{"product_id":"9781529152432","title":"The North Road","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rob Cowen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 April 2025 by Cornerstone (Hutchinson Heinemann) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e240 x 165 x 39mm | 658g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2025BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'A dazzlingly inventive work of literature' Robert Macfarlane'A wonderful achievement' Kathleen Jamie, New Statesman'Beautifully written' Observer'A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and memoir' James RebanksAt the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain’s great highway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Astonishing... One to relish and revisit'Telegraph'Remarkable'Financial Times'Sweeping, sensitive and enduring'Tristan Gooley'Stunning and utterly unique'Benjamin Myers'A dazzling, dogged, layered account of one road’s passage through place, time and an ordinary family’s history'Melissa Harrison\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rob Cowen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839378305373,"sku":"9781529152432","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781529152432.jpg?v=1780058366","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529152432","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}