STEEPLE CHASING: AROUND BRITAIN BY CHURCH (PB)

Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles. Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a story of Britain. From the painted hells of Surrey to the holy wells of Wales, consider this a travel book . . . with bells on.