Holyer an Gof WINNER: Rosamunde Pilcher’s Cornwall

We are thrilled to announce that Rosamunde Pilcher’s Cornwall by author Gill Knappett has won the Gorsedh Kernow’s Holyer an Gof Awards 2023!

From the elegance of the grand salons of Prideaux Place, Padstow’s most stately of homes, to the wild and remote Cornish coastline, Rosamunde Pilcher captured in her novels Cornwall’s unique, diverse beauty and compelling charm.

Born and raised near St Ives, Rosamunde Pilcher published her first novel at the age of 25, and Cornwall remained her long-standing inspiration as the wild and diverse setting of most of her novels. This gorgeous Pitkin guidebook brings to life the key areas and places that inspired Pilcher’s writing with beautiful images to illustrate the vast landscapes and quaint towns.

Clamber down the steep Bedruthan Steps and enjoy the traditional Cornish welcome in the beautiful harbour town of St Ives. St Michael’s Mount, one of the most famous sights in Cornwall, sits majestically off shore while the sound of the waves battering the coasting is a key element in enjoying a visit t oLand’s End. These sites and many more informed Pilcher’s writing, making her novels and short stories some of the most popular and cherished around the world and have been adapted into several television shows.

Explore Cornwall’s glorious landscape with this award-winning guidebook this summer!

Rosamunde Pilcher’s Cornwall | £6.00

Gill Knappett is an author with a wealth of experience in writing about Royal Family and the history of British Royalty. She is the author of The Crown’s Royal Britain, The Princess of Cambridge and The History of Royal Britain in 100 Objects. For over 20 years she has worked on numerous Pitkin guidebooks, specialising in royal titles and many of Britain’s best-loved places to visit.

ABOUT THE AWARD

Rosamunde Pilcher’s Cornwall won the Gorsedh Kernow’s Holyer an Gof award for Category 6 – Booklets at the prize-giving event on Saturday 15th July 2023.

The annual Gorsedh Kernow Holyer an Gof Awards were instigated in 1996 for books published in 1995 and are so named in memory of Redruth publisher and Cornish Bard Leonard Truran, whose Bardic name was Holyer an Gof – Follower of The Smith. The scheme was established and is organised by Bards of Gorsedh Kernow to promote books about Cornwall, set in Cornwall or in Cornish (Kernewek).

Find out more about the Holyer an Gof award here.