Waiting for the Albino Dunnock by Rosamond Richardson
A wonderfully written and personal exploration of the mysterious world of birds through a single year.
A beautiful book -- Tim Birkhead, author of BIRD SENSE
Glorious, beautifully written pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds.. The prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind it -- Bel Mooney * DAILY MAIL *
Rare, charming and unforgettable ... Her prose has the clarity, poise, precision and transcendent beauty of someone who was brought up reading the classics and knows the joy of finding the right words. Every sentence is perfect -- Richard Davenport-Hines * THE OLDIE *
Beautifully written * CHOICE magazine *
[Richardson] writes...with a poetic lyricism -- Eithne Farry * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
Richardson is both a looker and a see-er and her open-eyed delight in the beauty around her has an infectious quality enhanced by exquisite writing -- Sara Maitland * BBC COUNTRYFILE *
[Richardson's] lyrical memoir of a year of birdwatching in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Greece is a life-enhancing record of birds (and books). * DAILY MAIL *
Glorious, beautifully written pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds.. The prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind it -- Bel Mooney * DAILY MAIL *
Rare, charming and unforgettable ... Her prose has the clarity, poise, precision and transcendent beauty of someone who was brought up reading the classics and knows the joy of finding the right words. Every sentence is perfect -- Richard Davenport-Hines * THE OLDIE *
Beautifully written * CHOICE magazine *
[Richardson] writes...with a poetic lyricism -- Eithne Farry * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
This exquisite depiction of bird-watching as personal pilgrimage is written with passion, poetry and the
freshness of a newcomer: 'the real voyage of discovery consists in...seeing with new eyes'
Richardson is both a looker and a see-er and her open-eyed delight in the beauty around her has an infectious quality enhanced by exquisite writing -- Sara Maitland * BBC COUNTRYFILE *
[Richardson's] lyrical memoir of a year of birdwatching in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Greece is a life-enhancing record of birds (and books). * DAILY MAIL *
Rosamond Richardson is the author of several books about the countryside, including the international bestseller Country Wisdom. She wrote regularly for Britain's biggest-selling bird magazine Bird Watching, and for several years was a contributor to The Countryman. Familiar to many as author of the Penguin Classic Hedgerow Cookery and co-presenter of BBC Two's Discovering Hedgerows, she also wrote for Landscape and Countryside magazines. She died in May 2017.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781474603010 |
| ISBN 10 | 1474603017 |
| Title | Waiting for the Albino Dunnock |
| Author | Rosamond Richardson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2018-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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