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A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back two thousand years to rescue from obscurity Aristotle's friend and Chaucer's inspiration, the forgotten philosopher who grandfathered botany and the English novel.

A propos de l'auteur

Laura Beatty is the author of two novels, two biographies and a genre-defying book (part travel, part memoir, part fiction) about a road trip across Europe. Her first novel, Pollard, won the Authors' Club First Novel Award as well as being shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize. She lives in Bath.

Résumé

A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back two thousand years to rescue from obscurity Aristotle's friend and Chaucer's inspiration, the forgotten philosopher who grandfathered botany and the English novel.

Préface

A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back two thousand years to rescue from obscurity Aristotle's friend and Chaucer's inspiration, the forgotten philosopher who grandfathered botany and the English novel.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Laura Beatty, Beatty Laura
• Edition: Atlantic Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 05.05.2022
• EAN: 9781838954369
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-436-9
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art; Biography: literary, PHILOSOPHY / General, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, TRAVEL / Europe / Greece, SCIENCE / Natural History, Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Social and cultural anthropology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500