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Published one month after the opening of the Festival of Britain, and perhaps Hawkes' most widely recognised work, A Land (1951) characterised the archaeology of Britain, and thus the story of Britishness, as one of repeated waves of migration.
Jacquetta Hawkes. A pioneering work of modern nature writing; a natural history of the author's beloved British Isles that inhabits a lush territory somewhere between science and poetry. 268 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1951.
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A Land is Jacquetta Hawkes' seminal work, and a classic piece of British Nature writing. It is the history of the shaping of Britain and its people from the first, lifeless, Pre-Cambrian rocks to the days of the ice-cream carton and the hydrogen bomb.
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Apr 30, 1991 · This most unusual book about the geological history of Britain, written by Jacquetta Hawkes, archeologist, in beautiful prose that borders on poetry: whimsical, feminine, suffused with consciousness. Every page is a delight.
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Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996), English-born writer, anthropologist and archaeologist, was best known for her documentation of the beautiful British Isles in A Land. She attended Newnham College and traveled on archeology expeditions to various locations, including Palestine and other parts of England. Her….
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Jan 1, 2012 · This most unusual book about the geological history of Britain, written by Jacquetta Hawkes, archeologist, in beautiful prose that borders on poetry: whimsical, feminine, suffused with consciousness. Every page is a delight.
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Jun 7, 2012 · A Land is Jacquetta Hawkes’ seminal work, and a classic piece of British Nature writing. It is the history of the shaping of Britain and its people from the first, lifeless,...
