‘Remarkable … Shrubsole has completely changed the way many people look at the temperate woodlands that remain in parts of western Britain’ Financial Times

‘Fascinating, lyrical … A celebration of these dazzling worlds and a plea to act before they are extinguished’ The Times

‘[The Lost Rainforests of Britain] could be a lament but instead it is suffused with the irrepressible positivity and cheerful enthusiasm of a born campaigner’ Patrick Barkham, Guardian

‘Enchanting and insightful … Wonderfully evocative’ Geographical

‘Excellent … Inspiring’ Unherd

‘A treasure chest full of woodland jewels, rare, precious and beautiful’
Chris Packham

‘A magnificent and crucial book that opens our eyes to untold wonders’
George Monbiot

‘A beautiful, lyrical and urgent book … I cannot recommend it enough’
Nick Hayes, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling The Book of Trespass

‘Utterly enchanting, transporting and spellbinding … A rallying cry for restoring the rainforests of Britain urgently, and an inspiring and informative must-read for anyone interested in rewilding and ecological restoration’
Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden

‘Passionate, powerful, political and practicable, Guy Shrubsole gives us a blueprint for how to bring our missing rainforests back to life in all their riotous, tangled glory. Impeccably researched, convincingly argued and with generous measures of joyful discovery, this really is a spectacular book’
Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell