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Saved: How an English Village Fought for Its Future... and Won
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...a revelatory account of how the power and instant communication facilities of the internet can change the face of modern democracy." Best of British "David Hewson writes thrillers. Saved is a real life thriller, exposing the sham of "local democracy". A must for all those wanting to save their countryside and communities from the concrete mixers and the planning fixers." -- Robin Page, Countryside writer and broadcaster
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SAVED is the inside story of one of the biggest environmental campaign victories in recent years. It's the entertaining and occasionally shocking David and Goliath story of how a small village defeated a GBP1 billion plan to concrete over some of the most protected countryside in England.
...a revelatory account of how the power and instant communication facilities of the internet can change the face of modern democracy." Best of British "David Hewson writes thrillers. Saved is a real life thriller, exposing the sham of "local democracy". A must for all those wanting to save their countryside and communities from the concrete mixers and the planning fixers." -- Robin Page, Countryside writer and broadcaster
Product Description
SAVED is the inside story of one of the biggest environmental campaign victories in recent years. It's the entertaining and occasionally shocking David and Goliath story of how a small village defeated a GBP1 billion plan to concrete over some of the most protected countryside in England.
252 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 10, 2011
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About the author
David Hewson
110 books517 followersDAVID HEWSON was born in Yorkshire in 1953. His books range from the Nic Costa series set in Italy to adaptations of The Killing in Copenhagen and the Pieter Vos series in Amsterdam.
He's adapted Shakespeare for Audible and in 2018 won the Audie for best original work for Romeo and Juliet: A Novel, narrated by Richard Armitage.
2019 sees the release of a new, full-cast Audible drama set in New York, Last Seen Wearing, and a standalone novel set in the Faroe Islands, Devil's Fjord.
Series:
Nic Costa
Pieter Vos
The Killing
He's adapted Shakespeare for Audible and in 2018 won the Audie for best original work for Romeo and Juliet: A Novel, narrated by Richard Armitage.
2019 sees the release of a new, full-cast Audible drama set in New York, Last Seen Wearing, and a standalone novel set in the Faroe Islands, Devil's Fjord.
Series:
Nic Costa
Pieter Vos
The Killing
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