A beautifully illustrated guide to the Cornish locations that inspired Pilcher’s writing
Rosamunde Pilcher grew up near St Ives, publishing her first novel at the age of 25. Cornwall, in the very southwest of England, remained her long-standing inspiration, with most of her novels set in this wonderfully diverse landscape.
Her most famous novel, The Shell Seekers, catapulted Rosamunde to international fame and created a dedicated fan-base. From the elegance of the grand salons of Padstow’s Prideaux Place, to the wild and remote Cornish coastline, Rosamunde Pilcher captured in her novels Cornwall’s unique, diverse beauty and compelling charm.
This new Pitkin guide takes the reader on a tour of the key areas and places that inspired Pilcher’s writing, making her novels and short stories some of the most popular and cherished around the world and the subject of several television adaptations.
ISBN-13: 9781841659008
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rizzoli
Publication Date: 03-15-2022
Pages: 32
Product Dimensions: 6.79(w) x 9.46(h) x 0.12(d)
Gill Knappett has worked on many Pitkin guidebooks over a 20-year period, often specializing in royal titles and many of Britain’s best-loved places to visit.
Table of Contents
Rosamunde Pilcher 2
The East
Mount Edgcumbe 4
Port Eliot 5
Looe 5
Polperro 5
Lanhydrock 6
Bodmin 7
Pencarrow 8
Fowey 9
In and Around St Austell 9
The South
Portscatho 10
Trewithen 10
Truro 11
Falmouth 12
Rosemullion Head 12
Bonython Estate Gardens 13
The Lizard Peninsula: Villages and Coves 13
Helston 14
Porthleven 14
The West
Mount's Bay 15
Perranuthnoe 15
Marazion 16
Penzance 18
Mousehole 19
Lamorna Cove 19
Porthcurno 20
Porthgwarra 20
Gwennap Head 20
Land's End 21
Cape Cornwall 22
Zennor 22
St Ives 24
Lelant 25
Gwithian Beach 25
Godrevy Point 26
The North
St Agnes Head 27
Chapel Porth and Wheal Coates 27
Newquay 28
Bedruthan Steps 29
Padstow 29
Port Isaac 30
Bude 31
Map 32
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