Ring Of Bright Water Trilogy
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140290494 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Two further volumes followed bringing the story full circle telling of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of teh settlement. Ring of Bright Water chronicles Gavin Maxwell's first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the world over, brilliantly evoking life with these playful animals in this natural paradise. For the first time the entire trilogy is available in a single narrative in this beautifully presented book.. Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his ho
Daniel Myers said Deeply Affecting. A difficult book (or trilogy of abridged books) to review, this - I suppose I should start by conceding that, despite the dark moments, the catastrophes, the sadnesses, the nature red in tooth and claw moments and the man blood-stained with gun and whatever comes to hand moments, this trilogy made me laugh out loud with joy and merriment more than any book I can remember reading since adolescence. Th. "Hollow Ring" according to timemixer. I first thought that the title " Ring of Bright Water " ( taken from a poem ) was a reference to the author`s love of Mij , his second otter. But, from a line in the book he indicates it to be a love of nature/life his home in the wilds of Scotland and its animal inhabitants. I rate the trilogy (edited version) higher than the unedited first volume as it is free of most of the unnecessary descriptive. Great story but abridged version Gavin Maxwell's stories of his retreat from civilization and love of nature should be read by many, many more people, especially on this side of the pond. While I loved the stories (had read Ring of Bright Water before but not the other two volumes), the readers should know that this compendium does not include all material from any of the three original volumes. As Austin Chinn (editor) points out i
His other books include Ring of Bright Water, which sold more than a million copies, The Rocks Remain, The House of Elrig and Raven Seek Thy Brother. Gavin Maxwell was born in 1914. This resulted in his first book Harpoon at a Venture. Gavin Maxwell died in 1969. . In 1945 he bought the small Hebridean island of Soay and tried to establish a shark fisher
"Gavin Maxwell's trilogy is essential reading" - Sunday Herald"