{"product_id":"england-a-natural-history","title":"England : A Natural History","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEngland- A Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive volume on the English landscape, and the capstone of John Lewis-Stempel's nature writing.\u003cbr\u003e ........................................................................................................\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'No-one comes close to Lewis-Stempel's ability to paint the English landscape in words. Maddeningly brilliant.'\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e Sally Coulthard, author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"England : A Natural History","offer_id":46343688192197,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-80499-206-7.jpg?v=1781043489","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/england-a-natural-history","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}