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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

''Lewis-Stempel is one of our finest nature writers ... He writes with delicate observation and authority, giving us in Woodston a book teeming with fascinating details, anecdotes and penetrating insights into the real cost of our denatured countryside.'' - Sunday Times

''The English countryside is ''a work of human art, done by the many and the nameless'' and John Lewis-Stempel wanted to celebrate it. He has succeeded admirably.'' - Daily Mail
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In the beginning was the earth...

From the Paleozoic volcanoes that stained its soil, to the Saxons who occupied it, to the Tudors who traded its wool, to the Land Girls of wartime, John Lewis-Stempel charts a sweeping, lyrical history of Woodston: the quintessential English farm.

With his combined skills of farmer and historian, Lewis-Stempel digs deep into written records, the memories of relatives, and the landsca

Woodston

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Transworld
      Published 9 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9781529176964
      978-1529176964
      ISBN-10 1529176964
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

      ''Lewis-Stempel is one of our finest nature writers ... He writes with delicate observation and authority, giving us in Woodston a book teeming with fascinating details, anecdotes and penetrating insights into the real cost of our denatured countryside.'' - Sunday Times

      ''The English countryside is ''a work of human art, done by the many and the nameless'' and John Lewis-Stempel wanted to celebrate it. He has succeeded admirably.'' - Daily Mail
      _________________
      In the beginning was the earth...

      From the Paleozoic volcanoes that stained its soil, to the Saxons who occupied it, to the Tudors who traded its wool, to the Land Girls of wartime, John Lewis-Stempel charts a sweeping, lyrical history of Woodston: the quintessential English farm.

      With his combined skills of farmer and historian, Lewis-Stempel digs deep into written records, the memories of relatives, and the landsca

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