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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 608
Utgivningsdatum: 2008-03-01
Utmärkelser: Winner of Lakeland Book of the Year.
Förlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Illustrationer: 4 x 8 page colour/black and white insets
Dimensioner: 197 x 129 x 30 mm
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ISBN: 9780141003108

Beatrix Potter

Name: Beatrix Potter
Price: 217.00 SEK
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Author: Linda Lear
ISBN: 9780141003108

A Life in Nature

av Linda Lear

Häftad, Engelska, 2008-03-01

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Beatrix Potter's books are adored by millions, but they were just one aspect of an extraordinary life. This captivating biography brings us the passionate, unconventional woman behind the beloved stories: a gifted artist and shrewd businesswoman; a pioneering scientific researcher; a powerful landowner who conserved acres of Lakeland countryside; a daughter who defied her parents with her first tragically short engagement and who, finally was given a second chance of love and happiness.

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One of the most interesting Englishwomen of her time * Charlotte Moore * Potter's marvellous voice, captured in letters and journals, comes through loud and clear ... Lear gives us much to consider about this unfamiliar and remarkable woman -- Lavinia Greenlaw * Daily Telegraph * Lear blasts through the myths and misconceptions to reveal a Victorian rebel ... biography at its inspiring, riveting best * Scotland on Sunday * The fullest and most authoritative biography of Potter to date * Independent on Sunday * Curl up will Lear's excellent new biography * Daily Mail * Curl up will Lear's excellent new biography * Daily Mail *

Always intrigued by how the lives of artists and writers have been influenced by the natural world, Linda Lear discovered quite by accident that Beatrix Potter had passions and interests way beyond those of her legendary series of little books for children. A professor of environmental history and the author of the prize-winning biography, Rachel Carson: Witness of Nature, Lear is an enthusiastic horticulturalist and collector of botanical art.