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THE SOARING LIFE OF THE LARK - JOHN LEWIS-STEMP...

How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? How the writers and poets have tried... Skylarks
are the heralds of our countryside. Their music is the quintessential sound of spring. The
spirit of English pastoralism  they inspire poets  composers and farmers alike. In the trenches
of World War I they were a reminder of the chattering meadows of home. Perhaps you were up with
the lark  or as happy as one. History has seen us poeticise and musicise the bird  but also
capture and eat them. We watch as they climb the sky  delight in their joyful singing  and yet
we harm them too. The Soaring life of the Lark explores the music and poetry  the breath-taking
heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbirds. PRAISE FOR JOHN
LEWIS-STEMPEL 'Britain's finest living nature writer' - The Times 'Lewis-Stempel is a
fourth-generation farmer gifted with an extraordinary ability to write prose that soars and
sings' - Daily Mail

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