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'These poems put the Lake District at the heart of the English literary imagination.' James Rebanks William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and Charles Lamb - the English 'lake poets' - were famously inspired by the landscape of the English Lake District in the first half of the nineteenth century. This beautifully produced anthology of their work includes favourites such as 'I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud' and 'Kubla Khan,' as well as extracts from letters and journals. Introduced by James Rebanks, who grew up in the region, it is the perfect companion for visitors to the Lakes and a delightful gift for poetry lovers.

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‘They put the Lake District at the heart of the English literary imagination,’ writes Rebanks in a thoughtful introduction to this anthology. The Cumbrian farmer who shot to fame with A Shepherd’s Life reminds us that, far from being fops wandering lonely as clouds, the Lake Poets were radicals. One for thoughtful readers.’   * Saga magazine *

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James Rebanks is a farmer based in the Lake District, where his family have lived and worked for over six hundred years. His No.1 bestselling debut, The Shepherd's Life, won the Lake District Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Wainwright and Ondaatje prizes, and has been translated into sixteen languages. His second book, English Pastoral, was also a Top Ten bestseller and was named the Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year. Heralded as a 'masterpiece' by the New Statesman, it was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. His latest book The Place of Tides, set off the coast of Norway on a traditional eiderdown station, has been described as a 'modern classic'.

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