The Great Hedge of India
The Search for the Living Barrier That Divided a People

Not only does he discover the shameful role the hedge played in the exploitative Raj and the famines of the late nineteenth century, but he also uncovers what remains of this British grand folly and restores to history what must be counted one of the world's wondersand a monument to one of the great injustices of Victorian imperialism. "Grandly entertaining ...close to being a perfect story of a fanciful quest. "Boston Globe