Remarkable creatures
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A stunning novel of female friendship, forbidden love and evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
‘It is a stunning story, compassionately reimagined’ Guardian
Tracy Chevalier’s stunning novel of how one woman’s gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century.
A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.
In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye…
From the moment she’s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world’s creation and stimulating debate over our origins. In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is soon reduced to a serving role, facing prejudice from the academic community, vicious gossip from neighbours, and the heartbreak of forbidden love. Even nature is a threat, throwing bitter cold, storms, and landslips at her.
Luckily Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly, intelligent Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster who is also fossil-obsessed. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty and barely suppressed envy. Despite their differences in age and background, Mary and Elizabeth discover that, in struggling for recognition, friendship is their strongest weapon.
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Prijs:
Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 februari 2010
Aantal pagina's: 352
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Tracy Chevalier
Hoofduitgeverij: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 132 mm
Product hoogte: 27 mm
Product lengte: 197 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 29 mm
Verpakking lengte: 201 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 244 g
EAN: 9780007178384