Showcases some of the most compelling parts of the J. A. Baker Archive,
containing previously unknown details of Baker's life as well as
extracts from his own personal writing. It provides an invaluable new
insight into both the sensitive, passionate character of J. A. Baker,
and the state of late twentieth-century Britain, a country experiencing
the throes of agricultural and environmental revolutions.
Hetty Saunders was first introduced to J. A. Baker and the Baker
Archive as a literature postgraduate at the University of Cambridge. She
was instantly captivated by the astounding prose of Baker's first book,
The Peregrine, and the mysterious life of its author.