Product Description

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote 'The Natural History of Selborne' (1789), he created one of the greatest and influential natural history works, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. This biography tells the story of this clergyman.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #284021 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

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Review
"Enthralling... an excellent evocation of White and his times which certainly deserves a place beside the original work" Alan Sillitoe, Sunday Times "His evocation of the landscape is brilliant. We seem to be jogging down those deeply rutted lanes behind the parson looking over his shoulder.' Times Educational Supplement"

About the Author
Richard Mabey is one of Britain's foremost writers on the subject of nature. He is the author of Flora Britannica, which won the British Book Awards' Illustrated Book of the Year, and Birds Britannica (Chatto, 2005) and he wrote, narrated and produced the popular BBC TV series Postcards from the Country in 1996. He writes a regular column for BBC Wildlife magazine and has written on nature for The Times, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. He lives in Norfolk.