Landmarks
题名:
Landmarks
著者:
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-
ISBN:
9780241967874
出版信息:
[London] : Penguin Books, 2016.
规格:
x, 434 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
摘要:
The word-hoard -- A counter-desecration phrasebook -- The living mountain -- The woods and the water -- Hunting life -- The tunnel of swords and axes -- North-minded -- Bastard countryside -- Stone-books -- The black locust and the silver pine -- Childish.
"Explores the landscape of the British Isles through its ancient place names, interspersed with biographical essays on some of the author's favorite writers who have paid close attention to the natural world."-- Provided by publisher.
主题:
| Landscapes -- Great Britain -- Terminology. |
| English language -- Variation -- Great Britain. |
| British Isles -- Description and travel. |
| Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel -- Great Britain. |
摘要:
The word-hoard -- A counter-desecration phrasebook -- The living mountain -- The woods and the water -- Hunting life -- The tunnel of swords and axes -- North-minded -- Bastard countryside -- Stone-books -- The black locust and the silver pine -- Childish.
"Explores the landscape of the British Isles through its ancient place names, interspersed with biographical essays on some of the author's favorite writers who have paid close attention to the natural world."--