James Attlee

Fascinating, thoughtful, erudite, unpretentious, slightly batty and entirely captivating

A poetic and passionate story of light in darkness

Vagrant, erudite, frequently comical. A stylist of amazing wit and skill. A compendious, moving and impassioned guide

Gloriously multifaceted and engaging. A gorgeous, thoughtful book

Attlee is a true enthusiast, and is fascinated by, indeed loves, his subject. He writes beautifully and often thrillingly about the moon in all its - her? - aspects, and it will be a dull-minded reader who comes away from this book without a new or at least renewed regard for the extraordinary, silver satellite that is our world's constant companion

A wistful, fact-filled and esoteric treat

A Journey in Search of Moonlight

For many of us the moon, and the chill light it casts, are things we either ignore or take for granted. It wouldn't enter our heads therefore to set off around the world in search of moonlight. But, as James Attlee's eccentric quest proves, we couldn't be more wrong. 
 
From Normandy to Naples, Wales to Arizona, Las Vegas to Japan, Attlee explores moonlight's many moods and meanings. Taking in the ancient and modern, art and literature, science and music, Nocturne travels far and deep to provide a portrait of an enigmatic light increasingly endangered in our over-illuminated world.

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Fascinating, thoughtful, erudite, unpretentious, slightly batty and entirely captivating

A poetic and passionate story of light in darkness

Vagrant, erudite, frequently comical. A stylist of amazing wit and skill. A compendious, moving and impassioned guide

Fascinating, thoughtful, erudite, unpretentious, slightly batty and entirely captivating

A poetic and passionate story of light in darkness

Vagrant, erudite, frequently comical. A stylist of amazing wit and skill. A compendious, moving and impassioned guide

Fascinating, thoughtful, erudite, unpretentious, slightly batty and entirely captivating

A poetic and passionate story of light in darkness

Vagrant, erudite, frequently comical. A stylist of amazing wit and skill. A compendious, moving and impassioned guide

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