{"product_id":"england","title":"England","description":"\u003cp\u003e'' A brilliant gift for anyone who loves the countryside'' - Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e''''This extraordinarily fine writer tours England with an eye for every living thing. A work of beauty, deeply informed, a fantastic gift.'' - Saga\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e''A masterpiece'' - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e''Britain''s finest nature writer'' - Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e''Full of evocative detail, this celebration of nature and place is bursting with historical details and lyrical observations of wildlife and landscape.'' - Countryfile magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘What we have here is the best of John Lewis-Stempel and the best of his vision of England.'' - The Tablet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘That John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed.’ – Country Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\nNow 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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45074689654963,"sku":"9781804992067","price":720.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81S4_cu8_pL.jpg?v=1762885202","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/england","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}