The Guardian Book of the Countryside - Hardcover

Ruth Petrie And Martin Wainwright

9780852651094: The Guardian Book of the Countryside

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852651090 ISBN 13: 9780852651094

Publisher: Guardian Newspapers Ltd, 2008

Hardcover. Pub Date: 2008 09 Pages: 256 Publisher: Guardian Book From the spread of The Railways and flight to the Cities in the early nineteenth century through to the floods and global warming on the 21st century. this is a timely reminder of just how much the itish countryside has endured over the last 200 years. It includes pieces on subjects as varied as windfarms to city farms. mass trespasses and the rise of the rambler through to the creation of English vineyards and the return of the red kite . This poignant collection shows how the countryside adapts to everything we throw at it. yet still remains our most valuable and beautiful resource.

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From the spread of the railways and flight to the cities in the early nineteenth century, through to the floods and global warming on the 21st century, this is a timely reminder of just how much the British countryside has endured over the last 200 years. It includes pieces on subjects as varied as windfarms to city farms, mass trespasses and the rise of the rambler through to the creation of English vineyards and the return of the red kite. This poignant collection shows how the countryside adapts to everything we throw at it, yet still remains our most valuable and beautiful resource.

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