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n 'Timely and rousing' n The Timesn

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'It couldn't be more relevant' James O'Brien

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'A very, very good book' John Harris, The Guardian

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n 'A fascinating exposé'n The i n

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'Urgent and essential' Caroline Lucas

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'Exhilarating, insightful and bristling with rightful indignation' Lee Schofield

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'The unjust impositions of historic land ownership blight all our lives – here Guy shows why’ Chris Packham

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'This unflinching, illuminating book manages to be both dynamite and medicine' Amy-Jane Beer

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'What a book! Vitally important, and superbly written' Aaron Bastani

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‘Shrubsole has the belly fire of a campaigner but the precision of an historian’ Roger Mortlock

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‘A heartfelt, historically resonant call to reject the myth that private landownership delivers good stewardship of nature' Corinne Fowler

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‘A smart, peaceful and practical plan for how we can turn this land into our land’ Patrick Barkham

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‘If you care about our environment, read this book’ Sir John Lawton CBE FRS

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‘This book beautifully subverts the central orthodoxy of England’ Nick Hayes

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'This is Guy Shrubsole’s best book yet' Mark Avery

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‘An eye-opening read, both alarming and uplifting in equal measure … If you want to be part of the change, start here’ This England

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'Compelling … a timely and important book’ Geographical Magazine

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'Genuinely jaw-dropping … bristling with energy and ideas' Martha Dillon

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‘As England struggles with its post-Brexit identity, the lie of the land matters deeply’ Tim Lang

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‘At once shocking and comforting, scathing and uplifting. A book on this subject shouldn't be so readable. A triumph’ Sophie Pavelle

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‘His articulate fervour, seasoned with humour, shouts from every page. He throws down a timely gauntlet to centuries of tradition’ Tom Heap

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‘Extraordinary. An affirmation of another kind of rural life that exists within this lie, and all the possibilities that are open to us if we defy it’ Nicola Chester

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'Radical and urgent, measured and considered … an essential place to start’ Dr Rose O’Neill, Campaign for National Parks

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