Ring of Bright Water

Most excellent service from the seller. Many thanks. A wonderful (tho now controversial), book to replace copy lost in the great washing machine disaster!

if your an animal lover, especially otters, i find this story heartwarming and magical, if you like nature, i think i read this when i was about ten, of my dad's old book shelf, i thought i was great

Brilliant

Much of this story is completely captivating providing, in large part, a beautiful picture of life in the remote highlands of Scotland as well as a man’s passion for animals. That said, I had a nagging doubt throughout the book that what this man was doing, in terms of domesticating wild animals, was a bad thing. A book of its time, and best read as such.

I wanted to read it again as we went to Scotland and saw the location.The book is exactly as I would have expected, in very good condition.

Not an exact rendition of the famous book, but true to the spirit.

damn good book enjoying it!

Great book. Was a little dog eared but it added to the charm in my personal opinion.

An enchanted book! Highly recommended for anyone who loves nature, Scotland, beauty and laughter.

Un classique de la littérature "naturaliste", offrant une belle description de la vie érémitique de l'auteur dans sa chaumière de Sandaig, en Écosse, en compagnie des animaux sauvages et de sa loutre domestiquée. Une belle déclaration d'amour à la nature.Le livre est joliment relié, et parsemé d'aquarelles qui, hélas, ne représentent que des loutres ... (mais dans toutes les positions imaginables). Dommage, car même si les aventures de Mijbil, la loutre irakienne, représentent le cœur de l'ouvrage, les loutres ne font leur apparition qu'au premier tiers du bouquin. Il aurait donc été chouette d'illustrer la première partie avec d'autres images évocatrices de la nature écossaise, qui ne manque pas de merveilles ...

I read this book many years ago and felt I needed to read it again; I think this book has become a classic. This is the story of a man's love for his two otters, Mijbil and Edal plus all else in nature.I enjoyed the beginning descriptions of northwest Scotland. Mr Maxwell's land was located on the mainland but Gavin could view Skye and the Hebrides from his home. Camusfearna was the name he gave his house (not it's real name) and a little eden it was. It was surrounded by beautiful hills. In this place Gavin could live in nature which was his desire. He was wealthy so did not need to work. He could pursue his interests plus write. He was lucky that he could follow his dreams. This book is his most popular and his word pictures show readers much about this beautiful section of Scotland. His writings about the surrounding ocean and its occupants are good. Plus he also writes about seeing the northern lights and how he was affected by seeing the lights.When Gavin Maxwell was very young he enjoyed hunting, a sport I do not like because I like animals. He found a young wildcat and shot birds to feed this animal though he states he didn't like killing birds. He wanted to keep the cat alive. Possibly the cat could eat something different than birds. Dog feed perhaps. At one time Maxwell went with another man to kill foxes that were killing the other man's new born lambs. The two, plus the dogs, killed a whole fox family. Foxes, plus other preditors, also like to kill fawns.Mr. Maxwell lived in the cottage with his dog Jonny. Jonny was getting old, became sick, died. Gavin was lost without an animal. For some reason, he felt he should adopt an otter. He never wanted another dog. Jonny was special.Mr. Maxwell went to south Iraq to the Marsh Arabs where he was introduced to a tiny otter cub, Chahala. She died, but Maxwell felt he needed an otter. Then came Mijbil. And was Mijbil spoiled as was his other otter, Edal. Gavin carried Mijbil on a plane from Iraq and other areas to England. Both otters redecorated his home, but those two were his kids. There are pictures throughout the book, both otters are cute. Maxwell obtained a lemur, but a wild one, Gavin thought she wanted to kill him,she tried hard to. He had to get rid of that one. Otters made the best pets for Gavin Maxwell, but not for everyone. Many people feel otters should remain wild.My mother was born and grew up in Scotland and always loved her native land. My patenal grandmother was also born in Glasgow, Scotland but came to the United States as a baby. She remembered nothing about living there. My mother was born in part of Scotland which was called the gateway to the Highlands, close to Loch Lomond. I did appreciate this book with its vivid descriptions of the country and its animals.

An excellent compilation of Maxwell’s three books. He writes beautiful English Sentences. Lucid stories. Entertaining. A good story well told.

Wonderful