Rosamunde Pilcher's Cornwall

by Gill Knappett

Overview

A beautifully illustrated guide to the Cornish locations that inspired Pilcher’s writing

Rosamunde Pilcher grew up near St Ives, publishing her first novel at the age of 25. Cornwall, in the very southwest of England, remained her long-standing inspiration, with most of her novels set in this wonderfully diverse landscape.

Her most famous novel, The Shell Seekers, catapulted Rosamunde to international fame and created a dedicated fan-base. From the elegance of the grand salons of Padstow’s Prideaux Place, to the wild and remote Cornish coastline, Rosamunde Pilcher captured in her novels Cornwall’s unique, diverse beauty and compelling charm.

This new Pitkin guide takes the reader on a tour of the key areas and places that inspired Pilcher’s writing, making her novels and short stories some of the most popular and cherished around the world and the subject of several television adaptations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841659008
Publisher:	Rizzoli
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	406,304
Product dimensions:	6.79(w) x 9.46(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Gill Knappett has worked on many Pitkin guidebooks over a 20-year period, often specializing in royal titles and many of Britain’s best-loved places to visit.

Table of Contents

Rosamunde Pilcher 2

The East

Mount Edgcumbe 4

Port Eliot 5

Looe 5

Polperro 5

Lanhydrock 6

Bodmin 7

Pencarrow 8

Fowey 9

In and Around St Austell 9

The South

Portscatho 10

Trewithen 10

Truro 11

Falmouth 12

Rosemullion Head 12

Bonython Estate Gardens 13

The Lizard Peninsula: Villages and Coves 13

Helston 14

Porthleven 14

The West

Mount's Bay 15

Perranuthnoe 15

Marazion 16

Penzance 18

Mousehole 19

Lamorna Cove 19

Porthcurno 20

Porthgwarra 20

Gwennap Head 20

Land's End 21

Cape Cornwall 22

Zennor 22

St Ives 24

Lelant 25

Gwithian Beach 25

Godrevy Point 26

The North

St Agnes Head 27

Chapel Porth and Wheal Coates 27

Newquay 28

Bedruthan Steps 29

Padstow 29

Port Isaac 30

Bude 31

Map 32