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Timeline
Lifetime:
1726 -
1798
Passed: ≈
226 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Thomas Pennant
Books by Thomas Pennant
![Wild and romantic: Early guides to the English lake district Cover image](/image/noimage.jpeg)
Wild and romantic: Early guides to the English lake district
A collection of some of the most significant literary work on the English Lake District prior to Thomas West’s A guide to the Lakes (1778). The poet Thomas Gray takes the reader from Brough south to Kendal on his return from a tour in Scotland. An ag...