Confluence Quote by Martha Grimes

I have fond memories of growing up in beautiful England. It is very much a part of the fabric of me, even though I…

— Samantha Newark

The finest landscape in the world is improved by a good inn in the foreground.

— Samuel Johnson

I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens.

— Robert Wilson

As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every…

— Deborah Harkness

“For years, walking round London, I had been aware of the actual land, lying concealed but not entirely changed or destroyed, beneath the surface…

— Gillian Tindall

Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and…

— Meg Rosoff

London imbued me with an appreciation of the beauty and value of history in general. As it has evolved and grown, the city has…

— Hilary Farr

The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

— Miguel de Cervantes

The stately Homes of England,How beautiful they stand!Amidst their tall ancestral trees,O'er all the pleasant land.

— Felicia Hemans

I have a lot of fond memories of my life in England.

— Jill Ellis

London has always provided the landscape for my imagination. It becomes a character - a living being - within each of my books.

— Peter Ackroyd

“British garden history is best understood as a small incident in the histories of ideas, design and technology.”

— Tom Turner