Remarkable creatures
Chevalier, Tracy2014
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Mary Anning may be young and uneducated, but she has 'the eye'. Scouring the windswept Jurassic coast near Lyme Regis, she finds fossils nobody else can, making discoveries that will shake the scientific world of the early 19th century. But science is a male-dominated arena, and there are many who disapprove... She finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot: unmarried, middle-aged and middle class, and a fellow fossil enthusiast. If they can weather differences in their age and standing, and overcome professional envy, will true friendship prove the rarest find of all?
Main title:
Remarkable creatures / Tracy Chevalier.
Author:
Chevalier, Tracy, author
Imprint:
London : The Borough Press, 2009.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2009.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780007178384 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 -- FictionPhilpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857 -- FictionFossils -- England -- Lyme Regis -- FictionFossils -- Collection and preservation -- England -- Lyme Regis -- FictionDiscoveries in science -- History -- 19th century -- FictionFemale friendship -- FictionSocial classes -- England -- FictionBiographical fictionHistorical
BRN:
969764
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