A new collection of award-winning journalist and author Brian Jackman's nature and travel writings from the past 40 years. This is a nationwide celebration of Britain's unspoiled coast and countryside, concentrating in particular on Britain's wildlife and the wild places in which its most spectacular species are found, but also touching on fishing, sailing and the way Britain's history has shaped the landscape. 'Wild about Britain is not a guidebook' says Brian Jackman. 'It's an extended l...

‘Brian Jackman is a passionate but unsentimental conservationist. He writes with relish for the experience... and the language.’ The Sunday TimesFOREWORD BY SABA DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Conservationist and TV PresenterFor five decades, Brian Jackman, Britain’s foremost safari writer, has witnessed Africa’s wildlife drama unfold like no other journalist. From his transformative first encounter with a roaring lion in Kenya’s Maasai Mara in 1974 to document...

'Don't send him to Torremolinos; it's not his kind of tundra.'Such was the mantra of The Sunday Times when considering assignments for Brian Jackman, for whom deserts, rain forests and mountain ranges have always been more enticing habitats.After decades spent travelling and writing about the places and wildlife that have inspired him, one of the world's most experienced naturalists has turned his focus onto the story of his inspirational life. 'This is no ordinary autobiog...

A bestseller when first published in 1982, The Marsh Lions portrays a vivid picture of life and death on the African savannah through the story of a pride of lions in Kenya's world-famous Masai Mara game reserve. The story is essentially a true one. All the central characters are real, and most of the incidents described actually happened.For five years, Brian Jackman and Jonathan Scott followed the Marsh pride and their progeny, painstakingly recording the daily drama of life and ...