Description and condition:

Green boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 250 pp., index, bibliography, b/w and colour illustrations, maps.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good dustcover.

Contents:

43-1086 Romans bring vines from Gaul and Britons acquire a new skill; 1086-1485 every abbey, monastery and mansion has its vineyard; 1485-1700 post-Mediaeval decline: an exaggeration; 1700-1800 viticulture becomes scientific and commercial; 1800-1945 full marks for Keston and Castle Coch then full stop; 1945-67 transformation scene: the researcher, the writer and the grower; 1967-73 energy replaces amateurism: respect replaces mockery; 1973-77 the explosion of interest: discipline from the EEC and support from the government