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Jun 16, 2022
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REVIEWED BY ETTIE NEIL-GALLACHER
The Women Who Saved the English Countryside
Today, labyrinthine regulations protect the countryside and grant access to it. But that wasn’t always the case, and in this riveting book, Dr Matthew Kelly explores the role played by four doughty women who fought to preserve the vast tracts of this green and pleasant land.
The women in question are Octavia Hill, the social reformer and
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