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Beechcombings: The Narratives of Trees

By: Richard Mabey
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
ISBN: 1856197336
ISBN-13: 9781856197335
Released: 04 Oct 2007
RRP: £20.00
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Mabey back on form - great joy! - By: C. R. Cheesman, 20 Apr 2008
After the somewhat vague meanderings of Nature Cure, Richard Mabey pulls of a brilliant book that is both a pleasure to read & a real education without ever feeling heavy. The use of language is once again a triumph in evoking the feel & splendour of our beech woodlands. My only real gripes are that whilst the book is a much better & structured read the ending does seem to come about rather suddenly & that my favourite rural author, H. J. Massingham, is dismissed as 'romantic'. Well there's nothing wrong with being romantic & you have to place your mindset at the time when Massingham was writing. But we digress. All in alll a thoroughly good read.
A masterpiece - By: C. Barnes, 11 Jan 2008
I have never read any of Richard Mabey's books, though some of his writing has passed my way & was well known to me. I bought this as a gift to myself based on reviews elsewhere & have found every page to be a profound & poetic delight. A man with a deep knowledge of nature & the skills to research well, he also has the writers' gift to take the reader with him on his walks through the woodlands & share with them his love & passion in a way only a handful of others have been able to do. A joy to read & pass on to anyone who will appreciate a modern classic.