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Lady of the Butterflies

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Description:AKA Rebel HeiressOn the ancient marshlands of Somerset - a place of mists and magic - a girl grows up in the shadow of the English Civil War, knowing that one day she will inherit the rich estate which belonged to her late mother. Her father, a stern but loving Puritan, once a distinguished soldier in Cromwell's army, fears for his daughter in the poisonous aftermath of the war, and for her vulnerability as an heiress. But above all he fears and misunderstands her scientific passion for butterflies. The girl is Eleanor Glanville, destined to become one of the most famous entomologists in history, bequeathing her name to the rare butterfly which she discovered, the Glanville Fritillary. But not before she had endured a life of quite extraordinary vicissitude. Two marriages and an all-consuming love, which proved her undoing, a deep friendship with one of the great scientists of the day and finally, a trial for lunacy (on the grounds that no sane person would pursue butterflies). The dramatic events of her life are played out against the violent events of the Monmouth Rebellion and the vicious controversy over whether or not to drain the Somerset marshes (what is now the M5 motorway runs across Kings Sedgemoor Drain - one of the first great ditches which reclaimed the land for farming and destroyed this precious natural habitat).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lady of the Butterflies. To get started finding Lady of the Butterflies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 533

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ISBN: 0399156364

Description: AKA Rebel HeiressOn the ancient marshlands of Somerset - a place of mists and magic - a girl grows up in the shadow of the English Civil War, knowing that one day she will inherit the rich estate which belonged to her late mother. Her father, a stern but loving Puritan, once a distinguished soldier in Cromwell's army, fears for his daughter in the poisonous aftermath of the war, and for her vulnerability as an heiress. But above all he fears and misunderstands her scientific passion for butterflies. The girl is Eleanor Glanville, destined to become one of the most famous entomologists in history, bequeathing her name to the rare butterfly which she discovered, the Glanville Fritillary. But not before she had endured a life of quite extraordinary vicissitude. Two marriages and an all-consuming love, which proved her undoing, a deep friendship with one of the great scientists of the day and finally, a trial for lunacy (on the grounds that no sane person would pursue butterflies). The dramatic events of her life are played out against the violent events of the Monmouth Rebellion and the vicious controversy over whether or not to drain the Somerset marshes (what is now the M5 motorway runs across Kings Sedgemoor Drain - one of the first great ditches which reclaimed the land for farming and destroyed this precious natural habitat).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lady of the Butterflies. To get started finding Lady of the Butterflies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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