Old Ways

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER n n SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE n n The original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape n n 'The Old Ways confirms Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature' Scotland on Sunday n n 'Sublime... It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' Sunday Times n n 'Read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' Metro n n 'He has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful' Antony Gormley n n 'I love to read Macfarlane' Financial Times n n Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations. n