Gavin Maxwell
Gavin Maxwell was born in the south-west of Scotland and was educated at a succession of schools before taking a degree in Estate Management at Oxford. He served with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, after which he bought the island of Soay. As well as his famous otter books - Ring of Bright Water and The Rocks Remain - he also wrote the critically acclaimed People of the Reeds, an account of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. He died in 1969.
Gavin Maxwell was born in the south-west of Scotland and was educated at a succession of schools before taking a degree in Estate Management at Oxford. He served with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, after which he bought the island of Soay. As well as his famous otter books - Ring of Bright Water and The Rocks Remain - he also wrote the critically acclaimed People of the Reeds, an account of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. He died in 1969. See less
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Gavin Maxwell book reviews
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Raven Seek Thy Brother
A wonderful book, but not like the first.
by roan, Sep 23, 2007
This book is the third book of a series Maxwell wrote. The first, and by far the most well known, is Ring of Bright Water. This book continues the amazing account of a man?s life in Scotland shared ... Read More
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Ring of Bright Water
Otters and a man
Gavin Maxwell has painted an astounding chapter in his life which is all the more remarkable for the simplicity and modesty with which it is related. His companions, sea otters, are wonderfully shown ... Read More
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Ring of Bright Water
RING OF BRIGHT WATER SHINES AS BRIGHT AS EVER
I first read "Ring of Bright Water" as a primary school tot, along with the Gerald Durrel sagas and the "Born Free" trilogy. Unlike "Watership Down" and its lookalikes, Ring of Bright Water does not ... Read More
