{"product_id":"9781473686342","title":"Time and tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poetic and profound, \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is wise, considered and full of surprises'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Poignant and touching' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Miraculous' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey puzzle tree bristles in a suburban garden. A skein of wild geese fly over a rusty rail viaduct. The vast inland sea that awed John Clare has become fields.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter by fascinating chapter, alive with literary, local, and her own family history, Fiona Stafford reveals the forces, both natural and human, which transform places. Swooping along coastlines, through forests and across fens, following in the footsteps of Burns and Keats, Celia Fiennes and Charles Dickens, William and Dorothy Wordsworth,  Noel Coward and Compton Mackenzie,  join her, time-travelling deep into the stories of our Isles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom red squirrels to brick vistas, from botanical gardens to hot springs, the landscapes of Britain are full of delights and surprises. Chance discoveries of rare species, shipwrecks and unlikely ruins, curious trees and startling towers,  weird caves and disused airfields, or even just baffling placenames offer ways into unexpected histories and hidden lives. The clues to the past are all round us - \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e will help you find them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'S\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehot through with tender delights and unexpected revelations'\u003c\/b\u003e RICHARD HOLMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating compendium of people and places'\u003c\/b\u003e PHILIP MARSDEN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stafford, Fiona J.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56677104779650,"sku":"9781473686342","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781473686342.jpg?v=1779988472","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781473686342","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}