The Shell Country Alphabet: The Classic Guide to the British Countryside - Couverture souple

Grigson, Geoffrey

 
9780141041681: The Shell Country Alphabet: The Classic Guide to the British Countryside

Synopsis

When is the best time to spot a shooting star or a glow worm? Where does a 'ha-ha' get its name? Why were yew trees planted in churchyards? Where would you find a green man or a Sheila-na-gig?

In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson, a poet and author, travelled around Britain writing the story of the secret landscape all around us. This book, his exquisite classic of the countryside, is the result.

From weathercocks to rainbows, place names and poets to mazes, dene-holes, crypts and sham ruins, via avenues, Roman roads, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you look beyond the familiar sights of our landscape and discover the hidden, magical world that remains, just off the motorway.

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À propos de l?auteur

Geoffrey Grigson was well known as a poet and broadcaster and is perhaps the most distinctive writer on British country life.

Sophie Grigson is a well known food writer and critic - and his daughter.

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781846142123: The Shell Country Alphabet: The Classic Guide to the British Countryside

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1846142121 ISBN 13 :  9781846142123
Editeur : Particular Books, 2009
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