Robert Macfarlane 3 Books Collection Set - Mountains, Wild Places, Old Ways - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set:. Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination. The Wild Places. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Paperback. ISBNs: Mountains of the Mind 9781783786794 / The Wild Places 9781783784493 / The Old Ways 9780141030586. Publishers: Granta Books (Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places); Penguin Books (The Old Ways). Overview. This three-book paperback set brings together Robert Macfarlane's landmark works of landscape writing: Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places and The Old Ways. Together they journey from mountain summits to Britain's last wild corners and along ancient paths on foot. Lyrical and deeply researched, these books have shaped a generation's relationship with the outdoors and rank among the most acclaimed nature writing published in Britain — ideal for walkers, nature lovers and anyone drawn to place-based storytelling.. About the Books. Mountains of the Mind traces how mountains shifted in the human imagination from places of terror to sites of pilgrimage and conquest, blending history, memoir and mountaineering adventure. The Wild Places sees Macfarlane search out the last truly wild corners of Britain and Ireland — remote islands, holloways, saltmarshes and ancient woods — asking whether genuine wildness survives in a heavily settled landscape. The Old Ways completes the set, following drove roads, sea paths, pilgrim tracks and prehistoric trackways, exploring how walking connects us to memory, ritual...