Landscapes (Souvenir Social History Series) - Softcover

In this brief, handsomely photographed volume, Margaret Willes of The National Trust looks at how time has wrought changes on the British countryside. Among the stunningly varied landscapes are the mournfully beautiful Cornish coast, which was farmed, fished, and mined by men and women of the Bronze Age; Wicken, which was isolated by17th-century speculators who drained the East Anglian fens; and the Giant's Causeway on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, an astonishing formation created by thousands of years of volcanic activity. Featuring some of the National Trust's most remarkable properties, this is a rich visual meditation on the evolving British landscape.