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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 Guardian

Richard 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 He plumbs his subject for its fascinating literary and historical references, and opens the reader''s ears to the bird itself and its extraordinary song, a hymn to survival.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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"So vividly written you can almost hear the song of these rare birds" - Kate Kellaway, The Guardian

The Barley Bird Notes on the Suffolk Nightingale

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    Publisher: UEA Publishing Project
    Publication Date: 01/03/2010
    ISBN13: 9780956186911, 978-0956186911
    ISBN10: 0956186912
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    Nature and the natural world: general interest

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    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 Guardian

    Richard 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 He plumbs his subject for its fascinating literary and historical references, and opens the reader''s ears to the bird itself and its extraordinary song, a hymn to survival.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.



    Trade Review

    "So vividly written you can almost hear the song of these rare birds" - Kate Kellaway, The Guardian

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