{"product_id":"time-and-tide-9781473686328","title":"Time and Tide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Poetic and profound, \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is wise, considered and full of surprises''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Poignant and touching'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Miraculous'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey puzzle tree bristles in a suburban garden. A skein of wild geese fly over a rusty rail viaduct. The vast inland sea that awed John Clare has become fields.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter by fascinating chapter, alive with literary, local, and her own family history, Fiona Stafford reveals the forces, both natural and human, which transform places. Swooping along coastlines, through forests and across fens, following in the footsteps of Burns and Keats, Celia Fiennes and Charles Dickens, William and Dorothy Wordsworth,  Noel Coward and Compton Mackenzie,  join her, time-travelling deep into the stories of our Isles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom red squirrels to brick vistas, from botanical gardens to hot springs, the landscapes of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsistently and continuously engaging, indeed compelling . . . an invigoration to read and a pleasure to hold, in the hands as in the memory. The book initiates and extends a new genre, where autobiographical components exemplify an investment of personal commitment, while scholarly objectivity complements an emotional trust in a community of sympathy. \u003cb\u003eIt's a pleasure to read, and reread, and return to, and give as a gift to all friends whose values might be shared in celebration\u003c\/b\u003e -- Professor Alan Riach\u003cbr\u003eEngaging . . . personal, gentle, meandering . . . Yet buzzing with surprising connections and brilliant cross-references.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShot through with tender delights and unexpected revelations!\u003c\/b\u003e -- Richard Holmes\u003cbr\u003eFiona Stafford unpeels layers and layers of Britain's landscape to reveal the stories within. \u003cb\u003eA fascinating compendium of people and places and how they endlessly interact to change each other\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philip Marsden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOxford English professor Stafford's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Long, Long Life of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Nature Book of the Year. Her literary gifts are once again on display in this enchanting exploration of the ways in which the land and skyscape of the UK are constantly shifting\u003c\/b\u003e. Following in the footsteps of John Keats, Celia Fiennes and Wilkie Collins, we journey  with her from the Fens to the Humber, and from Cornwall to the north coast of Ireland, marvelling at red kites and red squirrels, monkey puzzle trees and the resilience of nature * Bookseller, Editor’s Choice for February *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing tour\u003c\/b\u003e of our North Atlantic archipelago, Stafford has \u003cb\u003ea historical X-ray vision which allows her to look through the surface of a given landscape and describe what lies beneath . . . Miraculous . . . If landscape writing is evolving, this book is a good indication of where it's going next\u003c\/b\u003e * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003ebook to be enjoyed in front of a cosy fire whiling away a rainy Sunday afternoon... taking in as it does Fingal's Cave, the drowned village of Capel Celyn in Wales, the Hebridean island of Barra, which inspired Whisky Galore, to the place where the first monkey puzzle tree was so named (Pencarrow in Cornwall) and even the wreck of the Spanish Armada off Streedagh in Sligo. You feel that you are there with Stafford, tramping across fens, buf­feted by waves along rugged coastlines or peering down iron mines to see the red ochre\u003cb\u003e. Both literary and erudite . . . poignant and touching . . . \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is often very funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly rewarding book studded with curiosities, surprises and exhilarating insights\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739549806935,"sku":"9781473686328","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473686328.jpg?v=1720052559","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/time-and-tide-9781473686328","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}