Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds
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CHRIS ARNOT is a national freelance feature writer who has written on specialist subjects including arts and education, property, pubs, food and travel. A regular contributor to the Guardian, he has also written for the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and the Observer. He also co-wrote The Archers Archives for BBC Books. His recent titles for Aurum include Britain's Lost Breweries and Beers, Britain's Lost Mines and Britain's Lost Cricket Festivals.

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'Chris Arnot's heady romantic hymn to a variety of once famous fields is a coffee-table classic for and of posterity. Everyone will mourn for a personal vanished favourite.' - Frank Keating Sports Books of the Year The Guardian 'Delightful new book' - Brian Viner Independent 'A wonderfully observed volume, thick in crucial memories, whether through sharp anecdotes or poignant photographs' Daily Telegraph 'A handsome new volume...there are many lovely old photogrtaphs and some marvellous stories, beautifully told.' - Richard Williams The Guardian 'Superb book...from the vast collection of images in the book you get a real sense of how cricket in Britain used to be' Good Book Guide 'For any cricket lover who cares about the game's history this is to treasure. Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds is a coffee-table book too luxurious to be read merely while drinking coffee. It is to be consumed, devoured and savoured' The Cricketer 'Packed full of stunning photographs...this is a lovely, poignant book that will charm any reader with a historical bent' All Out Cricket 'A beautifully written volume that is rich in history and anecdote...some magnificent photos will invoke poignant memories' Thesportsbookshelf.com 'It should stir cricket lovers everywhere to do whatever they can to protect and preserve the grounds that are left' This England magazine 'a beautifully produced and elegantly written odyssey around cricket venues that have gone for ever' -- Richard Whitehead The Times

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