The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us by Nick Hayes
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The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us by Nick Hayes
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A journey across England through the eyes of a trespasser and a meditation on the fraught and complex relationship between land, politics and power, The Book of Trespass is an innovative and utterly original exploration of the fences that divide us.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021
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'Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane
'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded with resonant truths' George Monbiot
The vast majority of our country is entirely unknown to us because we are banned from setting foot on it. By law of trespass, we are excluded from 92 per cent of the land and 97 per cent of its waterways, blocked by walls whose legitimacy is rarely questioned. But behind them lies astory of enclosure, exploitation and dispossession of public rights whose effects last to this day.
The Book of Trespass takes us on a journey over the walls of England, into the thousands of square miles of rivers, woodland, lakes and meadows that are blocked from public access. By trespassing the land of the media magnates, Lords, politicians and private corporations that own England, Nick Hayes argues that the root of social inequality is the uneven distribution of land.
Weaving together the stories of poachers, vagabonds, gypsies, witches, hippies, ravers, ramblers, migrants and protestors, and charting acts of civil disobedience that challenge orthodox power at its heart, The Book of Trespass will transform the way you see the land.
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A GUARDIAN, i AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Date Published: 08/07/2021
ISBN: 9781526604729
Number of pages: 464
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