ENGLAND

A brilliant gift for anyone who loves the countryside Independent This extraordinarily fine writer tours England with an eye for every living thing A work of beauty deeply informed a fantastic gift Saga A masterpiece Daily Mail Britain s finest nature writer Telegraph Full of evocative detail this celebration of nature and place is bursting with historical details and lyrical observations of wildlife and landscape Countryfile magazine What we have here is the best of John Lewis Stempel and the best of his vision of England The Tablet That John Lewis Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed Country Life Now 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 The 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 In his trademark lyri