This is a book about Cornwall, but it's not a conventional history or geography. It's a very personal book about the human response to a particular place. The author chronicles Neolithic rituals, Arthurian traditions, uncovers archival material about topographers, antiquarians, poets and painters, describes the technique of manufacturing China from clay, and explains why layers of meaning accumulate over time around certain features in the landscape. It's an unusual book, and hard to classify, but if you're interested in British landscape or history, especially that of Cornwall, then you'll enjoy it. I did.