Before vehicular transport, cattle and other animals were required to walk long distances in vast herds supervised by Drovers.

In this book the author tells of these hardworking and resourceful men and of the dangers and hardships they faced. She describes:

- the animals they drove: sheep, pigs, geese, turkeys or, most commonly, herds of cattle
- the way they conducted their business
- the routes they followed, including how to spot features of the countryside which may reveal the passage of drovers through an area in times past.

From the hill farms of the north and west to the markets of London and other towns, The Drovers is an exciting, illustrated history of a bygone age when few people travelled far from their homes and almost any journey was an adventure.