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Longacceptedasthebestworkonthesubject,thisisbothacomprehensivehistoryofBritain'swoodlandsandafieldguidethatpresentstreesindividuallyandaspartofthelandscape.ExtendingfromprehistorictimesuptotheMiddleAges,italsodescribesthesubsequentdeclineuntilthepresentcentury."Thisisthebookthatfelledtheromanticclich?ofsylvanEngland...Thereareheroesinthisbookasmuchasinanyhistory,buttheyareancientoaksandbeechesandhornbeams..."—SimonSchama."...aclassic..."—CountryLife.61/4X91/4.61B&WIllustrations