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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (Hardcover)

by Linda Lear (Author) "IT WAS A COLD, WET November day in 1918 ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Allen Lane (19 Dec 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713995602
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713995602
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.4 x 6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 167,999 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Beatrix Potter, the twentieth century's most beloved children's writer and illustrator, created books that will forever conjure nature for millions. Yet though she is a household name around the world, her personal life and her other significant achievements remain largely unknown. This remarkable new biography is a voyage of discovery into the story of an extraordinary woman. At a time when plunder was more popular than preservation, she brought nature back into the English imagination. "Beatrix Potter: A Life In Nature" reveals a strong, humorous and independent woman, whose art was timeless, and whose generosity left an indelible imprint on the countryside.

About the Author
Linda Lear has always been intrigued by how the lives of arts and writers have been influenced by the natural world. She discovered quite by accident that before Potter began her legendary series of 'little books' for children she had been an avid student of natural history. A professor of environmental history and author of the prize winning biography Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, Lear is an enthusiastic horticulturalist and collector of botanical art. She and her husband live in Bethesda, Maryland.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What a superb book!, 26 May 2007
By Ms. L. M. Pardoe (uk) - See all my reviews
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This is a superb book. I borrowed it from the library and am now just about to buy it, I know I'll read it again and again. I feel like I've just stepped back in time and met some fascinating people. Not just Beatrix but many of her friends and those who have influenced her described in detail and are interesting in themselves. The appendix showing the reasearch is huge and also a good read, so much so that I intend to read about the work of others.
To know Beatrix's later life is also to know the origins of the National Trust and the conservation movement and that is also another component of this fascinating woman's life detailed in this book.
I could hardly put this book down once I'd started it. It's easy to read and an excellent introduction to a fascinating person, her friends and activities. Highly recommended.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolutely absorbing biography!, 18 Jan 2008
By M. Wilkins (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I borrowed this book as soon as it appeared in the library and have rarely enjoyed a biography so much. Although I knew that she had been very influential in conservation in the Lake District I had no idea what an amazing woman she was. The recent film starring Renee Zellweger, which I thoroughly enjoyed, seemed with hindsight to trivialise her achievements, though I suppose it had to concentrate on her books, these being the best-known aspect of her life. This very well researched book fills in all the gaps, shows what a fine botanist she became, with only her status as an amateur and a woman preventing her from being better thought of in professional circles. She was a ground-breaker in the study of fungi and an excellent botanical artist. I hope that this book will serve to tell the world at large of the real Beatrix Potter.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful biography, 30 May 2007
By Elizabeth C. Chapman "Elizabeth C Chapman" (Mt Airy, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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Dr. Lear has written an amazing biography of a fascinating woman. Ms, Potter was an early feminist and conservationist, and this engrossing biography with its evocative descriptions of the Lake District made me want to visit this extroadinary country. I recommend this book unreservedly to anyone interested in nature, feminism and the English countryside.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Beatrix Potter - The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius
After watching the recent film about Beatrix Potters earlier life, I wanted to know more about her. I was not disappointed with this book, which told of her 'tale' up to her... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mrs D-P
The information is fascinating but I am rather disappointed that Lear uses the same quotations on a number of occasions - it makes it rather tiresome to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy of the great lady.
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