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Blurbed by luminaries such as Roy Greenslade, Jonathan Porritt and Robin Page, <em><a href="http://davidhewson.com/standalones/saved/">Saved</a></em> is a real-life thriller, the story of a campaign to save an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Kent from mass development.

It tells the tale of how the village skullduggery that went on behind the scenes of one of the biggest environmental battles of recent years, one which was eventually won by the raggle taggle army of campaigners fighting the obliteration of one of the most precious parts of south east England.

Already regarded as essential reading for environmental campaigners around the world, <em>Saved </em> is also a rollicking and at times hilarious account of Middle England's fight against bureaucracy. As countryside campaigner Robin Page puts it, '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.'

With a foreword by

Professor Roy Greenslade, former editor of the <em>Daily Mirror</em>, and now Professor of Journalism at City University, London, and one of the country’s leading media commentators, who writes, ‘…this is not a story about Nimbyism. It is about right versus wrong; about transparency versus secrecy; about truth versus lies; about democracy versus authoritarianism.’