Despite being the most celebrated songbird in the western world, the real nightingale is a drab-coloured migrant. Mabey examines why humans have so often fallen under its spell; how it came to inspire the Romantic poets; and what this tells us about our own responses to place and season.
- ISBN10 1856196933
- ISBN13 9781856196932
- Publish Date 27 November 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English