WOODSTON: THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH FARM (PB)

From the Palaeozoic 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, a quintessential English farm set in the Worcestershire countryside. Combining his skills as a farmer and a historian, he digs into written records, the memories of relatives, and the landscape itself to celebrate the farmland to which his family has been bound for millennia. Drawing upon his wealth of historical knowledge and his innate sense of place, he has created a passionate, fascinating biography of farming in England.