaret Forster and lives in London and the Lake District.
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Ahhhhh the Lakes!,
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This review is from: Wainwright: The Biography (Paperback)
What a marvellous insight into the mysterious world of the real Alfred Wainwright. This book is well written and allows you to make up your own mind as to whether he was a recluse or just a very passionate man.
I did not agree with some of his ways but love what he did for the Lake District. This book is is addictive and thorough
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Didn't get under the skin,
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This review is from: Wainwright: The Biography (Paperback)
Although fascinated by the subject and glued to the book from start to finish, I felt unsatisfied having read it. Davies never really gets under the skin of Wainwright - admittedly a very difficult task - and I was left feeling that although I knew a few more facts about him, I didn't really know the man. Maybe no-one did (except perhaps Betty) but if you don't get that across in a biography then to me it's a wasted effort. As an example, Davies quotes at length, verbatim from dozens of letters that AW wrote to various people, but never gives us his opinion on the insights they contain, never analysing them, pointing out the context, the motive or the inherent inconsistencies. He talks to AW's friends and acquaintances (some of them) and reports conversations verbatim, but with the same lack of comment or insight. He makes no connections between all the information he presents, and so fails to weave the tapestry.
On the plus side, it is well-researched, and contains lots of first-hand information about AW. Plus it's a good read, despite Davies's irritating "blokey" writing style.
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Excellent postage and packaging insured the book did not get damged in delivery. Delivered efficiently even with christmas and bad weather! Very pleased.
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