Mountain Splendour - Hardcover

Pearse, R.O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0869781561 ISBN 13: 9780869781562

Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1979

Synopsis

"Mountain Splendour" is the long-awaited sequel to "Barrier of Spears", which had such amazing success when it was published five years ago. In the nature of things "Barrier of Spears" could touch only briefly on the splendour of the wild flowers of the Drakensberg. In this book Reg Pearse leaves behind him the action-packed stories of the mountaineers and of the peaks they climbed, and, with his pen and his camera, captures the full splendour of these Drakensberg wild flowers which so delight the heart of the mountaineer as he takes his well-earned rest beside a mountain stream or on the slopes of some towering peak. Here you can read the story that lies behind these shy and delicate flowers. You will read of their triumphant struggle for existence on the wild, snow-swept summits of the Drakensberg, you will learn of their place in Zulu folk-lore and medicine, and you will want to associate yourself with the author's passionate plea for their greater understanding and for their preservation. "Mountain Splendour" is illustrated with more than 400 of the author's exquisite flower pictures in full colour, taken over a period of twenty-five years, and conforms fully with the international rules of botanical classification. And it is all told in Reg Pearse's inimitable style, a style that one reviewer of "Barrier of Spears" described as "sometimes rumbling like distant thunder, and sometimes chuckling and murmuring like a mountain stream." Here is a book for the connoisseur and for the layman, for young and old, and for all who care for our wide open spaces and for the wild flowers which are one of our richest heritages, but which are so in danger of becoming a vanishing asset. It is sure to find its place, beside "Barrier of Spears" on the bookshelves of all who know and love the Drakensberg.

Edition details

• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0869781561
• ISBN 13: 9780869781562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240