Christmas Books
'Red Letter Days'
By Rory Knight Bruce
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From a bona fide fox chaser, Rory Knight Bruce's odyssey of hunting around the British Isles is a true celebration of the sport and the people who love it. With illustrations by leading equestrian artist, Judith Stowell, this is a joy to read.
In Red Letter Days, Rory Knight Bruce has not just written a book about hunting in Britain today but has taken his personal odyssey into the heart and soul of the countryside and its people. Conceived at the Berkeley Hunt kennels and raised by his father's kennel huntsman, it could be said that the author was bred to hunting. That he has also immersed himself in a life of writing making him uniquely placed to tell the stories in this book, acutely observed but with real care and feeling for both hunting and countryside. Red Letter Days is not the journey of a die-hard huntsman but more a voyage in the traditions of Cobbett and Kilvert.
The Author
Rory Knight Bruce
Rory Knight Bruce made his name as a journalist both at The Spectator and as editor of the Evening Standard's Londoner's Diary. Since the early 1990's he has been a frequent hunting correspondent for Horse & Hound and he writes regularly for the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Country LifeMad, Bad and Dangerous and contributes a monthly column 'Mad, Bad and Dangerous' to The Field. He has been master of three packs - the United (Wales), the Tedworth (Wiltshire) and Torrington Farmers (Devon).
REVIEWS
"I laughed through my tears"
Daily Mail
"Rory Knight Bruce is part of the fantastic revitalisation of hunting. I am a great of his writing."
Jilly Cooper
"There is much wisdom-equine, canine and vulpine and a deep streak of humanity."
Tatler
"Unputdownable"
Hounds Magazine