An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
96. The UK’s Best Churches
September 13, 2021
Description
Books Referenced
Author: T.S. Eliot
Context:
Tom quotes from 'Little Gidding,' which he identifies as 'the last of the four quartets' by T.S. Eliot, in the introduction discussing churches and history
Author: Dan Jackson
Context:
Dan Jackson is described as 'author of Northumbrians' when mentioning his church suggestions on Twitter
Author: John Betjeman
Context:
Rachel mentions 'Betjeman did his best British churches' and references his 'thousand best churches' as a foundational work on the topic
Author: Simon Jenkins
Context:
Rachel mentions Simon Jenkins' thousand best churches book, criticizing that 'he sort of just ripped off Betjeman' and 'didn't even go to all of the churches'
Author: Various (Anthology)
Context:
Rachel mentions 'there's a book that's the nation's favourite churches' when discussing previous compilations of church lists
Author: Peter Ross
Context:
Rachel explicitly recommends 'a really good book that came out I think last year or the year before called Tomb of the View by Peter Ross' which has a chapter about the Commonwealth Graves Commission
Author: Francis Godwin
Context:
Rachel describes this as 'the world's first science fiction novel' written by Francis Godwin, Bishop of Herefordshire, about a Spanish man who trains swans to fly him to the moon
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Context:
Mentioned in the context of St Michael and All Angels church in Hathersage, where Charlotte Bronte visited in 1854 and drew inspiration for her novel, naming the protagonist after the Eyre family