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Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place. Philip Marsden Publisher Granta 2014 hardback 348 pages 1st edition signed for Ken previous owners name inside front cover otherwise very good.

Why do we react so strongly to certain places? Why do the layers of story and meaning build up around particular features in the landscape. When Philip Marsden moved to a remote creekside farmhouse in Cornwall, the intensity of his response took him aback. It led him to begin exploring these questions, prompting a journey westwards to Land’s End through one of the most myth-rich regions in Europe. The result this book.