When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote
The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman – England’s first ecologist – whose inspirational naturalist’s handbook has become an English classic.
The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman – England’s first ecologist – whose inspirational naturalist’s handbook has become an English classic.
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O autorze
Richard Mabey is one of our greatest nature writers. He is the author of some thirty books including the bestselling plant bible Flora Britannica, Food for Free, Turned Out Nice Again, Weeds: the Story of Outlaw Plants and Nature Cure which was shortlisted for the Whitbread, Ondaatje and Ackerley Awards. His biography, Gilbert White won the Whitbread Biography Award. A regular commentator on radio and in the national press, he was elected a Fellow in the Royal Society of Literature in 2012. He lives in Norfolk.
Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781847653857 ● Rozmiar pliku 4.1 MB ● Wydawca Profile ● Miasto London ● Kraj GB ● Opublikowany 2015 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 3761370 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM
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