John Lewis-Stempel: England, Gebunden
England
Buch
- A Natural History
- Publisher:
- Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, 10/2024
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780857526472
- Item number:
- 11790085
- other:
- b/w line illustrations and map
- Weight:
- 750 g
- Format:
- 240 x 156 mm
- Thickness:
- 40 mm
- Release date:
- 3.10.2024
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
England's landscape is iconic - a tapestry of distinctive habitats that together make up a country unique for its rich diversity of flora and fauna. Concentrating on twelve habitats, John Lewis-Stempel leads us from estuary to park, chalk downland to woodland , river to field, village to moor, lake to heath, fen to coastal cliffs, in a book that is unquestionably his magnum opus.Referencing beloved great writers in whose footsteps he treads - Gilbert White, John Clare, W. H. Hudson, Richard Jefferies, Edward Thomas - and combining breathtakingly beautiful prose with detailed wildlife observation, botanical fact and ancient folklore, Lewis-Stempel immerses himself in each place, discovering their singular atmosphere, the play of the seasons; the feel of the wind in midwinter; the sounds of daybreak; how twilight settles. Each one - whether managed park or wild moor, plunging cliff or man-made Broads - has also shaped human life, forming our idea of ourselves and our sense of what 'England' means.
England: A Natural History is the definitive volume on the English landscape, and the capstone of John Lewis-Stempel's nature writing.
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'No-one comes close to Lewis-Stempel's ability to paint the English landscape in words. Maddeningly brilliant.' - Sally Coulthard, author of A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects

John Lewis-Stempel
England
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