The Shell Country Alphabet
The Classic Guide to the British Countryside
Published on 5. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-14-104168-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-104168-1 (9780141041681)
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07/2009
1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
€9.99
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