Beatrix Potter: The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit

Buchan, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0723244278 / ISBN 13: 9780723244271

Published by Warne, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beatrix Potter: The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit
• Publisher: Warne
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0723244278
• ISBN 13: 9780723244271
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Potter, Beatrix; Dodd, Mike
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An extraordinary woman's birth into a rich but repressive society leads to her triumph over personal difficulties and success in not only the literary world but also the fields of science and conservation.

About the Author

Elizabeth Buchan's previous novels include the prizewinning Consider the Lily, the New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, and her most recent book The New Mrs Clifton, which was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2017. Elizabeth's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a range of magazines. Elizabeth reviews for the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail and is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, has been a judge for the Costa Novel Award, and she sits on the authors' committee for the Reading Agency. She lives in London.