{"product_id":"england-a-definitive-natural-history-of-england","title":"England: A Definitive Natural History of England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘John Lewis-Stempel is the hottest nature writer around.’ – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘His immense, patient powers of observation – along with a flair for the anthropomorphic – mean he is able to offer a portrait of animal life that's rare in its colour and drama.’ – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘That John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed.’ – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I love the earthiness of John Lewis-Stempel's writing … The author has seen it, done it, sweated it, and has earned the right to write about it with straw-cut fingers and itchy palms. Brilliant stuff.’ – Christopher Somerville, walking correspondent for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘It’s his observation of the natural world – the sight, the sound, the smell of it – that is so memorable. He has a distinctively brisk, muscular style of writing that has a poetic intensity and concision. – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Lewis-Stempel sees and hears things others will never see and hear, and he can write about them as no one else can.’– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur countryside is iconic: a series of distinctive habitats that unite to create a landscape that is unique for the rich diversity of our flora and fauna. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEngland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his most magisterial book to date, John Lewis-Stempel explores each in turn, taking us from coast to moor, from downs to field, from the park to the village to create a vivid living portrait of our natural history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his trademark lyrical prose, Lewis-Stempel reveals the hidden workings of each habitat: the clear waters and dragonflies; the bluebells, badgers and stag beetles; wild thyme; granite cliffs; rock pools and sandy beaches; red deer standing at ancient oaks; the wayside flowers of the lane; hedgehogs and hares; and snow on the high peak. Each landscape - be it calm green or wild moor, plunging cliff or flatland fen - has shaped our idea of ourselves, our sense of what it is to be in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a stunning package, complete with decorated boards, endpapers, chapterheads and a map, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEngland: A Natural History\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the definitive volume on the English landscape and the capstone of John Lewis-Stempel's nature writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49170450284838,"sku":"9780857526472","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9ad44ab1-a470-4dff-a18a-329d9b7ac15a.jpg?v=1719939578","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/england-a-definitive-natural-history-of-england","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}