Christopher Neve is a painter and one of the leading experts on British art of the 20th century, and has written several books and numerous articles. For many years he was art critic on the staff of Country Life.
'Original and engaging … [a] modern classic' - Country Life (Book of the Week) 'Fierce, witty, wise, elegiac, supremely indifferent to fashion and confident in the long view, this is among the best books written about landscape' - Financial Times 'A fascinating, considered and evocative work' - The Critic