{"product_id":"the-butterfly-flights-of-enchantment-9781916812338","title":"The Butterfly: Flights of Enchantment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding, loving and protecting butterflies--in all their enchantments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eButterflies have enchanted and intrigued us for centuries. From the eighteenth-century 'aurelians', through the Victorian 'golden age' of collecting to the twentieth-century focus on conservation, humans have chased glimpses of these beautiful but elusive creatures. Winding through literature, art, music, and dreams, The Butterfly: Flights of Enchantment uncovers why butterflies continue to inhabit such a profound place in our imagination. Today, the art of butterfly-watching can be a mindfulness practice for many; a Romantic escape from our industrialized existences.\u003cp\u003eA first of its kind in combining the history of human interest in butterflies with a guide to practical observation, this pocket guide encourages us to nurture our curiosity and head out into our local environment, focusing on edgeland habitats that are home to many species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is perhaps because butterflies are so fragile and fleeting that we are so beguiled by them. But now, as numbers dwindle, they have never been more difficult to spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e paves the way toward uncovering the history of our fascination with butterflies and learning how to spot and identify them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNigel Andrew was educated at the University of Cambridge, after which he spent some years as a reference librarian, while also working as a critic and a feature writer for publications including t\u003ci\u003ehe Times, Listener, Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuardian\/Observer\u003c\/i\u003e. He then joined the staff of \u003ci\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/i\u003e before moving on to a full-time position at the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. He now concentrates on his blog (Nigeness: A Hedonic Resource) and contributes to \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlightly Foxed\u003c\/i\u003e. His book, \u003ci\u003eThe Mother of Beauty: On the Golden Age of English Church Monuments, and Other Matters of Life and Death\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) was described as \"a wonderful book in every way, perfect for anyone interested in churches, in the lost corners of England, or in meditating on mortality.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saraband","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572230488338,"sku":"9781916812338","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ba83a49-fa16-473a-b354-6bbcd6537f6a.jpg?v=1755857736","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-butterfly-flights-of-enchantment-9781916812338","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}