The Barley Bird : Notes on the Suffolk Nightingale Hardback
by Richard Mabey
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First prize winner in the Nature and Placecategory of the 2010 EDP/Jarrolds East Anglian Book Awards"So vividly written you can almost hear the song of these rare birds" - Kate Kellaway, The GuardianRichard Mabey, described as "Britain's greatest living nature writer", explores the nightingale's links with Suffolk culture and landscape, and traces the bird’s course through myth, lore and tradition.
He plumbs his subject for its fascinating literary and historical references, and opens the reader's ears to the bird itself and its extraordinary song, a hymn to survival.
New images by Derrick Greaves accompany the text.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:Illustrations, color
- Publisher:UEA Publishing Project
- Publication Date:01/03/2010
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- ISBN:9780956186911
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:Illustrations, color
- Publisher:UEA Publishing Project
- Publication Date:01/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780956186911