This antiquarian book serves as a facsimile reprint of the original, highlighting its cultural significance. While it may exhibit imperfections due to its age, such as marks and flawed pages, the reprint aims to preserve the work's integrity. The publisher is dedicated to protecting and promoting literature by providing high-quality, accessible editions that remain faithful to the original text.
This antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of an original work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and notations. The reprint aims to protect and promote cultural literature by providing an affordable, high-quality edition that remains true to the original text.
Set against the backdrop of World War I, the narrative follows Marjorie, a gifted artist from a small English village, who falls in love with Captain John. Their plans for marriage are interrupted when John is deployed, prompting Marjorie to volunteer at a military hospital. There, she cares for wounded soldiers, including John, and channels her emotions into painting flag-flowers, which gain fame and support the war effort. Ultimately, the story celebrates love, sacrifice, and the healing power of art, culminating in Marjorie and John's reunion and marriage.
'A deeply evocative, highly descriptive and thoroughly enjoyable plunge into Britain's urban wildlife with an authentically hopeful message' Geographical Magazine City-dwellers, it's time to meet your neighbours. In Wild City Florence Wilkinson takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban species, from the badgers of central Brighton, to tunnel-dwelling Black Country bats to the mosquitoes found on the London Underground and nowhere else on earth. She shares what we might see - if we only take the time to look - and how nature is adapting to human-engineered environments in unexpected and ingenious ways. This gorgeously lyrical book invites us to celebrate the natural world, while also offering a clear-eyed glimpse into the challenges faced by urban plants and animals as cities grow and sprawl. Florence proposes a compelling manifesto for city wildlife, suggesting how we might take action to protect the often-overlooked residents who live alongside us. 'Wild City is as bright and hopeful as a dandelion springing up through the crack between pavings' Hannah Bourne Taylor 'An enjoyable and timely reminder that we are never alone' Tristan Gooley