The Draining of the Fens (Second edition)

First published in 1956, as the second edition of a 1940 original, this book forms the companion volume to Medieval Fenland.

Together these volumes provide a consummately researched account of changing conditions within a fascinating region.

The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis.

Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided.

Detailed, yet highly readable, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Fenland history and historical geography in general.