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289 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781856197335
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Chatto Windus
Publication date: 04 October 2007
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Beech trees reached Britain about 8,000 years ago, and they were workhorses, not ornaments: fuel for Rome's glassworks; firewood for London; oars for the ships of Venice; raw material for furniture, cut and turned by "bodgers" who lived like nomad...
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289 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781856197335
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Chatto Windus
Publication date: 04 October 2007
Description
Beech trees reached Britain about 8,000 years ago, and they were workhorses, not ornaments: fuel for Rome's glassworks; firewood for London; oars for the ships of Venice; raw material for furniture, cut and turned by "bodgers" who lived like nomad...
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Content Warnings