Edgeland

A meditation on language and journeys - knowing, alert to the politics and history of landscape - to the mundane within the transcendental. A real achievement - unexpectedly moving with every beat and turn of its taut, precise prose * Rory Stewart *Beautifully written… In the contemplative, Paul Theroux-like exploration of our most stunning coastline, Swire escapes the stifling Lilliputian world of Westminster to follow the path from Minehead in Somerset to Land’s End in Cornwall… A lively mix of history, botany, philosophy, poetry and personal family memories – Celia Walden * Daily Telegraph *Swire is an amiable companion, who ingeniously evokes the landscapes, famous people who lived here and, especially, the flora and fauna – Simon Worrall * Guardian *A glorious historical ramble along a favourite coastline * Robin Hanbury-Tenison *Swire, brought up in Cornwall, has given free rein to her considerable literary talents and pondered places and prospects with fascinating details and soulful observations * Rory Knight Bruce *Such range and surprise - every turn she makes on the South-West Coast Path, Sasha Swire turns up another story, another glimpse of history or archaeology or local lore. Edgeland is itself like the best days out on the cliffs - deeply rewarding and enjoyable * Philip Marsden *

Sasha Swire is the author of the bestselling Diary of an MP’s Wife. She was born and brought up in west Cornwall, where her father, Sir John Nott, was MP for the St Ives constituency. She was a journalist on national and regional publications and in Asia before working as her husband Hugo Swire’s political researcher from 2001 to 2019. She divides her time between Devon and London.