During his career as an entrepreneur, M. Coleridge Scott has enjoyed a lifetime travelling the world, spending long periods of time in South America, Indonesia, Australia, America, India and Europe. His interest in the sense of place, genius loci, indigenous myth and local ecology is reflected in this collection of stories that have emerged from decades of first-hand experience of how quickly these delicate cultures and ecosystems are unravelling. His penchant for the poetic form was first formally learnt, then practised. He received a first class degree in English Literature from Oxford University and then completed further studies at both Cambridge and Harvard Universities.
This anthology of eleven stirring tales, composed in melodic rhyming couplets, sweeps readers into a realm where myth intertwines with romance across diverse landscapes: from the Peruvian Amazon to the plains of Africa, the vastness of the Pacific to the spiritual heights of Tibet. Each narrative ce...