The Blackmore Country

An affectionate regional study that traces the landscapes, communities, and literary associations of R. D. Blackmore’s native district in Devon. The author blends biographical recollection with travel writing, describing villages, lanes, farms, river valleys, local customs, and the ways those settings informed Blackmore’s fiction; chapters map fictionalized equivalents of real places and offer vivid sketches of scenery, domestic life, folk practices, and natural features. Photographic illustrations accompany the text. The tone is observant and personal, combining historical notes, family anecdotes, and sensory detail to evoke rural character and the cultural textures that shaped a novelist’s imagination.