Steeple Chasing - Rambling Readers

English language

Published Sept. 8, 2023 by Headline Publishing Group.

ISBN:: 978-1-4722-8192-0

(1 review)

[publisher's copy from the back of the book]

Churches are all around us. They contain art and architectural wonders -- one huge gallery scattered like a handful of jewels, across these isles.

Award-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.

Steeple Chasing, though it sometimes strikes an elegaic note, is a song of praise. 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.

1 edition

Flippin' 'Eck, Reader reviewed Steeple Chasing by Peter Ross

An interesting and eclectic journey through the UK's places of worship

4 stars

From parish churches to cathedrals, from Saxon times through to the Victorians and today, Christian places of worship have been a key part of the physical and spiritual landscape of Great Britain.

In this book the author visits a small selection of those churches and cathedrals, giving us a glimpse of his feelings and the impressions they left on him. The book is grouped into themed chapters and the writing style is light and easy to follow.

You don't need to be a Christian or even a believer in any kind of religion - the author himself is not - to enjoy this book. Anyone who has wandered into a small parish church while hiking around the countryside, or visited one of the impressive cathedrals in UK cities, will probably find something of interest here.