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Gavin Maxwell

The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy

  • The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy

  • 'Gavin Maxwell's trilogy is essential reading' Sunday Herald

    Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko.

    Ring of Bright Water chronicles Gavin Maxwell's first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the world over, brilliantly evoking life with these playful animals in this natural paradise. Two further volumes followed bringing the story full circle telling of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement.

    For the first time the entire trilogy is available in a single narrative in this beautifully presented collection.

    'If you like your wildlife, this is a must-read' Reader Review

    'For lovers of otters this is an admirable compilation' Reader Review

    'You will fall in love with Scotland' Reader Review

Gavin Maxwell was born in 1914. In 1945 he bought the small Hebridean island of Soay and tried to establish a shark fisher. This resulted in his first book Harpoon at a Venture. His other books include Ring of Bright Water, which sold more than a million copies, The Rocks Remain, The House of Elrig and Raven Seek Thy Brother. Gavin Maxwell died in 1969.

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