My Churches of Hertfordshire is published today. 96 pages, 43 churches, 103 colour photographs, half a dozen rude comments about Perpendicular.
All my author royalties are going straight to the Churches Conservation Trust towards the restoration of the Norman door in Little Hormead.
That's Meesden on the cover, a marvellous but largely overlooked church (it's not included in Betjeman's list of the best 53 Herts churches, for example).
The first 'review' has already appeared. Joe is an ex-pupil of mine; he must be in his 40s. He worked as a paramedic in the UK but now lives in the US. As you can see, yesterday I announced the publication of the book on Facebook, and Joe forwarded my post to a friend of his who likes churches. His response is most enjoyable.
It's also the National Churches Trust Book of the Month.
I'm currently writing the Northamptonshire volume in the same series, which I hope to finish in the next few months.