{"title":"Past Pilgrim's Book Club Selections","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"steeple-chasing-around-britain-by-church-by-peter-ross-9781472281951","title":"Steeple Chasing : Around Britain by Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*Featuring a brand new chapter!*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.' - New Statesman **Book of the Year pick 2023**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A delicious treat' - Financial Times **Travel Book of the Year pick 2023**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A charming odyssey' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful book; thoughtful and challenging' - Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful book' - Gabriel Byrne \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful and brilliant. I loved it' - Fergus Butler-Gallie \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of A Tomb With a View - Scottish Non-Fiction book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteeple Chasing, 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\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Peter Ross\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written a delightful book.' - The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the inevitable.' - The Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The author's humanity has acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.' - The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Ross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47731190006058,"sku":"9781472281951","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/SteepleChasing.jpg?v=1710501952"},{"product_id":"the-granite-kingdom-a-cornish-journey-by-tim-hannigan-9781801108850","title":"The Granite Kingdom : A Cornish Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTim Hannigan undertakes an epic east-west journey on foot through his own homeland, from the woodlands of the Tamar Valley to the remote western region of Penwith. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he walks, he explores how the Cornwall of the popular imagination has been constructed by writers, artists and others, and how myths, projections and tropes intersect with the real Cornwall - its landscapes, histories, communities and sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA richly informative tour of one of the most popular regions of Britain, The Granite Kingdom can be read as an evocative travelogue, a celebration of Cornwall's landscapes, a fascinating account of its history and cultural significance, and an unflinching exploration of uneasy questions about regional identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Hannigan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48786404639018,"sku":"9781801108850","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781801108850.jpg?v=1719308976"},{"product_id":"the-solace-of-open-spaces-by-gretel-ehrlich-9781911547334","title":"The Solace of Open Spaces","description":"","brand":"Gretel Ehrlich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48786427019562,"sku":"9781911547334","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781911547334.jpg?v=1719309069"},{"product_id":"cecily-an-epic-feminist-retelling-of-the-war-of-the-roses-by-annie-garthwaite-9780241990971","title":"Cecily : An epic feminist retelling of the War of the Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon't miss Annie Garthwaite's new novel, The King's Mother, out now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A startling heroine' Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses' Imogen Hermes Gower, author of The Mermaid and Mr Hancock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wolf Hall for the 2020s' Manda Scott, author of Boudica\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Absorbing' Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngland has been fighting France for 100 years. At home, power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king - and name Cecily's husband, York's loyal duke, an enemy. As the king's grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt will take all of Cecily's courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown, will she risk treason to secure it? Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields, Cecily portrays war as women fight it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo continue Cecily's story, read The King's Mother - out now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaim for Cecily - an epic feminist retelling of the War of the Roses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?' Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Masterful and majestic; England's unspoken history told by one brilliant woman through the life of another. This important novel blazes on every page from its brutal first scene to its glittering final act' Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave is Forgiven\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Entirely absorbing and utterly compelling. Fifteenth century England leaps from the page, with all its political turmoil and bloodshed. I loved it' Caroline Lea, author of The Glass Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Cecily stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell. A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses - what a feat' Imogen Hermes Gower, author of The Mermaid and Mr Hancock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Masterfully written and wholly immersive, with characters that live and breathe. Cecily is a tour de force. I loved every sentence' Joanne Burn, author of The Hemlock Cure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with the sort of intimacy, immediacy and empathy that can only come from graft and craft' Toby Clements, author of Kingmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Bloody great. So modern, so political, it could almost be set in Downing Street' Kate Sawyer, author of The Stranding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Shines a light into a dark corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of a powerful and forgotten woman' Liz Hyder, author of The Gifts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinary achievement . . .I could touch and breathe Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow' Carol McGrath, author of The Silken Rose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Impeccably researched, written with style and shot through with energy, heart and power. A perfectly paced tale of intrigue, influence and victory wrenched from defeat. Cecily has been overlooked for centuries. Not anymore' A J West, author of The Spirit Engineer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annie Garthwaite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49156760863018,"sku":"9780241990971","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780241990971.jpg?v=1724321522"},{"product_id":"fifteen-wild-decembers-shortlisted-for-the-nero-book-awards-2023-by-karen-powell-9781787705456","title":"Fifteen Wild Decembers","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA best historical fiction book of 2023 (The Sunday Times)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Unbearably moving.\" - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Enthralling.\" - Victoria Hislop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling, atmospheric and raw.\" - Ruth Jones, writer, actor and comedian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIsolated from society, Emily Brontë and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo the outside world, Emily Brontë appears taciturn and unexceptional, but beneath the surface her mind is in a creative ferment. A violent phenomenon is about to burst forth that will fuse her imaginary world with the landscape of her beloved Yorkshire and change the literary world forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen Wild Decembers is the dazzling second novel from a writer who has been compared to Shirley Hazzard and Graham Greene, and whose first novel was described as \"utterly stunning\", \"mesmerizing\" and hailed as \"a masterpiece.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen Powell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54960816423285,"sku":"9781787705456","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781787705456.jpg?v=1738227186"},{"product_id":"on-this-holy-island-a-modern-pilgrimage-across-britain-a-financial-times-book-of-the-year-by-oliver-smith-9781399409049","title":"On This Holy Island : A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e*** A Financial Times Book of the Year ***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent. Immensely well-researched and playful. Smith has written something special.\" -- Patrick Galbraith, The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Imaginative and engaging\" -- Country Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of 'pilgrimage' in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe embarks on an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes - climbing into remote sea caves, sleeping inside Neolithic tombs, scaling forgotten holy mountains and once marooning himself at sea. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing holy roads to churches, cathedrals and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian, but also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe routes walked are often ancient, the pilgrims he meets are always modern. But underpinning the book is a timeless truth: that making journeys has always been a way of making meaning. So often, Oliver finds, \"the unravelling of a path goes in tandem with the unravelling of the soul.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55123158499701,"sku":"9781399409049","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781399409049.jpg?v=1740744776"},{"product_id":"bothy-in-search-of-simple-shelter-by-kat-hill-9780008619039","title":"Bothy : In Search of Simple Shelter","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Wainwright Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Financial Times Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The bothy embrace is addictive\" Adam Nicolson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Will have you reaching for your boots\" Cal Flyn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA bothy is a remote hut in the wilderness that you can't reserve, with no electricity, mod-cons or running water. The doors are always unlocked, you just need to step inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the rugged cliffs at the northern tip of Scotland to the fairy-tale valleys of Wales, historian Kat Hill tours us across the UK exploring the history of these wild shelters and her fellow wanderers - past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBothy is a stirring, beautiful book for anyone who longs to run away to the wilds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A thoughtful exploration of what these remote outposts mean to their users\" Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A beguiling combination of travel writing, nature writing, social history and personal reflection\" Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kat Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55371668390261,"sku":"9780008619039","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780008619039.jpg?v=1747114884"},{"product_id":"a-little-trickerie-by-rosanna-pike-9780241646076","title":"A Little Trickerie","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe instant Sunday Times bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction\n\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Striking, darkly funny and heartfelt. Grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go\" Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Crisp, transportive, uplifting. I loved it!\" Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A bold, funny and imaginative journey through Tudor England. A real treat\" Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never had a roof of her own. Her mother has taught her that if you're not too bound by the Big Man's rules, there are many ways a woman can find shelter in this world. But now her ma is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs she journeys through the fields and forests of medieval England, Tibb discovers that there are people who will care for her, as well as those who mean her harm. And there are a great many others who are prepared to believe just about anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo, when the opportunity presents itself to escape the shackles society has placed on them, Tibb and her new friends conjure an audacious plan: her greatest trickerie yet. But before they know it, their hoax takes on a life of its own, drawing crowds - and vengeful enemies - to their door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA tale of belief and superstition, kinship and courage, A Little Trickerie introduces a ragtag cast of characters and an unforgettable, endearing and distinctly unangelic heroine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Joyful and highly original. Rosanna Pike absolutely nails Tibb's voice\" The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Absolutely raucous and vividly alive\" India Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Written] with great panache ... A book [that] is unapologetically itself ... Lovable, fun and emotionally juicy\" Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosanna Pike","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55429594349941,"sku":"9780241646076","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780241646076.jpg?v=1748501973"},{"product_id":"the-land-in-winter-shortlisted-for-the-booker-prize-2025-by-andrew-miller-9781529354300","title":"The Land in Winter : Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the best writers at work today' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Has an uncanny beauty and depth... A novel that travels into the darkest places of history and the strangest corners of the human mind' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Money, class, love: all of life is in there' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tender, elegant, soulful and perfect... Superb' Samantha Harvey, Booker Prize-winning author of Orbital\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A classic in the making' Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail and One of Us\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecember 1962, the West Country. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLocal doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the small dairy farm where he hoped to create a new version of himself, a project that's already faltering. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when the ordinary cold of an English December gives way to violent blizzards, the two couples find their lives beginning to unravel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere do you hide when you can't leave home? And where, in a frozen world, can you run to? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore praise for The Land in Winter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Perfect' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Delicate and devastating' i Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Incredibly satisfying' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A novel of dazzling humanity and captivating, crystalline prose' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I loved The Land in Winter . . . There were moments I thought of Penelope Fitzgerald... 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