Sacred Land

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A01=Martin Palmer
Author_Martin Palmer
Brown Book Group
Category1=Non-Fiction
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ISBN13=9780749952921
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Price=€20 to €50
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780749952921
  • Weight: 476g
  • Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 28mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Publication City/Country: London, GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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SACRED LAND will enable you to discover the hidden secrets and meaning of the landscape around you, town or country, modern or old, wherever you live in Britain. There has been a dramatic growth in interest in our own history, buildings, landscape, sacred places, beliefs and culture over the last few years and this book will equip you with the tools to unlock the meaning, stories and history that are literally embedded in our landscape. It takes us from street names to churches; from hill forts to burial mounds; from the way a road bends to the shapes of fields in order to understand better the land that lies beneath our feet. In the literal shape of our countryside can be detected the eddies of time, politics, belief, warfare, passion and the durability of the human existence.
SACRED LAND is a fascinating, accessible read and the perfect reference guide to have in your home or in your car. It will be of interest to everyone who loves history, sacred places and sacred history, and those who like to explore their ancestry and roots.

Martin Palmer is a writer, broadcaster and prolific translator of Chinese classics, as well as being secretary general of one of the world's most unusual environmental charities - ARC, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation. He lives in Somerset, very close to one of England's most impressive Neolithic long barrows.

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