The Cuckoo's LeaBirds have long inspired our emotional and imaginative connections to physical environments, but where did it all begin? Hidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds conjuring powerful identities for people in ancient landscapes. What are their stories and secrets? How did people encounter birds over a thousand years ago? In The Cuckoo's Lea, Michael J. Warren sets out on the

He dreads a confrontation with his blood-father

a zebra (with a broken leg)

sometimes chilling

Cantrell is embittered

a shadowy wanderer of the darkest places in the human heart

'Paula Hawkins does it again

'The book is an absolute delight

A killer closing in…

who ignores her

On the tiny island of Rokesby

In Nazi-occupied Guernsey

someone's asking questions