{"product_id":"9780857526472","title":"England : A Natural History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Lewis-Stempel, John \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEngland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 October 2024 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 464 pages, b\/w line illustrations and map\u003cbr\u003e166 x 243 x 41 | 698g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferencing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland: A Natural History is the definitive volume on the English landscape, and the capstone of John Lewis-Stempel’s nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.............................................................................\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...........................\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53622571467128,"sku":"9780857526472","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9780857526472_2b563d6f-40dc-4c7a-a0ef-4440109e5c38.jpg?v=1773927788","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.live\/products\/9780857526472","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}