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Wild About Britain - Holiday reads, travel and nature writing by award-winning journalist Brian Jackman. From Cornwall to Shetland, East Anglia to the Welsh Marches, an 'extended love letter to the British Countryside'. Covering wildlife, wild places, fishing, sailing and how history has shaped the landscape. Foreword by Simon Barnes.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
From Cornwall to Hermaness and from East Anglia to the Welsh Marches, Wild About Britain showcases Jackman's writing at its best, exploring the countryside whose sights and sounds have shaped his life since childhood.
Brian Jackman is an award-winning journalist and author with a passion for travel and wildlife. For more than four decades he has covered the world, first for The Sunday Times and now for The Daily Telegraph, pioneering the concept of eco-tourism. Although most widely known as Britain's foremost writer on African safaris, he has retained his love of Britain's life and landscapes.
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Wild About Britain - Holiday reads, travel and nature writing by award-winning journalist Brian Jackman. From Cornwall to Shetland, East Anglia to the Welsh Marches, an 'extended love letter to the British Countryside'. Covering wildlife, wild places, fishing, sailing and how history has shaped the landscape. Foreword by Simon Barnes.
Vorwort
. Award-winning writing from one of Britain's longest established and most respected nature and travel writers, currently writing for The Daily Telegraph
. Follows on the success of The Marsh Lions and The Savannah Diaries
. Foreword by Simon Barnes
. Illustrations by Jonathan Truss, twice winner of the Frozen Planet category of the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year
. Covers locations across Britain, from Cornwall to Shetland, East Anglia to the Welsh marches
. Includes 'Laurie Lee's Cotswolds': 2017 is the 100th anniversary of Laurie Lee's move to Slad
. Includes 'Tarka Territory': 2017 is the 90th anniversary of the publication of Tarka the Otter
. Wide publicity expected through The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, Country Living and Country Life
Zusatztext
Picked by Stephen Moss for The Guardian's best nature books of 2017 list.
" Wild About Britain by veteran travel writer Brian Jackman (Bradt) will come as a pleasant surprise to those who know the author only for his matchless prose on African wildlife." Stephen Moss
"Brian Jackman's descriptions of landscape and atmosphere transport you into marvellous places." BBC Wildlife Magazine
