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Keeping the Barbarians at Bay: The Last Years of Kenneth Allsop, Green Pioneer
David Wilkinson
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Description for Keeping the Barbarians at Bay: The Last Years of Kenneth Allsop, Green Pioneer
Paperback. Biography of conservationist and tv broadcaster Kenneth Allsop Editor(s): Foreword by Richard Mabey. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Kenneth Allsop was a writer, journalist and broadcaster who in the 1960s and early 70s became one of Britain's first television celebrities. Voted the 'fifth most handsome man in the world', he enjoyed the high life of fast cars, jazz and smart London parties, moving among the nation's glitterati from the arts, media and politics. But he was also an accomplished naturalist and a passionate conservationist who fought fiercely to hold back mounting threats to Britain's wildlife and landscapes. He played a key role in raising the public's concern for the environment long before the advent of the UK's ... Read more
Kenneth Allsop was a writer, journalist and broadcaster who in the 1960s and early 70s became one of Britain's first television celebrities. Voted the 'fifth most handsome man in the world', he enjoyed the high life of fast cars, jazz and smart London parties, moving among the nation's glitterati from the arts, media and politics. But he was also an accomplished naturalist and a passionate conservationist who fought fiercely to hold back mounting threats to Britain's wildlife and landscapes. He played a key role in raising the public's concern for the environment long before the advent of the UK's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908493842
SKU
V9781908493842
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About David Wilkinson
David Wilkinson is a political scientist, journalist, and lifelong conservationist. He has researched and lectured on European environmental policy and was a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. Most recently, he worked for the Government's wildlife and countryside agency, Natural England
Reviews for Keeping the Barbarians at Bay: The Last Years of Kenneth Allsop, Green Pioneer
'Well-researched and likeable paperback ... Reality is resurrected with extracts from Allsop's diary (which confirm the verdict of his Dorset neighbour John Fowles that he 'combined the poet's eye with the journalist's pen) and his heart-brekaing suicide note to his wife written at the end of May 1973.'
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