From the inspiring to the shocking, the powerful to the startling, this richly-illustrated and beautifully-produced photobook features over 40 original photographs of distinctive and remarkable European trees in their landscape contexts. Bent double by prevailing winds, dominating manicured parkland, suffering after centuries of war, towering over their man-made surroundings, or marking a knarled resting-place for coffins on their final journey - this book provides a fresh perspective on the iconography and symbolism of trees.

Whether surviving for centuries or just a few years, like all things trees are moulded the social conditions in which they exist - a microcosm of the wider world. You may never look at trees in the same way again