England's Thousand Best Churches

By Colin Baillieu 1999-11-01T00:00:00

Handsome has come to be one of the most subversive words in the English language. Applied to a man it has hints of boring self-absorption; applied to a woman it hints at a large nose, bigger feet and a lack of sex appeal. To call a book handsome and mean ...

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