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Traveling with Susan Allen Toth is like journeying with a good friend who's anxious to show you her own personal England. Whether walking under the Thames in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, meeting the residents of a donkey sanctuary in Devon, echoing through the halls of a "new" medieval castle, offering advice for the "guilty traveler" or strategies for the "sneaky shopper," Toth's writing is alive with a passion for her subject. She completely agrees with Samuel Johnson: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life," and her repeat trips to this city and the English countryside show she's anything but tired.

England for All Seasons is the third in a trilogy of Toth books devoted to the joys of travel in Great Britain. This book shows that any season is the right time to be in England, as the author relishes in the changing essences of English rain, shares her penchant for secondhand books, glories in the profusion of English gardens, dabbles in the art of "doing" a museum well, and dares the decadence of English desserts.

Toth's useful insights and tried-and-true advice is applicable for seasoned travelers and first-time visitors. Her enthusiasm prompts one to seek and to find one's own English secrets. --Kathryn True

From Publishers Weekly
Toth (England As You Like It) offers homely chats about the things she and her husband like to do and see on their travels to England. An irrepressible Anglophile, she raves about English rain and puddings. In London, the couple likes to stay in a historic flat in Cloth Fair, an enclave in the financial district, which they rent from a British Landmark Trust. While it is far from the residential areas and shopping, the author's husband likes it particularly because he can drop in at the wholesale meat market nearby. Although there are only two flats available for short-term rentals, in one of her few lapses into practical details, Toth divulges the landlord's address and phone number without, however, hinting at the cost. English gardens are a special love of this husband and wife, and she conveys their pleasure in several both within and beyond London. They also like castles and museums and find many little known to tourists. They have favorite picnic spots along the Thames, places for walks along the Cornish coast and sites with literary associations. Travelers eager to find the "real" England, off the beaten track, who don't need the help of a guidebook that deals in more logistical detail, will find Toth's oozy style and quirky enthusiasms appealing.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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First Sentence:
Everyone knows it rains in England. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
otter park, owl sanctuary, seal sanctuary, sweet trolley, donkey sanctuary, garden visiting, coastal path, blue plaques

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Trust, Castle Drogo, Cloth Fair, Apsley House, Barbara Hepworth, London Transport, Covent Garden, Clegir Mawr, Spencer House, Time Out, British Museum, Leighton House, National Gallery, Anthony Head, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, New York, World War, Egypt Farm, Good Gardens Guide, Hyde Park, Jane Austen, Lieutenant's Quarter, National Theatre, Plas Newydd

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