Product Description

Byron Rogers' second book chronicles the life and times of the small Northamptonshire village and its environs where he has lived for 20 years - a place almost exactly in the middle of England. Rogers ranges from the odd ways and practices of his present-day neighbours all the way back to the Roman times. Here, then, is the Methodist chapel that became a car showroom, the village's charabanc outing to the seaside, the strange story of the ancient church in the fields, the summer fete at which the author bought his neighbour's shirts, his elevation to heady civic responsibility as Warden of the Paths, and the pathos of the village's oldest resident finally having to move out of her ancestral home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #222900 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
"- 'A wonderful writer' - New Statesman

Jane Gardam, Spectator, 7 December 2002
Rogers' account of the thunder of a single Roman legion...made me hear the terrifying studded feet for the first time.

Andrew Martin, New Statesman
A wonderful writer: droll, poignant and dreamy.

Customer Reviews

Charming
I feel that I should call the author Mr Rogers, as he comes across as such a gent it would seem wrong to address him otherwise. This book is a charming look at the nature of the village, with the real beauty coming in Mr Rogers' taste for detail, the tiny things and observation. I had read one of his previous books and having read this one makes me want to seek out all of the rest. Harks back to a style somewhat lost in newspaper and literary writing, as does all of his writing. Concise, correct and utterly enthralling.