Books written by John Betjeman
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Lovely Bits of Old England: John Betjeman at The Telegraph
From wherever you approach the town today the mills of Georgian and Victorian times are most in evidence. Water power and water transport changed the district. Sir John Ramsden's canal, now being filled in, connected it with the Calder ...
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The Barrier
The Barrier
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City of London Churches
Before the Fire of London in 1666 there were 97 parish churches in the City of London. 51 were rebuilt by Christoper Wren and new ones were built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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John Betjeman Collected Poems
This newly expanded edition includes Betjeman's verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells. With a new Introduction by Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, Collected Poems is the definitive Betjeman companion.
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Harvest Bells: New and Uncollected Poems by John Betjeman
'And Shirley does crosswords at Dolcis (She's ever so clever at clues) Plus twelve quid a week and her dinner For refusing the customers' shoes. 'And Muriel slaves at a laundry From ten-forty-five until four. But the overtime rates were ...
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Betjeman's England
Whether I will be able to say any of all this as we pan round 360 degrees, nearly, inSt Brelade'sBay, remainsto beseen ... the chancel and the Fishermen's Chapel, which aresixth century in origin, were cellsof Celtic saints originally, ...
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John Betjeman's Collected Poems
John Betjeman's Collected Poems
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Collected Poems
This volume, the first American edition of the Collected Poems, incorporates all the poems that Betjeman published after the original Collected Poems and includes a new foreword by Britain's poet laureate, Andrew Motion.
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Summoned by Bells
Tells the story of a boy's growth to early manhood, seaside holidays, meddling arts, school bullies and an unexpected moment of religious awakening.
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John Betjeman Collected Poems Special Sales
This newly expanded edition includes Betjeman's verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells. With a new Introduction by Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, Collected Poems is the definitive Betjeman companion.
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JOHN BETJEMAN'S COLLECTED POEMS. COMPILED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD.
JOHN BETJEMAN'S COLLECTED POEMS. COMPILED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD.
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Ghastly Good Taste: Or, A Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
Written when Betjeman was 26 and criticised by the author himself in this edition for showing "sententiousness, arrogance and sweeping generalisation." Includes a potted autobiography of his early years showing...
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Collected Poems
This edition includes for the first time Uncollected Poems (the last of the individual volumes not included in the previous edition and also two additional unpublished poems).
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The Best of Betjeman
John Betjeman, appointed Poet Laureate in 1972, is celebrated as the best loved poet of the twentieth century.
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Victorian and Edwardian Oxford from Old Photographs
Victorian and Edwardian Oxford from Old Photographs
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The City of London Churches
The City of London Churches