Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens

Mark Avery quote - ''This book goes straight into my shortlist of books for the year''For fans of The Fens by Francis Pryor. Tells the story of the Fens from the point of view of the native inhabitants for the first time. Author acclaimed in Australia for his comparable history of Van Diemens'' Land - described by Tim Flannery as ''the first ecologically based social history of colonial Australia ... a must read for anyone interested in how land shapes people''. The Washington Post called his Born Bad a ''brilliant and exhilarating work of popular scholarship''.Hardback published in July 2020.

Product details

• Authors: James Boyce
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781785786501
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-650-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Social & cultural history, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, The Fens and the Wash