A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer by Jenny Uglow #foliosociety Marianne is fifteen when she

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A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer by Jenny Uglow #foliosociety Marianne is fifteen when sheIn 1781, Gilbert White was a humble country curate. He was also halfway to completing his path breaking The Natural History of Selborne. No one had written like this before, with such close observation, humour, and sympathy. His spellbinding book has remained in print ever since, treasured by generations of readers. It would lead many to consider him 'the father of ecology'. Jenny Uglow illuminates this quirky, warm hearted man. Tracing a single year