author
Edric Holmes
1873–1949
Best known for vivid books about the English countryside, this early 20th-century writer explored Sussex, Wessex, and the rural edges of London with an eye for landscape, history, and local character.
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Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
by Edric Holmes
About the author
Born Edric Edwin Holmes around 1873, he was a British non-fiction writer whose books focused on place rather than plot. He wrote topographical works that guided readers through regions of southern England, blending description, local history, and practical observation.
His best-known titles include Seaward Sussex, Wanderings in Wessex, and London's Countryside. Contemporary notices suggest that responses to his books were mixed at first, but later work was praised for its judgment and presentation, and London's Countryside was noted for including a large number of his own illustrations.
Holmes died on May 14, 1949. His books still appeal to readers who enjoy older travel writing and richly detailed portraits of the English landscape.