THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE tells the many-layered story of the British landscape. Oliver Rackham shows, with passion and humour, how to read our

From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside.

A tribute to Britain's countryside and how it developed over the centuries. Going right up to the present day, and including both natural and man-made features,

Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.

From prehistory to the present day, our landscape has been transformed by successive periods of human activity, triggered by the rise and fall of populations an