Beatrix Potter
A Life in Nature
$56.77
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2008
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141003108 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141003103 |
| Author: | Linda Lear |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2008 |
| Weight: | 488g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 129mm x 199mm |
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Critics Review
‘one of the most interesting Englishwomen of her time’
one of the most interesting Englishwomen of her time Charlotte Moore Curl up will Lear’s excellent new biography Daily Mail 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
Linda Lear
Linda Lear is a professor of environmental history and an enthusiastic horticulturalist and collector of botanical art. Her prize-winning biography, Rachel Carson: Witness of Nature, reflects her lifelong fascination with how the natural world has influenced artists and writers. Lear discovered Beatrix Potter’s diverse passions and interests, which extended far beyond her beloved children’s books, quite by accident.
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