{"product_id":"9781915068477-mad-shepherds","title":"Mad Shepherds","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull of memorable portraitsof the inhabitants of a remove village in the Vale of Evesham in the 19th century, \u003ci\u003eMad Shepherds\u003c\/i\u003e is a compulsively readable, sometimesstrange book about an England now entirely lost and largely forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1910, \u003ci\u003eMadShepherds\u003c\/i\u003e, subtitled \u003ci\u003eand other human stories\u003c\/i\u003e, is an extraordinarybook. The author, Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, was a philosopher, educator, writerand Unitarian minister, who came to live in the Vale of Evesham in the northernCotswolds at the end of the nineteenth century. \u003ci\u003eMad Shepherds\u003c\/i\u003e is alightly fictionalised account of life in the village, which Jacks callsDeadborough, and is also a highly idiosyncratic and authentic exploration ofrural life and culture. The protagonist is Snarley Bob, a shepherd, whose gruffand often rude outpourings conceal a dark wit and intelligence. As Jacks writes,'Mystic, star-gazer, dabbler in the black or blackish arts, he seemed in hislowly occupation of shepherd to represent some strange miscarriage of Nature'sdesigns.' Full of memorable portraits of the villagers, \u003ci\u003eMad Shepherds\u003c\/i\u003e isa compulsively readable, sometimes strange book about an England now entirelylost and largely forgotten. This new edition has an introduction by the actorand director Mackenzie Crook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57553342726518,"sku":"9781915068477","price":11.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40514738_98e213ac-a460-4e19-ac6c-79ff461403df.jpg?v=1774513348","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915068477-mad-shepherds","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}