Middleland

The story of a place - and the people politics too often forgets, from the no. 1 bestselling author of Politics on the Edge 'Rare and life-affirming' MICHAEL MORPURGO 'Personal, wise and often funny' CAROLINE LUCAS Rory Stewart spent nearly a decade as MP for Britain's most rural constituency, Penrith and the Border, living among Cumbria's fells, farms and ancient frontiers. Drawing on pieces written during his years as an MP, Middleland is both a love letter to rural Britain - exploring tensions between farming and the natural world, between the need to preserve and to grow, between local and national demands - and a quietly radical argument for how politics might better serve the people it represents. 'A triumph' Literary Review 'A moving, grounded look at rural Britain' i Paper 'Intriguing...enjoyable' Daily Telegraph 'Full of intelligence and panache' Scotsman 'Refreshingly honest' Country Life 'Stewart sees Cumbria's glory' New Statesman

Rory Stewart lived in and around the Eden Valley of Cumbria for ten years, serving as the Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border. He is half Scottish and half English. He is the author of several prize-winning and bestselling books including The Places in Between, a New York Times bestseller, and, most recently, Politics On the Edge, a no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. Stewart is currently Brady-Johnson Professor of the Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs, and the co-host of the leading UK podcast The Rest Is Politics.