Lady of the Butterflies/ More About Eleanor Glanville (1654-1708)
- Publisher : Preface Publishing
- Published In : London
Description:
A novel based on the real life of Eleanor Glanville who was destined to become one of the most famous entomologists in history, bequeathing her name to the rare butterfly which she discovered, the Glanville Fritillary. But not before she had endured a life of quite extraordinary vicissitude. Two marriages and an all-consuming love, which proved her undoing, a deep friendship with one of the great scientists of the day and finally, a trial for lunacy (on the grounds that no sane person would pursue butterflies) all played out against the violent events of the Monmouth Rebellion and the vicious controversy over whether or not to drain the Somerset marshes.
A short biographical paper, More About Eleanor Glanville by W.S. Bristoew, reprinted from Entomologist's Gazette Vol. 26 1975 loosely inserted.
Condition
Vg, light crease to spine.
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