Quartz and Feldspar
Dartmoor - A British Landscape in Modern Times
$32.83
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2016
Summary
The history of Dartmoor, home of myth and legend, druids, prisoners and ponies.
Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain’s southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty, here the elements are raw, the sky huge and nature seems ascendant.
But it is no less a place made by human beings. Stone circles, crosses, dwellin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099552550 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099552558 |
| Author: | Matthew Kelly |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 32mm |
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Kelly’s fine book, with its rigorous deconstructionist approach, acts as a better guide to the moor than any hikers’ map.
Kelly’s fine book, with its rigorous deconstructionist approach, acts as a better guide to the moor than any hikers’ map. – Philip Marsden * Spectator *Will give you plenty to think about…covers subjects including biodiversity and social history, [and] conveys this mysterious moorscape’s story from ancient rights to rewilding. – Max Liu * Independent *Impressively researched, and passionate… A valuable, heartfelt, well-written work. – Joanna Briscoe * Guardian *Elegantly written, shrewdly observed, and a perfect read for those “staycationing” [at Devon and Cornwall] in particular. – Neil Gregor * Times Higher Education *An imaginative cultural history, exploring with élan geological, literary and historical associations. – Roy Foster * Times Literary Supplement *A must for muddy-boot lovers. – Laura Keynes * The Tablet *Brilliant … [Kelly] leaves no stone unturned in his bid to discover who thought what about Dartmoor and understand why the place has at times been regarded so differently. * Western Morning News *
About The Author
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly was born in Devon, educated at Oxford and now teaches at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Finding Poland which was published by Jonathan Cape in 2010 and The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916.
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