A LANDMARK book about the Brontë moors is being published for the third time.

Brontë Country: Lives and Landscapes was written by Peggy Hewitt, renowned daughter of the Worth Valley, in the 1980s.

Under its original title These Lonely Mountains it sold thousands of copies, but was then out of print for many years.

The book was republished with its present title in 2004, again selling well, and the latest edition is being released by UK publisher History Press.

Peggy, who now lives in Scotland near her family, was this week delighted to see her breakthrough book return to the shelves.

She said she was particularly pleased to see the drawings from the start of each chapter that were provided by her late husband Tom, an artist who created many well-known advertising illustrations including Mr Sheen.

Peggy wrote These Lonely Mountains while the couple lived at historic Oldfield House, on the edge of the Haworth moors, and she interviewed many local people about their lives and work in the area.

She went on to write many articles, poems, and short stories, particularly for children’s television and radio, but retained a soft spot for the Brontë book.

A spokesman for History Press said Peggy captured the elusive spirit of the Yorkshire Moors and a book for both Brontë lovers and anyone who knew the steering landscape.

She said: “Peggy’s roots are deep in the peat soil of the Brontë moors.

“She tells the story of the moors and of the people who have lived and worked there – people who are as much a product of their environment as are the drystone walls and heather.

“This rich history and these personal experiences are interwoven with the stories and legends that influenced the Brontës and emerged in their writings; fact and fiction are hard to separate.”

The latest edition of the book, like the previous ones, feature pictures by Worth Valley photographer and filmmaker Simon Warner.

Betty was a Keighley News responded who began writing about the Brontë landscape in the 1970s.

First published work in Yorkshire Lightens in the two series of articles which formed the basis of These Lonely Mountains.

In his review of the original book, Keighley News journalist Alistair Shand said the bid was transported from the pages into historic Haworth and Stanbury possible from the pen of someone is intimately acquainted with the area as Peggy.

Brontë Country: Lives and Landscapes is available from bookshops, as a Kindle e-book from Amazon, or by visiting thehistorypress.co.uk.