Publisher's Synopsis
This text is a love letter to a rock - limestone. Limestone produces some of the most distinctive, and long-inhabited, landscapes in the world; astonishingly varied, it can also be exceptionally beautiful. Limestone Country is an account of a love affair with this sedimentary rock.
Limestone Country is a perceptive, lyrical evocation and investigation into four landscapes across Europe and beyond. Seemingly disparate they are bound together by geology, personal experience and Fiona Sampson’s unique imagination. Limestone Country delves into the heart of these places and their vital human stories, told through snapshots of daily life, farming routines and encounters with the wild. It is a meditation on the meaning of place, how we shape it and how it shapes us.
