Mute is the Lark A Plea for the Countryside

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Never has the English countryside been under such dire threat of destruction...

Beginning with the countryside in Oxfordshire's Vale of White Horse, before moving on to the wider landscape, the author explores its history and natural history, his garden connections with the language of flowers, notable trees, and its wildlife, with reminiscences of boyhood pleasures. Adverse farming practices, pesticides, pollution and development threats are destroying the heritage and fabric of social life and well being.

Quotations from past poets and observers show how man has lamented this change for over a century. Highly topical and passionately written, expressing a deep love of the countryside, harking back to the past and mourning its passing, the message comes at a time when there is an awakening to countryside loss and the increasing threats. This is a book for all countryside and nature lovers and those concerned with its loss.

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