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Nature's Engraver

A Life of Thomas Bewick

Jenny Uglow Jenny Uglow

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English
Faber & Faber
01 November 2007
At the end of the 18th century, Britain fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds marked the moment, the first 'field-guide' for ordinary people, illustrated by woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. But it was far more than that, for in the vivid vignettes scattered through the book Bewick drew the vanishing way of life of the country people of the North East.

In this superbly illustrated biography, Jenny Uglow tells a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life and the beauty of the wild - a journey to the beginning of our last obsession with the natural world.

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Imprint:   Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 195mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   580g
ISBN:   9780571223756
ISBN 10:   0571223753
Pages:   480
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Author Website:   http://www.jennyuglow.com/

Jenny Uglow grew up in Cumbria, and now works in publishing. Her books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. The Lunar Men, published in 2002, was described as 'a spectacular, epic book' by the Observer. She lives in Canterbury.

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