{"product_id":"landscape-and-memory-by-simon-schama-9780006863489","title":"Landscape and Memory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount — read \u003cem\u003eLandscape and Memory\u003c\/em\u003e to have these explained...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLandscape and Memory\u003c\/em\u003e is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through space and time, it examines our relationship with the landscape around us — rivers, mountains, forests — the impact each of them has had on our culture and imaginations, and the way in which we, in turn, have shaped them to answer our needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a conventional history book — but a history book that builds up its argument by a series of poetic stories and impressions which cumulatively have the effect of a great novel. The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount — and by the end of this wonderful book, we understand where these ideas have come from, why they are so compelling and how they still lie all around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most intelligent, original, stimulating, self-indulgent, perverse and irresistibly enjoyable books I have ever read.\" — Philip Ziegler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46515139379436,"sku":"9780006863489","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780006863489.jpg?v=1748905130","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/landscape-and-memory-by-simon-schama-9780006863489","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}