Our greatest nature writer explores the myths, legends, history and hidden world of our most iconic tree.
John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.
A beautiful object and a very British story written with real
lyricism - some of the finest sentences I've read.
*BBC Radio 4: A Good Read*
Lewis-Stempel is one of the best of the new generation of nature
writers, an oak himself in that particular corner of the literary
forest. As a working farmer, from a long line of Herefordshire
farmers, he has daily exposure to his source material. In books
such as Meadowland, The Running Hare and, most recently, The Wood,
he has distilled his knowledge and his enthusiasm into a style that
is as rich and earthy as its subject.
*Spectator*
Our greatest nature writer
*Books Are My Bag*
A lively little book
*Daily Mail*
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