The Nightingale
‘The nature book of the year’
$27.32
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2023
Summary
An illustrated miscellany of the nightingale, perfect for nature and bird lovers.
“Wondering and wonderful. The nature book of the year.” - JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL
“This lovely book is almost as thrilling as the bird’s immortal song - balm for a troubled soul and a glimpse of paradise.” - JOANNA LUMLEY
Come to the forest, sit by the fireside and listen to intoxicating song, as Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale.
Every year, as darkness falls upon woodlands…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804942291 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804942294 |
| Author: | Sam Lee |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
This lovely book is almost as thrilling as the bird’s immortal song - balm for a troubled soul and a glimpse of paradise – Joanna Lumley
Wondering and wonderful. The nature book of the year.
A wonderful book. – Stephen Moss
A magical marriage of the lyrical and practical: a book that makes us want to seek out the nightingale and then reveals how we can. – Tristan Gooley
A beautiful, lyrical, heartfelt book … Certainly my appreciation of however many nightingalers are left to me will be for ever heightened by the time I’ve spent with this generous, sensitive book about our most glorious songbird – Alex Preston * Observer *
Truly enchanting. Sam Lee takes the reader by an emotional hand and leads them through the labyrinth of poetry and song to elucidate humans’ everlasting attachment to the nightingale. – Roger Phillips
Sam Lee has brought the poetic magic that has long enchanted so many of his musical fans into the written word. Allow yourself to glimpse the world Sam sees, to be part of his love affair with the nightingale, and you will no doubt be delighted. – Lily Cole
Enchanting. Full of piercing joy and love-fuelled lament and urgency. A beautiful book for a beautiful bird. – Anna Hope, author of EXPECTATION
Beautiful. A book to treasure which I’ll keep on returning to. – Sue Stuart-Smith, author of THE WELL GARDENED MIND
This is nature writing at its most romantic * Geographic *
About The Author
Sam Lee
Sam Lee is a Mercury Prize-nominated and BBC Folk Award-winning singer, conservationist and curator. Trained in fine art but with a lifelong passion for wilderness studies and nature connection, Sam is a folk music specialist dedicated to collecting, sharing and interpreting ancient oral music from Britain and Ireland. He has combined these interests through his ‘Singing with Nightingales’ annual springtime concert series. His singing has been heard in films and TV shows, from Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur- Legend of the Sword to Peaky Blinders. Sam was musical director for the RSPB’s 2019 Top 20 birdsong single, ‘Let Nature Sing’ and his 2020 album Old Wow garnered five-star reviews. He has lectured at Goldsmiths, SOAS and Oxford University and was the first folk singer to teach at the Royal College of Music.
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