The Hidden Fires - A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd (Hardcover)

'Merryn Glover's The Hidden Fires is not just brave, it is remarkable' - Sir John Lister-Kaye Elemental, fierce and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender. In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion and guiding light. Following in the footsteps and contours of The Living Mountain, she explores the same landscapes and themes as Shepherd's seminal work. This is a journey separated by time but unified by space and purpose, a conversation between two women across nearly a century that explores how entering the life of a mountain can illuminate our own. An Australian who grew up in the Himalayas, her early experiences of the Scottish hills and weather left her cold. But gradually acclimatising and with an approach like Shepherd's, that is more mountain wandering than mountaineering, she discovers the spark that sets the hills and herself on fire. Through Glover's deepening encounter, the wild majesty and iridescence of the Cairngorms is revealed in this beautiful evocation of landscape, place and identity.

General

Imprint:	Birlinn
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2023
Authors:	Merryn Glover
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-84697-575-2
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > The countryside, country life Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Walking, hiking, trekking Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > General
LSN:	1-84697-575-1
Barcode:	9781846975752

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