Bibliograph

Dark skies, a journey into the wild night, Tiffany Francis

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Dark skies, a journey into the wild night, Tiffany Francis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dark skies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1079847844

Responsibility statement

Tiffany Francis

Sub title

a journey into the wild night

Summary

Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, author Tiffany Francis travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity's connection to the night sky. Over the course of a year, Tiffany travels through different nightscapes across the UK and beyond. She experiences 24-hour daylight while swimming in the Gulf of Finland and visits Norway to witness the Northern Lights and speak to people who live in darkness for three months each year. She hikes through the haunted yew forests of Kingley Vale, embarks on a nocturnal sail down the River Dart, feeds foxes on a south London estate, and listens to nightjars churring on a Sussex heathland. As she travels, Tiffany delves into the history of the ancient rituals and seasonal festivals that for thousands of years humans have linked with the light and dark halves of our year. How has our relationship with darkness and the night sky changed over time? How have we used stars and other cosmic phenomena to tell stories about our lives and the land around us?

Table Of Contents

Witching hour -- Ghost stories -- Polar night -- Taxus baccata -- Greenwich -- Under dark skies -- The mountain -- The wickerman -- Midnight sun -- Fern owl -- The dart -- Poet stone

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