The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today

‘Reading this sweeping account of the making of the

British landscape I found myself thrilled’

CLIVE ASLET, COUNTRY LIFE

‘Compelling, deeply rewarding and hugely

impressive

… pull on your boots and coat, go out into the open’
PHILIP MARSDEN, SUNDAY TIMES

‘Taking an encyclopaedic sweep through our archaeological

story, Francis Pryor covers everyone from the first Neolithic farmers to the

architects of Spaghetti Junction. From canals to windfarms, from dukes laying

out their estates in the 18th century to commercial firms expanding the

popularity of the golf course, he shows us the human race attempting to shape

the landscape of the British Isles’
A. N. WILSON, FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Under his gaze, the land starts to fill with tribes and

clans wandering this way and that, leaving traces that can still be seen

today. Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it’ KATHRYN HUGHES, GUARDIAN

‘The British landscape is as rich a source of

inspiration as ever and this book makes an excellent companion guide’

MARGARET DRABBLE, DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘A rollercoaster across

a hundred centuries … Pryor clearly loves this country in the marrow of his

bones’

ADAM NICOLSON, SCOTSMAN

‘A galloping good read’ DAVID MUSGROVE, BBC HISTORY, BOOKS OF THE YEAR