Description
The heartening story of the return of nature to the Arundel Estate
About the Author
Roger Morgan-Grenville was a soldier from 1978-86 and later helped to set up the charity Help for Heroes, acting as its first head fundraiser. He is the author of Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey (2020), Shearwater (2021), Taking Stock: A Journey Among Cows (2022) and Across a Walking Land (2023, shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award for nature writing). He is a founder member of the conservation charity Curlew Action. After leaving Oxford, Edward Norfolk worked as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand before setting up his own bottled LPG gas company in London's East End which he sold nine years later; he then set up a waste management company before selling it to Viridor in 2002. He is currently involved with ten private equity start-up companies and on the board of some of them. He also spends a lot of his time running his family estate. As the Duke of Norfolk he is the most senior peer in England and owner of the Arundel Estate.
Reviews
'The Return of the Grey Partridge' is magnificent, important, and should be required reading for everybody interested in saving Britain's nature. * John Lewis-Stempel *
A full-hearted love song for a favourite British bird * Mark Cocker, author of Our Place *
A very good book about a very successful conservation project ... could become a classic. * Mark Avery *
A real page turner ... should not only be read by partridge enthusiasts, but by all those who want to recover Nature * Country Life *
A moving and beautifully written story of one estate's restoration journey * Benedict MacDonald, author of Rebirding *
The truly inspiring story of bringing a bird back from the brink through dogged determination. * Jake Fiennes, author of Land Healer *
A fun and refreshingly readable tribute to an extraordinary conservation project * Patrick Laurie, author of Native *
A must read * Birdwatcher Magazine *
This wonderfully written book ... should be essential reading for anyone interested in farming and nature conservation. It will likely become a classic. * Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust *
Book Information
ISBN 9781800819061
Author Roger Morgan-Grenville
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Profile Editions
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 504g
Dimensions(mm) 155mm * 229mm * 28mm