{"product_id":"9781804992067","title":"England : A Natural History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Lewis-Stempel, John\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEngland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 July 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 x 197 x 31 | 318g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' A brilliant gift for anyone who loves the countryside' - Independent ''This extraordinarily fine writer tours England with an eye for every living thing. A work of beauty, deeply informed, a fantastic gift.' - Saga'A masterpiece' - Daily Mail'Britain's finest nature writer' - Telegraph'Full of evocative detail, this celebration of nature and place is bursting with historical details and lyrical observations of wildlife and landscape.' - Countryfile magazine‘What we have here is the best of John Lewis-Stempel and the best of his vision of England.' - The Tablet‘That John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed.’ – Country Life-----Now in paperback, with map and illustrations, England: 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\u003eThe English countryside is iconic: a series of distinctive habitats that unite to create a landscape that is unique for the rich diversity of our flora and fauna. In England, his most magisterial book to date, John Lewis-Stempel explores each in turn, taking us from coast to moor, from downs to field, from the park to the village to create a vivid living portrait of our natural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his trademark lyrical prose, Lewis-Stempel reveals the hidden workings of each habitat: the clear waters and dragonflies; the bluebells, badgers and stag beetles; wild thyme; granite cliffs; rock pools and sandy beaches; red deer standing at ancient oaks; the wayside flowers of the lane; hedgehogs and hares; and snow on the high peak. Each landscape - be it calm green or wild moor, plunging cliff or flatland fen - has shaped our idea of ourselves, our sense of what it is to be in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a stunning package, complete with decorated boards, endpapers, chapterheads and a map, England: A Natural History is the definitive volume on the English landscape and the capstone of John Lewis-Stempel's nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55192090378564,"sku":"9781804992067","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9781804992067.jpg?v=1754909583","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9781804992067","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}