Rainbow Dust

Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies

Peter Marren

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English

Vintage
18 August 2016

Mathematics & Sciences; Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders; The Earth: natural history general

A uniquely personal book about butterflies and about the people who love them - which, surely, is most of us

Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike.

Beginning with the author's own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy, Peter Marren considers the special place of the butterfly in art, literature, advertising and science, and, latterly, our attempts to conserve them.

Rainbow Dust takes in the controversy over collecting, the women who studied them and the curious details that lead to butterflies being feared as well as loved. This is a celebration of butterflies; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing.

By: Peter Marren
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 268g
ISBN: 9781784703189
ISBN 10: 1784703184
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 18 August 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Marren is a wildlife writer, journalist and authority on invertebrate folklore and names. His books include The New Naturalists, which won the Society for the History of Natural History's Thackray Medal, Britain's Rare Flowers, which won the Botanical Society of the British Isles' Presidents' Award. He won a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for work on Bugs Britannica.

Reviews for Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies

A scholarly and captivating excursion into the history of natural history, further enlivened by vivid portraits of some of the butterfly enthusiasts of the past -- Michael McCarthy * Independent * Never again will this reader, at least, take a butterfly for granted... Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, Rainbow Dust is a truly marvellous book -- Sophia Waugh, 5 stars * Telegraph * In Peter Marren Britain's butterflies have found their champion. Is Rainbow Dust worth a flutter? Oh, absolutely -- John Lewis-Stempel * The Times * [A] superbly distilled statement on our national obsession with butterflies -- Mark Cocker * Spectator * Whether you know a lot or a little about butterflies, this is an essential read -- Peter Forbes * Independant *