The Soaring Life of the Lark - John Lewis-Stempel

Larks have long been the muse of poets, composers and famers alike. With their invocation of nostalgia and melody, critically acclaimed nature-writer, John Lewis-Stempel charts these iconic British songbirds' special and historic relationship with mankind.

History has seen us poeticise and musicise the bird, but also capture and eat them. The Soaring life of the Lark witnesses both the music and poetry, the breath-taking heights and the struggle to survive that defines these creatures' trajectory through, and majesty over, our landscape.