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9780297607526
'Contemporary photographs, which set the book in its correct historical and geographical context, etchings by Heywood Sumner, and superb watercolours by Philip Snow of the wild birds and animals which cohabited with the Greys in perfect harmony, all combine to make this previously undiscovered gem an absolute must for every country-lovers' library.' COUNTRY LIFE 'As a record of the private passion of a statesman and of a shared love of a married couple for the natural world, the work has infinite charm. As a nature journal, it is exquisitely observed. And the haunting beauty of the world it describes seems somehow to symbolise the way of life that was to vanish forever with the First World War.' MAIL ON SUNDAYGrey, Edward is the author of 'Cottage Book The Undiscovered Country Diary of an Edwardian Statesman' with ISBN 9780297607526 and ISBN 0297607529.
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