As Kelly demonstrates, the achievements of these four preservationists deserve to be remembered and indeed celebrated. . . . Kellys book is rich with insights into their motivations. . . . As well as exploring their lives and activism, Kelly guides the reader through the landscapes that they fought to preserve.PD Smith, The Guardian
Matthew Kelly celebrates four women whose work created the organisations and attitudes to conservation we take for granted today. . . . I am proud to have worked in their shadows and grateful to Prof Kelly for telling their stories.Fiona Reynolds, Country Life
An essential and delightful read. . . . With an engaging, accessible, page-turning style, Matthew Kelly reveals an innate awareness of his reader as he illuminates the achievements of these four extraordinary women.Katharine Norbury, BBC Countryfile
One thing that Covid lockdown made us appreciate was the importance of being outdoors. . . . How timely, then, that Matthew Kelly has written an account of four redoubtable rural activists. . . . According to Kellys thorough examination of these womens efforts, the two least known appear to be the ones who fought their corner hardest.Camilla Swift, Spectator
[ A] deeply researched examination of the battles fought to protect the landscape.Will Smith, Cumbria Life
An inspiring look at connections between people, place and period.BBC History Magazine
A welcome celebration of environmental heroes who deserve to be better known.BBC History Revealed
A thought-provoking book. . . . Matthew Kelly takes us through 150 years of landscape protection.Devon Life
Kellys illuminating book charts the work of four women activists who helped create what we would now call environmental consciousness.Jane Eade, Victorian Magazine
At last, the full and proper place of these women in the narrative of English conservation is established. And how much we can learn from them! As Kelly describes in his meticulously researched book, revealing intricate detail and fresh insight with every page, each was driven by a mix of personal passion, moral fervour and a sharp and often piercing intellect. We owe them so much. And now, thanks to Matthew Kelly, their story is told.Dame Fiona Reynolds, former director general, National Trust
The National Trust owes a debt particularly to Octavia Hill and Beatrix Potter, and the work we do today stands on the shoulders of all that they made possible. What unites all four womens stories is the firm belief in the benefits of nature for people. Thats a mission with enduring relevance, and it drives me now just as it drove Octavia in the 19th century.Hilary McGrady, director general, National Trust
A fascinating account of four courageous women who, often against the odds, helped to save the countryside and our access to it. This important book describes their motivations, influence, frustrations, and victoriesand ensures that they are not forgotten.Kate Ashbrook, general secretary, Open Spaces Society
Read Matthew Kellys thought-provoking book and wonder at the passion, tenacity, invention and sheer hard graft of these four trail-blazers. Here are lessons aplenty for the women and men, girls and boys of todays environment movement.Marion Shoard, author of A Right to Roam and This Is Our Land
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