English Journey

‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie
‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi Dench

Reviews

'A vastly talented and exceptionally versatile and wise writer.' Iris Murdoch
'Priestley was volcanic, fertile … and never dull.' Anthony Burgess
‘Priestley never wrote better than in these pages. They remain required reading for all of us.’ Dame Margaret Drabble
‘A marvellous writer.’ David Hockney
‘English Journey is one of the great travelogues of English literature. A work of bracing televisual intensity.’ Graham Robb, author of The Debatable Land
‘We all know his plays, now is the time to be re-introduced to his novels.’ Timothy West
‘He belongs in a great English realist tradition that includes Bennett and Galsworthy.’ Michael Billington
‘An important book that has a literary importance and social value that far exceeds the time it was written.’ Dame Beryl Bainbridge
‘Written in the elegant, simple language which was an essential part of Priestley’s brilliance. It is, in consequence, a masterpiece.’ Roy Hattersley