Ebook {Epub PDF} Where Poppies Blow by John Lewis-Stempel

The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War by the author of Meadowland, winner of the Wainwright Prize. Where Poppies Blow is the story of the British soldiers of the Great War and their relationship with the animals and plants around them. This relationship was of profound importance, because it goes a long way to explaining why they fought, a/5. A farmer and award-winning historian and nature writer, British author John Lewis-Stempel still farms on the land in Herefordshire where his family have lived for more than years. The author of books including The Wild Life, Meadowland, Where Poppies Grow, The Running Hare, The Secret Life of the Owl and The Wood, Lewis-Stempel has. Where Poppies Blow by Lewis-Stempel, John at bltadwin.ru - ISBN - ISBN - WN - - Hardcover.

Where Poppies Blow by John Lewis-Stempel My rating: 4 of 5 stars There has been awful lot of history written about the horrors of the First World War, we have first-hand accounts from those that fought and suffered, writers who composed some of the most poignant poems and a raft of historical documents and archaeological reports that build a picture of the time. 'Where Poppies Blow' by John Lewis-Stempel is published by Orion (£20) Robin Lane Fox will be speaking at the FT Weekend Festival, September 2, at Kenwood House, London. For more information. Where Poppies Blow continues Lewis-Stempel's domination of the four-year-old award, which he won in with Meadowland, before appearing on the shortlist twice, with Where Poppies Grow.

The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War by the author of Meadowland, winner of the Wainwright Prize. Where Poppies Blow is the story of the British soldiers of the Great War and their relationship with the animals and plants around them. This relationship was of profound importance, because it goes a long way to explaining why they fought, a. He won the Wainwright Prize with another shortlisted book, Where Poppies Blow, about British soldiers and their relationship with nature in World War I. The Spectator has described him as 'the hottest nature writer around', and The Times as 'Britain's finest living nature writer'. 'Nature writer and military historian John Lewis-Stempel has created a eulogy to the flora and fauna that helped men soldier on during the First World War Where Poppies Blow is full of fascinating (sometimes heart-wrenching) information about the role of nature and animals in this brutal war ' (Rachel Stiles BBC Countryfile).