Now Then: A Biography of Yorkshire by Rick Broadbent - Yorkshire History Non Fiction - Hardback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9781838957360. Publisher: Allen & Unwin. Age Range: Adult. Overview. Now Then: A Biography of Yorkshire is award-winning author Rick Broadbent's funny, affectionate and unsparing portrait of England's biggest county, written from an exiled Yorkshireman's perspective. Moving beyond familiar tropes of flat caps, cricket and ferret-legging, Broadbent travels Yorkshire meeting rock stars, ramblers and rhubarb growers to ask what Yorkshireness really means in a shrinking world, and whether it matters at all.. About the Book. Part social history, part memoir, part collection of author interviews, Now Then is a biographical mosaic of a place that has been stereotyped since the days of William the Conqueror. Rick Broadbent refuses to write a hagiography: alongside the humour and pride, he visits scenes of industrial decline and forgotten tragedy, and takes a clear-eyed look at some of Yorkshire's most celebrated figures and institutions. The book ranges across cultural landmarks - from the film Kes and the Sheffield Outrages to one of the most controversial poems ever written - and introduces a cast of characters including a heroic dog, a lost albatross and a stuffed crocodile. Broadbent explores Yorkshire's claim to having given the world its first football club, and England its last witch-burning, while never losing sight of the ordinary people whose lives make the county extraordinary. Written with warmth, wit and real reporti...