 | a bibliographical newsletter Issue 23 December 2021  |
Devon bibliography, recent activity
Five months have passed since the last newsletter and over that period I have added more than 170 records for recent and forthcoming publications as well as revising and merging many earlier records. The backbone of the updating has been the British national bibliography and most of their records are pre-publication. While they are good for recording publications emanating from publishers located in the county and for picking up locally set works of literature, they miss the publications of local organisations such as history groups, research bodies, tourist offices, and local authorities, much of which is dismissively termed grey literature or ephemera, but which records the community at work and play. There is also the problem that BNB has separate entries for print based and digital versions, because they have different ISBNs and formats. Despite the number of pre-publication records only one BNB record has been found for 2022 so far, and this prompted a search on Amazon, a tedious undertaking. It seems that more people named Devon write non-Devon material than Devon material is written by people not named Devon, but it has been possible to add about 40 titles. Interesting things are revealed. It would seem that BNB misses many digital publications that appear on Amazon. Admittedly some, such as calendars, fall outside their remit and are not included in the Devon bibliography, although the Westcountry Studies Library holds a few examples. There is also a significant German interest in digital publications of literature set in the Westcountry. While libraries in Devon may not wish to acquire this material assiduously, it should be recorded to reflect the view of Devon by a more global audience. One local publication that may have escaped you is The shorter Proust : an abridged edition of Remembrance of things past / translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff ; edited by Jim Putz. - [Gloucester] : Cloister House Press, 2021 (iv,654 pages; 22 cm. ISBN 9781913460402). The final section Time regained, is a new translation by the editor, who lives in Exeter. A work which, like James Joyce's Ulysses or Thomas Mann's Magic mountain, everyone feels they ought to have read, but few have devoured cover to cover. For those, like me who have tried to start it (admittedly in French in my case) but were daunted by the thought of eight volumes of luxuriant introspective prose in extremely long sentences, this might be a good alternative. A listing of the 2022 publications noted so far is offered as a new year's gift at the end of this newsletter. A treasure trove if you enjoy romantic fiction set in Devon.
Two millennia of literacy in Devon
Much time has been taken up by the printing and publication of The story of the book in Exeter and Devon (247 pages : 36
illustrations ; 30 cm. ISBN 987-0-9507306-4-6 : £15.00). It was originally intended to mark the millennium but an earlier version only received partial publication on the internet in 2000. With the designation of Exeter as a UNESCO City of Literature it was decided to update it, as much play was made of Exeter's long literary heritage in its bid for nomination and in the associated publicity. A limited number of copies was produced by Imprint Digital and it was decided to avoid Amazon and the main chain stores and concentrate on local interest through independent bookshops and personal contact. It was mentioned in the "Celebrating Exeter" session at the literary festival on Guy Fawkes Night and the Devon and Cornwall Record Society invited me to give a presentation, which is on Youtube, if you have
51 minutes to waste. The results have been mixed. The Bookery in Crediton has been very supportive and RAMM and the Topsham Bookshop have taken copies but another independent bookshop turned it down as "they didn't know what category it would fit in". An order from Germany was opened by the authorities in that country to assess whether it was eligible for a reduced VAT rate of 7% as a "cultural artefact" or carried the standard rate of 19% for publicity materials or "publication endangering young people". They must have decided it was the latter but neglected to reseal the package which was returned opened at one end and empty as it had been rejected by the recipient. Repeated requests to the German postal authorities for recompense have been unsuccessful. A warning for those sending works of literature to Europe: in Germany the recipient now has to pay tax, even if it is a gift, and also a handling charge of 6 Euros levied by the postal authorities. Vorsprung durch Brexit - to adapt the Audi slogan.
Exeter Literary Festival
It was a brave decision to go ahead with Exeter's second literary festival, the first since the City received its UNESCO badge, and there was much to interest a wide range of readers with presentations from a constellation of star authors, many of them local. Perhaps the best event bibliographically speaking was the discussion between Todd Gray and John Allan "Celebrating Exeter" and that is not just because they mentioned The story of the book in Exeter and Devon - there were many other important studies on a wide variety of topics relating to Exeter, from slavery to archaeology. To highlight the importance of reading and libraries the most inspiring presentation was in the Displaced People sessions on the Saturday. Syria's secret library by BBC correspondent Mike Thomson is a moving and inspiring account of the struggle to maintain a library in a cellar beneath a suburb of Damascus as the bombs rained down. The chief librarian was a teenage boy. Unfortunately the images could not be shown for technical reasons but there are several videos on YouTube including CNN's Syria's Underground Library. To recover from the numbness after viewing that, another library video, equally inspiring but not mentioned on the day is Biblioburro: the donkey library. Both show the heroic efforts to provide access to reading materials under difficult circumstances and the Syrians stressed the importance of preserving the community memory and of education. How pathetic in comparison are Devon's efforts to provide access for the people of Exeter to their community memory.
There is in the heart of Exeter a building as ruinous as any in Syria, not through bombing but through fire. Some of you may know of it, it's called the Royal Clarence Hotel. The facade shows that there were four stories on a large plot. What a site for an Exeter Literary Heritage Centre. The ground floor could house a tourist information centre and bookshop and the reading room and bookstack of our local memory institution with a record office service point. The first floor could have an exhibition room and lecture theatre together with the Exchange Coffee House, echoing the nearby locale where one of the earliest Exeter printing presses was set up in the early 18th century. The third and fourth floors could provide space for technical services, local history, genealogical, literary and other groups and, if space and access permit, accommodation for visiting researchers and speakers. The library would not take all items. Hard copy newspapers, Ordnance Survey large-scale maps and some other materials would remain with the Record Office, although digital access and microforms would be available. Easy to dream, and now is not exactly a good time for grand ideas, but perhaps something could be achieved with the County, City and University working together with business and the cultural, heritage and voluntary sectors, perhaps through a charitable trust that could attract grants and lottery funding.
On the road : journeys of a tramping printer
A chance encounter with a book in Topsham bookshop made it possible to add a new record to the Devon bibliography and a new name to the Devon book trade biographies. The Devon links are not obvious as most of James W. Rounsfell's trampings were in the north of England. However he was born 2 July 1846 in Rewe, son of James Rounsfell, papermaker. He claims to have worked in a match factory as a child. This was probably the one at Trew's Wear, Exeter where his father had moved by 1851. In the 1861 census he was visiting his uncle in Exeter and is described in the census as a scholar aged 14. In 1868 he took out a trade union card, probably for the London Society of Compositors and about that time he was a compositor on the Beehive, a labour weekly published in London. He was in Hereford in 1872 when he married Janet Reynolds, in Gloucester in 1877 when a son was born and in Nottingham from 1881 until at least 1902, although during this period he was forced to tramp on several occasions, three of which were detailed in a series of articles in the Typographical circular. In 1899 the first series of On the road published probably covers December 1887 to Spring 1888; on 3 September 1887 in Nottingham he was issued with a travelling card. In 1900-1901 a second series covers September 1889-January 1890 after he lost his job at Nottingham, and in 1903-1904 a third series, probably covers 1902 after he again lost job at the Nottingham Daily Post. The articles give a vivid picture of life on the road, travelling companions, the variable accommodation provided for those travelling in search of work, the differing reactions from union and non-union printing houses and the help often received from those on the shop floor who would dip into their pockets to help out a less fortunate fellow worker. Rounsfell is an educated man, a compositors had to be, and the articles, collected and published by Caliban in 1982 provide a rare insight into the precarious nature of the life of many compositors during the 19th century. In 1899 his wife Janet died and he did not remarry. He joined his family back in Exeter, where he died in 1935, and was buried in the Higher Cemetery. He is not the only Devon compositor whose memoirs survive; Charles Manby Smith, born in Tiverton, just down the road from Rounsfell in 1804, has also left us his memoirs: The working man's way in the world (London: W. and F.G. Cash, 1857) which was picked up by the Westcountry Studies Library. It was reprinted in 1967 by the Printing Historical Society and unusually, a French translation with high resolution illustrations of Paris, where Smith worked for Galignani is on the web: Le chemin de l’ouvrier : autobiographie d’un compagnon-imprimeur / Fabrice Bensimon (editeur) ; Sabine Reungoat (traducteur). In: Les sentiers de l'ouvrier : le Paris des artisans britanniques. Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2017. Pages 33-96 : illustrations. ISBN 9791035106263. One of three autobiographies in the volume, 1815-1850. A foreign imprint for the Devon bibliography.
Writing Religious Conflict and Community in Exeter 1500-1750
The University of Exeter launched an important three-year project in the field of print culture on 1 December. It will draw on a wealth of literary evidence to trace how Exeter’s religious
identity was written into being and fought over in the two centuries following the Protestant Reformation. It is a case-study of the histories of religious division and coexistence that have shaped
communities across Britain, through the literary forms in which these are expressed. It will also shed light on
Exeter’s history as a key centre that participated in national controversies. It seeks to redress the
predominance of London (with its court, printers, and theatres) in early modern literary studies by highlighting
the vitality and significance of religious writing in a key provincial centre. It ties in well with the designation as UNESCO city of literature and I am sure it will provide a wealth of material for a second edition of The story of the book in Exeter and Devon, and I am pleased to have been enlisted as an advisor on the project.
Thikke prapper Demshur spaich
A nationwide initiative by the National Sound Archive Unlocking our Sound Heritage aims to collect and make available local sound recordings held in libraries and archives across the regions. These recordings are being professionally digitised and, where necessary, catalogued at Bristol Archives, which is the project ‘hub’ for South West England. All of the digitised recordings will be preserved at the British Library and will be available to listen to in searchrooms in Barnstaple and Exeter. Some of them will also be available online later this year, on a new website the British Library is building. A live event Voices of Devon due for 13 September, was cancelled by Devon County Council at the last moment but Zoom event was held on 11 October with Dr Jonathan Roper, Recorder of Dialect and Folklore for the Devonshire Association and Associate Professor of English and Comparative Folklore at the University of Tartu speaking from Estonia and Ian Maxted more unimaginatively from his living room in Exeter. The theme was local dialect, to higlight not just what people said but how they said it. The first speaker concentrated on the linguistic aspect while the second dealt with the published record. As a result more than 1,000 records have been collected for the Devon bibliography,some of which can be seen on the Devon bibliography website.
Later sections will largely cover periodical articles, including a good representation of the 3,000 published by Jan Stewer, alias J. J. Coles who for over fifty years provided in Muddlecombe Devon's equivalent of Ambridge - an everyday story of country folk, including the inevitable Christmas panto.
Coffinloads of books
A recent discovery in Devon' Record Office reunites a stray with its parent archive. I stumbled across a manuscript of 68 folio pages by a Mr Lapthorne detailing events in London from 1690 to 1699 in a miscellaneous deposit at 2610M/F/2 (a deposit which also includes William Chapple's scrapbook which contains the three previously unrecognised maps of Exeter recently discovered by Todd Gray in 2610M/F/3).
I identified it as a transcript of the letters from Richard Lapthorne in London to Richard Coffin at at Portledge, Alwington. These are in four letter books held by the Devon Heritage Centre at Z/19/40/3-6. Many years ago, I worked with the late Professor Michael Treadwell to analyse the book related extracts, which had been largely omitted by the published Portledge papers in 1928 and interim results are on the Exeter Working Papers website. The new find appears to include many letters that have been lost, so the project will have to be revisited.
Two Devon travellers
In my presentation to the Visitor attraction conference in July when I presented three small volumes in the Westcountry Studies Library "Drives &c in and about Torquay", by H.
M. A. profusely illustrated by 83
steel line-engraved vignettes, and two maps, covering from 8 October 1863 to 2 May 1864. The author was Harriette Armytage, in Torquay for the sake of her health. I was asked whether I knew of any other similar illustrated travel journals. None occurred to me, but the proud owner of a similar one announced that he would bring his prize possession down to me when he was umpiring a match at the Exeter Cricket Ground. I discovered it was almost contemporary with the Westcountry Studies item and was written by John Follett (1806-1866) with the title "Notes of a Tour in the Lake District May 1863". Its 176 pages included 37 engraved views of the lakes collected on a tour made 27th April - 18th May 1863, including: Wasdale Head, Windermere, Rayrigg House "formerly the residence of Wilberforce", Bowness, Hawkeshead, Coniston, Grasmere, Rydal, Sly Head Pass etc. He mentions Wordsworth's house at Rydal, Harriet Martineau's house at Ambleside, Southey's monument in Crossthwaite Church, Edgar Nembhard Thwaites (1836-1919), curate of St John's Keswick. John Follett (1806-1866) was the brother of William Webb Follett, for some time the Attorney General. He was a timber and hemp merchant, who lived for some years in Mount Wear House, Topsham, Devon. His daughter Laura E. Follett, born 1841, inscribed her name in the front cover with the date Feby. 8 [18]80.
John Follett returns home to Mount Wear, Topsham, May 1863
Most of the engravings appear to be taken from Views of the English Lakes on notepaper. The Wordsworth Trust holds an example: Views of the English Lakes on Notepaper / engraved by W[illiam]. Banks and Co. ; drawn by Theophilus Lindsay Aspland (1807-1890). Windermere : John Garnett, [1850/1860]. The engraved front cover reads: VIEWS OF THE ENGLISH LAKES ON NOTEPAPER / WINDERMERE / WINDERMERE FROM LOWOOD / RYDAL WATER / GRASMERE / VALE OF KESWICK / DERWENT WATER / CONISTON / WAST WATER / BORROWDALE / HONISTER CRAG / ARA FORCE / ULLSWATER / Engraved by W. Banks, Edinburgh. No doubt other collections were available and views could be purchased separately, as with some Devon print publishers. A great coincidence to see two Devon tourists almost crossing paths on their routes between north and south in 1863.
Sabine Baring-Gould (again)
Exeter Civic Society was finally able to organise a Zoom event to celebrate the unveiling of the blue plaqure to SBG on the eve of the first lockdown on 20 March 2020. It took place on 1 October and it was possible to include all the presenters invited to the original event. There was a particular focus on the folk song and popular literature archive which is held in the Devon Heritage Centre. Janet Tall talked about the digitisation of a volume of broadsheets collected by SBG which had been funded by the Kent Kingdon Bequest for Wren Music. Paul Wison and Marilyn Tucker spoke of how SBG's folk song collecting had inspired their work as a community arts charity over many yeas, performing some of the songs he had collected amd Martin and Shan Graebe in the presentation "As I walked out" told the tale of how SBG collected several thousand versions of songs from the voices of the people in the 1880s and 1890s, also performing some examples. The exhibition uniting more than twenty organisations and individuals who had worked to keep SBG's heritage alive was transformed by me into a Powerpoint and this in turn into a web page on the Devon bibliography website. The following week I visited Lewtrenchard Manor with my wife for four days concentrated work on the section of the family library that remains there and early in November we were pleased to be able to welcome Douglas Almond, SBG's gear great grandson and his father to Exeter to view the blue plaque in situ, which his mother had been unable to unveil last year.
Exeter Literary trail
SBG figures of course on one of the illustrated literary trails that I have been putting together since my walk for Hospiscare in March. They were featured during Heritage Open Days in September and are still available online. I would be grateful for any additions, corrections or illustrations. The locations might form a suitable overlay for Know Your Place and could perhaps be extended to other parts of Devon.
Devon Rural Archive
The Friends of Devon's Archives held their annual general meeting in the Archive at Shilstone, near Modbury. The location is remote, accessible only along single-track lanes but, set in the grounds of a beautifully restored country house and its parkland, both of which we were able to visit, it is a remarkable independent heritage centre, funded by the Fenwick Charitable Trust for the study of Devon’s buildings and landscapes which first opened to the public in 2009. A major research undertaking is the Donn Project, which sets out to study the country seats included in Benjamin Donn's 1765 map of Devon. During the first phase of the project nearly 900 sites were identified for detailed study by our team, and the reports on about 150 of these are on display in the spacious reading room.
It is good to end dismal 2021 on that positive note. Let us hope that Shilstone will not be the only site in Devon's heritage landscape to flourish and that a general "levelling-up" will be a feature of our recovery from covid during 2022.
A new year's gift - Devon publications scheduled to appear in 2022
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Subjects: Devon. Ashburton. Fiction. Texts.
Austin, Stephanie. A Devon's night death by Stephanie Austin . — Kindle Edition [Publisher unascertained], 17 Feb, 2022. — Devon Mysteries Book 5. — /
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Austin, Stephanie. Juno Browne und der Tote im Moor / by Stephanie Austin and Karin Dufner (Translator). — German edition. — HarperCollins, 26 Jul, 2022. — ISBN 9783749903474. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Barksdale, Ellen. Tee? Kaffee? Mord! Die blauen Pudel des Sir Theodore / Der Besuch des lächelnden Belgiers / by Ellen Barksdale . — German edition ; Kindle Edition [Publisher unascertained], 25 Feb, 2022. — Die gesammelten Fälle von Nathalie Ames ; 2. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Barksdale, Ellen. Tee? Kaffee? Mord! Ein Grab für drei / by Ellen Barksdale. — German edition ; Kindle Edition BeThrilled, 25 Feb, 2022. — ASIN: B09JKP9BTM. — Nathalie Ames ermittelt ; 21. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Bat Rock Habitat Key. Bat roosts in rock : a guide to identification and assessment for climbers, cavers & ecology professionals / Bat Rock Habitat Key. — Exeter : Pelagic Publishing, 2022. — 1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm. — ISBN 9781784272616 (pbk.) : £35.00 ; BNB Number GBC1I5882. — Publications: Caves. Bats. Habitats. Prepublication record. —
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Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Publishers. Pelagic Publishing. Publications: Caves. Bats. Habitats.
Bat Rock Habitat Key. Bat roosts in rock : a guide to identification and assessment for climbers, cavers & ecology professionals / Bat Rock Habitat Key. — Exeter : Pelagic Publishing, 2022. — 1 online resource : illustrations (colour). — ISBN 9781784272623 (ePub ebook) : £35.00 ; 9781784272630 (PDF ebook) : £35.00 ; BNB Number GBC1I6678. — Prepublication record. —
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Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Publishers. Pelagic Publishing. Publications: Caves. Bats. Habitats.
Bauer, Belinda. Keiner stirbt allein: Kriminalroman / by Belinda Bauer and Marie-Luise Bezzenberger. — German edition ; Kindle Edition [Publisher unascertained], 15 Aug, 2022. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Bauer, Belinda. Vaderskind / by Belinda Bauer and Valérie Janssen. — Dutch edition. — [Publisher unascertained], 13 Apr, 2022. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Bradt, Hilary. North & Mid Devon / by Hilary Bradt, Gill Campbell, et al.. — [Publisher unascertained], 8 Apr, 2022. — Slow Travel. — Bradt Travel Guides Slow Travel series. — . —
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Bussell, Suzy. Exe Factor / by Suzy Bussell . — [Publisher unascertained], 13 Jul, 2022. — Lockwood and Darrow Mysteries ; book 2. —
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Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Fiction. Texts.
Carr, John Dickson. The seat of the scornful : a Devon mystery / by John Dickson Carr. — [Publisher unascertained], 10 Mar, 2022. — British Library Crime Classics. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Chambers, Rosie. Chloe's cream tea café / by Rosie Chambers. — Kindle Edition. — [Publisher unascertained] 12 Jan, 2022. — ASIN B09LVX4779. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Collins. Devon pocket map / by Collins. — Collins, 3 Mar, 2022. — 1 map. — ISBN 9780008520670. —
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Corry, Jane. A good daughter / by Jane Corry. — Penguin, 23 Jun, 2022. — ISBN 9780241989029. — Thriller set in Devon. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Court, Dilly. Runaway Widow / by Dilly Court. — Kindle Edition. — [Publisher unascertained] 17 Feb, 2022. — Rockwood Chronicles ; Book 3. — Series set in Rockwood Castle, Devon. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Court, Dilly. Sunday’s Child / by Dilly Court . — [Publisher unascertained], 23 Jun, 2022. — Rockwood Chronicles ; book 4. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Davidson, James. James Davidson’s East Devon Church Notes / edited by Jill Cobley. — Exeter : Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 11 Feb, 2022. — Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New series ; 64. —
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Deakin, Leona. Lost: Du darfst dich nicht erinnern - Psychothriller / by Leona Deakin and Ariane Böckler. — German edition. — [Publisher unascertained], 14 Feb, 2022. — ISBN 9783442491742. — Augusta Bloom ; 2. — Psychological thriller set in Plymouth. -
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
DK Eyewitness. Top 10 Cornwall and Devon / by DK Eyewitness. — [Publisher unascertained], 17 Feb, 2022. — Pocket Travel Guide. —
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Ellis, Hannah. Winterwünsche in Hope Cove / by Hannah Ellis and Daniela Maizner Hannah Ellis, 25 Feb, German edition ; Kindle Edition Hannah Ellis, 30 July, 2022. — ASIN B099ZNJZDD. — Hope Cove ; 7. —
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Subjects: Devon. South Huish. Fiction. Texts.
Ellis, Kate. Serpent's Point / by Kate Ellis. — [Publisher unascertained] 4 Aug, 2022. — DI Wesley Peterson crime series ; book 26. -
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Fenwick, Liz. [Untitled 3] / by Liz Fenwick . — [Publisher unascertained], 13 Oct, 2022. — Historical novel by Cornish writer, details not yet available. -
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Fricker, William. Devon Guide Book: A Visual Feast - the definitive guide book for Devon / by William Fricker. — Goldeneye, 29 Apr, 2022. — ISBN 9781859652879. —
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Hoskins, W. G. Industry, trade and people in Exeter / by W G Hoskins. — Exeter : University of Exeter Press (31 Jan) 2022. — 190 pages. — ISBN 9780859897099 South West Studies. —
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Hoskins, W. G. Two thousand years in Exeter / by W G Hoskins. — [Publisher unascertained], 7 Apr, 2022. —
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Subjects: Devon. Exeter. History.
Hunter, Alice. The Serial killer’s daughter / by Alice Hunter. — Kindle Edition. — Avon, 21 Jul, 2022. — ASIN B09GK631VC
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
King, Esme. Reasons to go outside / by Esme King. — London : Hodder and Stoughton, 26 May, 2022. — ISBN 9781529362824. — Novel set on Dartmoor. —
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Subjects: Devon. Dartmoor. Fiction. Texts.
McKinlay, Deborah. Lily the Tiller / by Deborah McKinlay. — Impress Books, 5 Apr, 2022. — ISBN 9781911293576. — Set in Devon. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Meddon, Rosie. Ties that bind / by Rosie Meddon. — Canelo Saga, 13 Jan, 2022. — ISBN 9781800325456. — On the Home Front ; book 3. — WWII historical fiction set in Devon
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Miller, Jeff. Democracy in crisis : lessons from ancient Athens / Jeff Miller. — Exeter : Imprint Academic, 2022. — 1 volume ; 24 cm. — ISBN 9781788360630 (hbk.) : £25.00 ; BNB Number GBC1I5945. — Prepublication record. —
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Mitchell, David. Devon's railways : North and East of the County / by David Mitchell. — [Publisher unascertained], 30 Apr, 2022. — Britain's Railways. —
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Subjects: Devon. Railways.
Mitchell, David. The railways of Exeter : a pictorial celebration / by David Mitchell. — Silver Link Books, 1 Apr, 2022. — ISBN 9781857944747. —
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Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Railways. Pictorial works.
Neale, Stephen. The South West Coast Path: 1,000 Mini Adventures Along Britain's Longest Waymarked Trail / by Stephen Neale . — [Publisher unascertained], 14 Apr, 2022. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Coastal footpaths. South West Coast Path.
Paulinyi, Rebecca. Healing the Heartbreak: Moving on in Devon / by Rebecca Paulinyi . — Kindle Edition. — [Publisher unascertained], 7 Oct, 2022. — ASIN B09KQT6W2H South West Series Book 7. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Pearse, Sarah. The Retreat / by Sarah Pearse. — Kindle Edition. — Transworld Digital, 21 Jul, 2022. — ASIN B08X4Q31LR. — Set on an island off the coast of Devon. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Sharland, Louise. My hHusband’s secrets / by Louise Sharland. — [Publisher unascertained], 26 May, 2022. —
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Subjects: Westcountry. Fiction. Texts.
Stedman, Henry. Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path, South-West-Coast Path Part 1: Minehead to Bude : Practical walking guide / by Henry Stedman, Joel Newton, et al.. — [Publisher unascertained], 1 Jan, 2022. — Trailblazer British Walking Guide. —
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Stockton, Casey. The Smuggler of Camden Cove / by Kasey Stockton. — Golden Owl Press, 31 Jan, 2022. — ASIN B095TKQMWX. — Ladies of Devon Book 5. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction.
Toffolo, Georgia. Meet me at the Wedding / by Georgia Toffolo. — Kindle Edition Mills and Boon, 28 Apr, 2022. — ISBN 9780008375942. — Meet me in ; book 4. —
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Subjects: Devon. Fiction. Texts.
Williams, Tracey. Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea / by Tracey Williams. — Unicorn, 1 Feb, 2022. — 144 pages. — ISBN 9781913491192. — In 1997 sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall, including one container filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego, much of it sea themed. In the months that followed, beachcombers started to find Lego washed up on beaches across the south west coast.
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Subjects: Westcountry. Shipwrecks. Tokio Express. Cargoes. Lego bricks. Drifting. 1997. -
