Description
Product ID: | 9780141003108 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Beatrix Potter |
Subtitle: | A Life in Nature |
Authors: | Author: Linda Lear |
Page Count: | 608 |
Subjects: | Biography: writers, Biography: literary |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A collection of biographies: 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. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-03-06 |