The Meuse
Fascinating from source to mouthHet Nieuwsblad
The Meuse, the river of nearly 1,000 kilometres that flows through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, is a source of life, home to distinctive fauna and flora. Beyond that, it also shapes the landscape, serves as an archaeological site, a place of worship, a historical crossroads, a political boundary, an economic lifeline, a strategic military axis, and a muse for artists. For millennia, peoples have settled along its banks, learning to cope with the Meuse’s capricious floods. Today, millions rely on this remarkable watercourse for their drinking water.
A story full of worries, but also a glimmer of hopeHet Laatste Nieuws
With this accessible book, Wim Peumans offers a nuanced blend of nature writing, history, and science. Readers are immersed in the river’s natural and cultural worlds. This very first biography of the Meuse is a captivating mosaic tale about how plant, animal, human, and river are intimately intertwined. In twenty chapters, the author explores as many facets of this wondrous river.
Wim Peumans describes the river not only as a geographical phenomenon, but also as a connecting element between the Netherlands and Belgium. – Museum.nlMuseum.nl
