Cornwall's Literary Heritage by Mark Mitchley

Cornwall's Literary Heritage by Mark Mitchley, published by Amberley Publishing, 15th October 2024

Cornwall's Literary Heritage by Mark Mitchley is a new book published today, Tuesday 15th October 2024. Mark is a writer and an executive headmaster. In 2020 he wrote Falmouth in 50 Buildings, also published by Amberley Publishing. He has also written William Flint: Leicester’s Classical Architect, published in 2019 and Gorran Haven: An Alphabetical Miscellany, published in 2023.

Cornwall's Literary Heritage is a superb volume looking at literature in Cornwall and discussing the authors and poets that have either lived in Cornwall or visited and been inspired to write, from the earlier times to the present day. There have been books on the literary heritage of Cornwall in the past. But, there has been nothing new for a very long time and certainly nothing that compares to this fantastic volume, which contains a tremendous amount of facts and information between its covers.

The book is divided into eight chapters, starting by talking about Kernewek, the Celtic language spoken in Kernow (Cornwall) and its land of legends. It then goes on to discuss the regions of Cornwall and the literature that has come from the different areas, starting beautifully with Fowey and our much-loved Daphne du Maurier. In that section, Fowey to Falmouth, Mark also talks about a dozen more writers, including Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, A.L. Rowse and E.V. Thompson. And so the book continues bringing us a mass of information about an incredible number of writers as, chapter by chapter, it makes his way through Cornwall. Having taken a journey through history and around Cornwall, Mark's final chapter looks at some of our current authors. Writers such as Raynor Wynn, Liz Fenwick and Patrick Gale continue to bring us the magic of Cornwall through their writing today.

This book is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Cornwall and the literature it has inspired.

Cornwall's Literary Heritage by Mark Mitchley
Published by Amberley Publishing
Available in paperback from all good booksellers
Price £15.99.

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