{"product_id":"a-year-with-gilbert-white-the-first-great-nature-writer","title":"A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.'\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Few can match Uglow's skill at conjuring up a scene, or illuminating a character.'\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Charming . . . Like Radio 4's shipping forecast for naturalists.'\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndrea Wulf, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A glorious celebration of curiosity and nature.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES, THE SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn 1781, Gilbert White was a humble country curate. He was also halfway to completing his path-breaking The Natural History of Selborne. No one had written like this before, with such close observation, humour, and sympathy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHis spellbinding book has remained in print ever since, treasured by generations of readers. It would lead many to consider him 'the father of ecology'. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJenny Uglow illuminates this quirky, warm-hearted man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTracing a single year of his daily fascination with the fauna, flora and people around him, she accompanies Gilbert from frost to summer drought, from the migration of birds to the coming of harvest. Fresh, alive and original A Year with Gilbert White invites us to see the natural world anew, with astonishment and wonder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58541175112025,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/2940\/9625\/files\/ayearwith.jpg?v=1783595063","url":"https:\/\/natureboundbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-year-with-gilbert-white-the-first-great-nature-writer","provider":"Nature Bound Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}