The Restless Coast
A Journey around the Edge of Britain
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Icon Books
Publishing:5th Jun '25
£25.00
This title is due to be published on 5th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The island of Britain has over 10,000 miles of coastline, steeped in history and constantly shifting, changing, adapting and providing. The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it, during which the author travels its length to discover its challenges and opportunities, and to talk to the people trying to protect it.
At once delightful travelogue and passionate defence, The Restless Coast shines a powerful spotlight into the thin line that surrounds us, and defines our status as islanders. Overarching the journey is the extraordinary natural history of the coastline, together with the story of how man has imprinted himself on its very geology and shape for countless centuries. Into the account, Roger Morgan-Grenville threads the modern challenges that the shoreline faces, and the people who are trying to protect it. At once informative, angry and funny, The Restless Coast is a very personal love letter to our island edge.
Beautifully written - a great read. * Stephen Rutt, author of The Seafarers: A Journey Among Birds *
You can almost taste the salt-spray on Roger Morgan-Grenville's words as he simultaneously circumnavigates our coastline and our attitudes to nature in this confident, perceptive and immensely readable book. A journey that - one way or another - we are all on. * Tim Birkhead, author of Birds and Us *
Beautiful and important, by reading The Restless Coast, we too can collect a pocket full of shells, wisdom and love for our precious island shores. A superb read! * Hannah Bourne-Taylor, author of Nature Needs You *
The Restless Coast is a wonderful book, an open-hearted merging of astute journalism, gritty endeavour and intelligent, informed wit. Roger approaches every issue with a true love of nature and of people, peeling away the layers of complexity to reveal the heart of salmon farming, plastic pollution, overfishing, tidal barrages and the many other twenty-first century problems that are inexorably changing the very nature of our island. Roger has a restless desire to find the truth about the coastline of Britain, and he has admirably achieved what he set out to do. * Mary Colwell, author of The Gathering Place *
Roger Morgan-Grenville is a nature writer par excellence. His love of nature shines through every page of this book. For this author nature is not simply a means to an end to be exploited or economic growth, nature is life itself. The Restless Coast is a testimony of the intrinsic value of nature. Read it, you may fall in love with the incredible coastline of Britain, as I have! * Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist magazine *
ISBN: 9781837731442
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
288 pages