/ Lead title A new collection of rural writings celebrating the pleasures of the country life -- in particular fishing and shooting -- by the eminent military historian and former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Max Hastings. / Sir Max Hastings is a top-class writer and journalist, whose previous book - Warriors - was published by HarperCollins in April 2005. / The publication of Armageddon in 2004 expanded Hastings' readership greatly and Country Fair shall build upon this readership. / Country Fair is indispensable reading for all country lovers, and follows in the successful footsteps of his two previous collections: Outside Days (Michael Joseph 1989, reissued 1995) and Scattered Shots (Macmillan 1999). / Widespread review coverage anticipated. / Perfect Christmas present for country-lovers.
Max Hastings is the author of twenty-six books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are All Hell Let Loose, Catastrophe and The Secret War, best-sellers translated around the world. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, London and was knighted in 2002. He has two grown-up children, Charlotte and Harry, and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically.
Praise for Outside Days: ‘A marvellous book, enthusiasm is at a
discount in our colourless age. One warms to Hastings because he is
an unashamed enthusiast.’
Raymond Carr, Literary Review ‘A charming celebration of the
country pursuits of hunting with rod and gun.’
Sunday Times
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