The Icknield Way

About this book

In The Icknield Way, originally published in 1916, Edward Thomas walks one of the great ancient footpaths of England, The Icknield Way, which runs from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Suffolk, and connects to the Great Ridgeway, and has a claim to be one of Britain’s oldest roads. In startling and evocative prose, Thomas recounts the history of the path through the ages, tells us how it was established, the stories of people who have used it and takes us on a journey through time and place. One of Thomas’ great prose works, republished alongside Little Toller’s editions of The South Country and In Pursuit of Spring.

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Biography

Edward Thomas (1878-1917) was a poet and writer. Educated in London and at Oxford, for many years, he was a writer of books about the countryside and a book reviewer, before finding success as a poet. In 1915, he enlisted in the army and was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917.

Jack Cornish is the author of The Lost Paths and is Director of England at The Ramblers, Britain's walking charity.