Martin Wainwright

Wainwright's look into English villages, while containing glimpses of everyday life, seems to be heavily focused on political implications. The writing is very academic although inclusions of sketches and lack of footnotes or end notes (although there is a bibliography) make its intended audience seem to be the public. The book is peppered with other book recommendations, particularly in the latter chapters, which may add a lot to one's to-be-read list. While I enjoyed much of the content and gleaned information that might be valuable to me in writing up narratives of ancestors, I found the author's approach and writing style boring.… (más)