Cotswold Way
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Following the limestone escarpment on the Western edge of the Cotswolds, the 102 miles of the Cotswold Way take the walker through a quintessentially English landscape as varied as it is beautiful.
Anthony Burton je autor a moderátor, ktorý sa špecializuje najmä na priemyselné a dopravné dejiny od vydania svojej prvej knihy v tejto oblasti, The Canal Builders, v roku 1972. Okrem kanálov, železníc a iných foriem dopravy sa jeho záujmy rozširujú aj na vidiek a históriu krajiny. Jeho diela približujú čitateľom fascinujúci svet priemyselných odvetví a dopravných systémov, ktoré formovali moderný svet. S citom pre detail a zrozumiteľným jazykom Burton oživuje históriu a ukazuje jej vplyv na súčasnosť. Jeho písanie je pútavé a poučné, ponúka jedinečný pohľad na vývoj techniky a krajiny, ktorá ju obklopuje. Čitatelia ocenia jeho schopnosť sprístupniť komplexné témy a vykresliť živé obrazy minulosti.






Following the limestone escarpment on the Western edge of the Cotswolds, the 102 miles of the Cotswold Way take the walker through a quintessentially English landscape as varied as it is beautiful.
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