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A joy to read Times Literary Supplement

A beautiful book, by turns poetic, witty and full of learning . . . This unique biography of a river marks a new kind of writing about people and place, both in and out of time PATRICK McGUINNESS

The Boundless River takes the reader into a unique world - the twilight zone between fact and fiction, science and imagination - and on a journey which moves effortlessly from a time in prehistory, long before the existence of a European continent, to the present day. Along the way Deen encounters paleontologists, geologists, museum curators, taxidermists, fishermen and skippers who work the boats, who still see the Rhine as a living entity.

From the mighty hippos that swam in its waters millions of years ago, to the weary salmon that saw their habitat slowly change and the aurochs that grazed its shores; from the primordial Steinheim Woman to the Roman general Corbulo who commanded settlements a

The Boundless River

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A joy to read Times Literary SupplementA beautiful book, by turns poetic, witty and full of learning . . .... Read more

    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 7/4/2024
    ISBN13: 9781529424188, 978-1529424188
    ISBN10: 1529424186

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

    Description

    A joy to read Times Literary Supplement

    A beautiful book, by turns poetic, witty and full of learning . . . This unique biography of a river marks a new kind of writing about people and place, both in and out of time PATRICK McGUINNESS

    The Boundless River takes the reader into a unique world - the twilight zone between fact and fiction, science and imagination - and on a journey which moves effortlessly from a time in prehistory, long before the existence of a European continent, to the present day. Along the way Deen encounters paleontologists, geologists, museum curators, taxidermists, fishermen and skippers who work the boats, who still see the Rhine as a living entity.

    From the mighty hippos that swam in its waters millions of years ago, to the weary salmon that saw their habitat slowly change and the aurochs that grazed its shores; from the primordial Steinheim Woman to the Roman general Corbulo who commanded settlements a

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