A Brush With Nature

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<p>Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for<i>BBC Wildlife Magazine</i>. This volume features his favourite pieces and presents a fascinating and inspiring view of the changing natural landscape in which we live.</p><p>Peppered throughout with references to the heritage of nature writing, and great writers from Richard Jefferies and John Clare to Roger Deakin and Robert MacFarlane,<i>A Brush With Nature</i>is part memoir, part nature journal, part social history, giving us a unique insight into a nature lover's reflections over a quarter of a century.</p>

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<p>Richard Mabey is the father figure of modern nature writing in the UK. Since 1972 he has written some 40 influential books, including the prize-winning<i>Nature Cure, Gilbert White: a Biography,</i>and<i>Flora Britannica</i>. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Vice-President of the Open Spaces Society.</p><p>He spent the first half of his life amongst the Chiltern beechwoods, and now lives in Norfolk in a house surrounded by ash trees.</p>

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