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The Soaring Life of the Lark

Author: John Lewis-Stempel  

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Britain's finest nature writer explores the music and poetry; the breath-taking heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbird.

"How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? We watch as they climb the sky, delight in their joyful singing, and yet we harm them too. The Soaring life of the Lark explores the music and poetry;

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Britain's finest nature writer explores the music and poetry; the breath-taking heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbird.

"How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? We watch as they climb the sky, delight in their joyful singing, and yet we harm them too. The Soaring life of the Lark explores the music and poetry;

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Britain's finest nature writer explores the music and poetry; the breath-taking heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbird."How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? How the writers and poets have tried..."Skylarks are the heralds of our countryside. Their music is the quintessential sound of spring. The spirit of English pastoralism, they inspire poets, composers and farmers alike. In the trenches of World War I they were a reminder of the chattering meadows of home.Perhaps you were up with the lark, or as happy as one. History has seen us poeticise and musicise the bird, but also capture and eat them. We watch as they climb the sky, delight in their joyful singing, and yet we harm them too.The Soaring life of the Lark explores the music and poetry; the breath-taking heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbirds.PRAISE FOR JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL'Britain's finest living nature writer' - The Times'Lewis-Stempel is a fourth-generation farmer gifted with an extraordinary ability to write prose that soars and sings' - Daily Mail

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John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.

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Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd | Doubleday
Published
7th October 2021
Pages
112
ISBN
9780857525802

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