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Book SynopsisTHE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.
This is the forgotten history of Britain''s lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages: our shadowlands.
''Brilliant.'' TOM HOLLAND
''A beautiful book, truly original . . . It is a marvellous achievement.''
IAN MORTIMER, author of The Time Traveller''s Guide to Medieval England
''Well researched, beautifully written and packed with interesting detail.''
CLAIRE TOMALIN
''An exquisitely written, moving and elegiac exploration.''
SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB
''Consistently interesting . . . Green's passion and historical vision bursts from the page, summoning up the past in surround sound and sensual prose.''
CAL FLYN, THE TIMES, author of Islands of Abandonment
Historian Matthew Green tra
Trade Review
'A miraculous work of resurrection, stinging in a perpetual present'. - IAIN SINCLAIR, author of The Gold Machine
'Beautifully written.' - SUNDAY TIMES
'Startling.' - FINANCIAL TIMES
'Splendid.' -THE HERALD
'Compelling.' - HISTORY TODAY
'Excellent.' - THE SPECTATOR
'Fascinating.' -DAILY MAIL
'Accomplished.' - CAUGHT BY THE RIVER
'Outstanding.' - MIRROR
