The Soaring Life of the Lark
$30.77
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2021
Summary
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 songbirds.
“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 cha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857525802 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857525808 |
| Author: | John Lewis-Stempel |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Doubleday |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 135mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
John Lewis-Stempel
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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