The Cornish Wonder , A Portrait of John Opie
Price: £11.99
Stock: 20 available
A fascinating biography of John Opie the Cornish carpenter's boy whose life was transformed by genius. He went to London to seek his fortune and became so famous that he was eventually buried in St. Pauls Cathedral among the nation's great and good.
This masterly biography was written by the late Viv Hendra.
You might also be interested in?
The North Coast Bal Maidens
£4.50
A small booklet packed with fascinating information about the bal maidens who worked between Portreath and Padstow.
Memories of Mount Hawke
£6.00
Clive Benney and Tony Mansell piece together the memories of many people to produce this picture of a Cornish village built on mining.
I rode to St Agnes John Wesley and Methodism in a Cornish Parish
£5.00
Published in 2010 to recognise the 150th anniversary of St Agnes Chapel, this book tells the history in words and pictures, of Methodism in St Agnes Parish.
St Agnes 1001 1999 A Millenium Chronicle
£2.99
This book written by Frank Carpenter charts a chronological record of the events and people of St Agnes over a thousand years.