The New Forest its history and its scenery
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Alpha Editions
33,99 €
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.06.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
358
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/2,1 cm
Gewicht
505 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-796-5
Walk beneath Hampshire oaks and heaths with a Victorian guide who knew every ride, ruin, and rumour. Here, the forest keeps secrets. John R. Wise's The New Forest: its history and its scenery brings together victorian travel writing and local history nonfiction in one richly observed tour of the Hampshire England New Forest. Moving from landscape to legend, Wise traces how royal hunting grounds, commoners' rights, villages, and changing roads shaped this singular woodland. Expect attentive description of english woodland scenery, the texture of old place-names, and the forest folklore and legends that cling to stream, barrow, and glade. Part antiquarian topography collection, part companion for england travel reading, it rewards the armchair rambler as much as the walker with mud on their boots. First published in the heart of 19th century England, this is a cornerstone of english countryside literature and a complete travel writing classic for collectors who prize regional voices. His pages stand among the best Victorian surveys of place, where topography meets memory. Read for history, but stay for atmosphere: wind in pines, distant cattle, and the strange half-light that feeds legend at dusk. British local history lovers will find a book that connects scenery to memory with clarity and quiet passion, making new forest local history feel immediate rather than museum-bound. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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