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Bright Paradise

Victorian Scientific Travellers

Peter Raby

Vintage Digital
Publication date : 2012-03-31

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'A fabulously rich, anecdotal and gripping account of those men and women who ventured out from Britain into the swamps and jungles of the tropics in search, knowingly or not, of the missing link. Through their stoical-sometimes crack-brained-voyages, the shape of the world, geographically and biologically, was elucidated. Never have more significant journeys been made. . . . Enthusiastic, informed and racy, this is one of the most invigorating accounts of the exploits of people from an age whose intrepidity is staggering. ' 'Peter Raby's book follows a disparate crew of botanists, scientists and collectors, who tried to order the earthly paradise which unfolded around them. Entrepreneurs they may have been - many were dependent on selling their specimens to finance their trips-but they were also scrupulous and sensitive observers. . . . Raby finds some shimmering, personalities. . . . His book is excellent. ' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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About the book

Author

Peter Raby

Imprint

Vintage Digital

Collection

n.c

Publication date

2012-03-31

Pages

288 pages

Print ISBN

9780712673921

Language

English

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EAN EPUB

9781446499177

Price

£8.99

Copy count 28

Print count 28

File size 5816 Ko

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Peter Raby

Peter Raby lectures in Drama and English at Homerton College, Cambridge. His books include Fair Ophelia: A Life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz, Oscar Wilde, and the highly acclaimed biography Samuel Butler. He lives with his wife and family in a village on the edge of the fens.

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