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"Guardian" columnist Madeleine Bunting is one of the most high-profile commentators in Britain. Her father was deeply conservative, with romantic, old-fashioned views about England. A complex man, he was a catholic, a sculptor, and a difficult, combative parent. After his death, wanting to understand him better, Bunting began to explore his passionate, lifelong attachment to a small plot of land in North Yorkshire. Delving deep into the rich history of this acre, she uncovers traces of its Neolithic inhabitants and of the Cistercian monks; she learns of the medieval battles and considers the changing face of agriculture and leisure. The result is an extraordinary, brave journey, leading to a rich portrait of this particular acre of England. It sheds a fascinating light on what a contested, layered place England is, and on what belonging to a place might mean to all of us. "The Plot" is an original, heartfelt, and deeply political book.

About the Author :
Madeleine Bunting is a leading columnist for the Guardian. Born in North Yorkshire, Bunting read History at Cambridge. She is the author of The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands under German Rule, 1940-45 and Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling Our Lives (both HarperCollins). She lives in London with her husband and three children.

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'This is a seriously good book: a borehole history of both an acre of England and Bunting's complicated father. As it proceeds, its patterns bind tighter and tighter, landscape and memory begin to inter-react, and plot thickens plot. This is a wonderful excavation of what a sense of placeA" might mean - and of the delusions and fulfilments that landscape can inspire' Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and The Wild Places 'Madeleine Bunting's book is full of engaging stories, imaginatively researched and written with great tenderness. It evokes the Plot wonderfully well, but beyond that it is also a statement of the value of a sense of place more generally. I gobbled it up in a weekend' Edward Stourton


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  • ISBN-13: 9781847081643
  • Publisher: Granta Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Granta Books
  • Sub Title: A Biography of an English Acre
  • ISBN-10: 1847081649
  • Publisher Date: 05 Oct 2009
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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