{"product_id":"9781906122676","title":"Extraordinary Villages","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngland and Wales are brimming with them. Not the traditional honeypots we’ve all seen before, but extraordinary places with bizarre tales to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Twenty in Lincolnshire, named after the lengths of railway track separating it from the next halt down the line. It’s so remote, locals put up a sign “Twinned with the moon – no atmosphere.” Now even the trains have gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Purton in Gloucestershire, split in half by the mighty river Severn. It’s a 25-mile round trip from one side of the village to the other. Who ever came up with that idea? Why no bridge?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike London’s Eel Pie Island, a village in the middle of the river Thames where the residents have created a world of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his fascinating new book, Tony Francis, presenter and producer of ITV’s much-loved series, Heart of the Country, gathers together photographs and stories of 50 of the extraordinary villages he has visited in 24 years of film-making.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merlin Unwin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062001123568,"sku":"9781906122676","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906122676_p0.jpg?v=1763616601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906122676","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}