Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion To Rural Britain
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few writers have loved the British landscape with as much intellectual passion and lyrical precision as Geoffrey Grigson, and Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural Britain stands as the magnificent culmination of that lifelong devotion. This authoritative volume chronicles the flora, fauna, folklore, and physical character of rural Britain through Grigson's singular lens — one shaped equally by his training as a poet, his rigorous naturalist's eye, and his deep immersion in the cultural history of the English countryside. Grigson writes not merely as an observer but as an interpreter, unearthing the mythological, linguistic, and ecological layers embedded in the hills, hedgerows, and coastal margins of the British Isles. His prose, at once scholarly and deeply personal, argues that the landscape is a living document — one that rewards those who know how to read it. Published by the prestigious Ebury Press in London, this classic companion remains an essential and irreplaceable guide for anyone who wishes to truly understand what the British countryside means, not just as a place, but as a civilisation.
Author: Geoffrey Grigson
Format: Hardback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few writers have loved the British landscape with as much intellectual passion and lyrical precision as Geoffrey Grigson, and Geoffrey Grigson's Countryside: The Classic Companion to Rural Britain stands as the magnificent culmination of that lifelong devotion. This authoritative volume chronicles the flora, fauna, folklore, and physical character of rural Britain through Grigson's singular lens — one shaped equally by his training as a poet, his rigorous naturalist's eye, and his deep immersion in the cultural history of the English countryside. Grigson writes not merely as an observer but as an interpreter, unearthing the mythological, linguistic, and ecological layers embedded in the hills, hedgerows, and coastal margins of the British Isles. His prose, at once scholarly and deeply personal, argues that the landscape is a living document — one that rewards those who know how to read it. Published by the prestigious Ebury Press in London, this classic companion remains an essential and irreplaceable guide for anyone who wishes to truly understand what the British countryside means, not just as a place, but as a civilisation.