Hardcover, 608 pages
English language
Published Jan. 9, 2007 by St. Martin's Press.
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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.
Subjects
- Biography And Autobiography
- Biography & Autobiography
- Biography / Autobiography
- Biography/Autobiography
- Literary
- Biography & Autobiography / Literary
- 20th century
- Authors, English
- Biography
- Children's stories
- Great Britain
- Illustrations
- Illustrators