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REVIEWS
'Both Maxwell and Botting are genius.' (Lustacia Witherspoon, 5-Star
review,
Amazon.co.uk)
'Try this book and then try putting it down. A deeply moving book
that will be with you for a long time.' (Jill Bush, West Lothian,
5-Star review,
Amazon.co.uk)
'Affecting, captivating, sad, and beautifully and vividly written.
(5-Star review, Amazon.co.uk)'
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The Saga of Ring of Bright Water
- The Enigma of Gavin Maxwell
(HarperCollins, London/revised edition, Neil Wilson Publishing,
Glasgow, 2000)
The highly-praised biography of the legendary
aristocratic Scottish writer and naturalist-explorer (and traveller
among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq), famous for his account of his idyll
with otters by the Hebridean Sea, Ring of Bright Water.
Originally published under the title Gavin Maxwell: A Life,
the book was nominated for the Whitbread Prize and was Scots
Magazine Book of the Year.
Wonderfully written.' (Sir David Attenborough)
A superb biography.' (Financial Times)
An immaculate, masterly, enthralling biography.' (The
Spectator)
Douglas Botting's excellent and thorough biography makes a gripping
story. His evocation of the West Highland wilderness, the sea
and the islands has the magic ring of truth.' (Mail on
Sunday)
A ripping yarn about a mercurial man told with the verve and
romanticism it deserves.' (Sunday Telegraph)
Botting's achievement is immense. A fond frank and endlessly
absorbing book.' (Scotsman on Sunday)
I
couldn't put the huge book down but balaned it in my hands late into
the night - such fluent, beautiful understanding and empathy, the
haunting magic of the landscape - I found it almost unbearable.
The book is superb.' (Jasmine Rose-Innes, friend
of both subject and author)
You've written a bloody masterpiece ! Mind-blowingly
interesting, absolutely compelling, beautifully written. What
a story ! I'm quite bowled over. It's the finest
biography I've ever read. ('Margaret Hewson, literary agent, London)
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