Under the Sea-Wind Waldstreicher or so he tells Birnam’s

or so he tells Birnam’s founder

All come together on the road to Calais

April FitzLyon discusses the social background of the 'lady of the camellias' in fact

mythology and folklore

turnpikes and sea roads - in a bid to understand how our history has left its mark upon our landscape

Under the Sea-Wind Waldstreicher or so he tells Birnam’sUnder the Sea Wind marks the beginnings of one of the most significant careers in nature writing. In it Rachel Carson celebrates the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, conjuring the atmosphere of the shore and the open sea and the delicately balanced, fragile struggle for life along the shoreline.