The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition: Afterword by Robert MacfarlaneReissue of J. A. Bakers extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert Macfarlane. J. A. Bakers extraordinary classic of British nature writing was first published in 1967. Greeted with acclaim, it went on to win the Duff Cooper Prize, the pre eminent literary prize of the time. Luminaries such as Ted Hughes, Barry Lopez and Andrew Motion have cited it as one of the most important books in twentieth century

warm uplifting story

For this vacation

and the liberating nature of imagination and unpredicted innovation

A must for lovers of Downtown Abbey

From an adolescence in the 1950s

and haunting

from a dizzying drug and alcohol habit to three failed marriages

sparking a sweet small town romance

and their friends through four years of laughter

wide-ranging

As a scientist and a man of reason

“These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios