Nature Tales: Encounters with Britain's Wildlife - Hardcover

Allen, Michael; Patel Ellis, Sonya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904027946 ISBN 13: 9781904027942

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson, 2010

Synopsis

Nature Tales is a charming collection of encounters with the natural world from historic greats to modern household names, from Wildlife Trusts supporters to leading naturalists, such as: Andrew Lack, Bill Oddie, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton, Chris Baines, Chris Beardshaw, Colin J. Martin, Colin Tudge, David Lack, Dorothy Wordsworth, Dominic Couzens, Edmund Selous, Edward A Armstrong, Edward Grey, Edward Thomas, Eric Ennion, Francis Kilvert, Gavin Maxwell, Geoffrey Grigson, George Montagu, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gilbert White, Henry Eliot Howard, Henry Williamson, John Alec Baker, John Aubrey, John Buxton, John Clare, Jules Pretty, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Cocker, Miriam Rothschild, Nan Shepherd, Richard Jefferies, Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin, Ronald Lockley, Ruth Padel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Simon Barnes, Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir John Lister Kaye, Sir Joseph Banks, Stephen Moss, Thomas Gray, Tim Dee, William Cobbett, Nick Baker, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and Paul Evans. Including beautifully drawn illustrations, Nature Tales is a charming celebration of Britain's wildlife and countryside.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Allen is the chairman of the royal society of wildlife trusts. He is a retired professor of English literature at Cambridge University and has a life-long passion for literature and ornithology. Sonya Patel Ellis is an experienced freelance writer on the environment, wildlife, and travel.

Review:

This wonderful collection of some of the greatest nature writers in Britain's history is a pleasure to read from start to finish." Sir David Attenborough

About this edition

• Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1904027946
• ISBN 13: 9781904027942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290