Village Books & The MCT present

The Wood That Built London by Chris Schüler

It is hard to imagine that the busy townscape of South London was once a great wood, stretching almost seven miles from Croydon to Deptford or that, scattered through the suburbs, from Dulwich to Norwood, a number of oak woodlands have survived since before the Norman Conquest.

Join Village Books and Alleyn’s School Enterprises for an evening with Chris Schüler who will be discussing his book The Wood That Built London, a compelling narrative history that charts the fortune of the North Wood from the earliest times: it’s ecology, ownership, management, and its gradual encroachment by the expanding metropoli.

‘In this meticulously researched yet accessible work, historian Schüler brings to life a largely forgotten slice of the capital’s topography.’ Geographical Magazine

Chris Schüler is the author of three illustrated histories of cartography: Mapping the World, Mapping the City and Mapping the Sea and Stars and co author of the bestselling Traveller’s Atlas. Schüler has also written for The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Financial Times and New Statesman.

Tickets:
Book & Ticket £25 (Book RRP £19.99)
Standard ticket £10
Concessions £8