Excellent Essex

IN PRAISE OF ENGLAND'S MOST MISUNDERSTOOD COUNTY
It's time we talked about Essex.
It's the county everyone's heard of; the place few of us know. Gillian Darley takes us on a vivid, personal tour, from the seaside piers to the empty marshes and the New Town tower blocks, revealing a landscape and a story like no other.
Alongside Essex Man and TOWIE, there's the Essex that nurtured the first Puritan settlers in America, welcomed refugees from Europe, fugitives from the underworld and bombed-out East Enders. Where dreamers and makers, punk poets, anarchist sects and inventors all found inspiration.
A Colchester nurseryman was the first to trade with a secretive Eastern Kingdom. Braintree's only earthquake inspired an innovative building system. In Epping, a spat over firewood led to an historic victory for the common people. In Essex, the clash between city and countryside, capital and province, created a shower of sparks that ultimately set the world on fire.
Drawing on everything from ancient maps to reality tv, EXCELLENT ESSEX is no guide book, but a wonderful guide to England's most misunderstood county.

IN LAUDA JUDETULUI CEL MAI MISUNDERSTOOD AL ANGLIEI Este timpul sa vorbim despre Essex. Este judetul despre care a auzit toata lumea; locul pe care putini dintre noi il cunoastem. Gillian Darley ne duce intr-un tur personal, viu, de la digurile de la malul marii pana la mlastinile goale si blocurile turnului New Town, dezvaluind un peisaj si o poveste ca nimeni altul. Alaturi de Essex Man si TOWIE, exista Essex care a hranit primul puritan. colonisti din America, au intampinat refugiati din Europa, fugari din lumea interlopa si East Enders bombardati.