The wonderfully evocative story of how Britain's World War Two gardeners -- with great ingenuity, invincible good humour and extraordinary fortitude -- dug for victory on home turf. "A Green and Pleasant Land "tells the intriguing and inspiring story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its citizens to grow their own fruit and vegetables. As the Second World War began in earnest and a whole nation listened to wireless broadcasts, dug holes for Anderson shelters, counted their coupons and made do and mended, so too were they instructed to 'Dig for Victory'....
The wonderfully evocative story of how Britain's World War Two gardeners -- with great ingenuity, invincible good humour and extraordinary fortitude -...
A revised edition of the best-selling classic exploring the English garden, engagingly narrated, illustrated by over 350 colour photographs: armchair garden-visiting at its best.
A revised edition of the best-selling classic exploring the English garden, engagingly narrated, illustrated by over 350 colour photographs: armchair ...
'John Buchan was a writer of considerable significance but he was also a man who led a remarkable public life. This magnificent biography leads us through that life with great style and understanding' Alexander McCall Smith
'John Buchan was a writer of considerable significance but he was also a man who led a remarkable public life. This magnificent biography leads us thr...