'' A brilliant gift for anyone who loves the countryside'' - Independent
''''This extraordinarily fine writer tours England with an eye for every living thing. A work of beauty, deeply informed, a fantastic gift.'' - Saga
''A masterpiece'' - Daily Mail
''Britain''s finest nature writer'' - Telegraph
''Full of evocative detail, this celebration of nature and place is bursting with historical details and lyrical observations of wildlife and landscape.'' - Countryfile magazine
-What we have here is the best of John Lewis-Stempel and the best of his vision of England.'' - The Tablet
-That John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed.- - Country Life
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Now in paperback, with map and illustrations, England: A Natural History is the definitive volume on the English landscape and the capstone of John Lewis-St