Clive Aslet

The Editor at Large of Country Life magazine discusses Villages of Britain – the history of the countryside, told through five hundred of its most noteworthy settlements, with a good selection from Cambridgeshire and the East.

Many of Britain’s villages are known for their loveliness, of course, but their role in shaping the nation over the centuries is relatively untold, drowned out by the metropolitan bias of history. A consummate storyteller, Clive Aslet deftly weaves the worlds of agriculture, politics, the arts, industry, folklore, science, ecology, fashion and religion into one irresistible volume. Follow Clive Aslet in visiting all five hundred villages, and you will have experienced the history of these islands from a uniquely rural perspective.