- Voyages and travels, Walking, Description and travel, Natural history
"In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond.
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Contemplative, warm, earnest and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Macfarlane, Robin Sachs
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 440
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books, Viking
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- Spanish, English, rum
- ISBN
- 9780141030586
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