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A vivid and fascinating novel about an extraordinary woman. Fiona mountain audio books, best sellers, author bio. One of the great natural scientists of her age, eleanor glanville was a woman ahead of her timethe beautiful daughter of a seventeenthcentury puritan nobleman whose unconventional passions scandalized society. Lady of the butterflies book tacoma public library. Lady of the butterflies is based on the true story of lady eleanor glanville, the first female butterfly collector. It is well known that lust brings madness and desperation and ruin.
Her life was marked by two reckless preoccupations. The lady of the butterflies audiobook by fiona mountain. Fiona mountain the story of eleanor glanville, the beautiful daughter of a seventeenthcentury puritan. Though having enjoyed writing the mysteries, lady of the butterflies, published in 2009, marks her permanent return to historical fiction. Daughter of a landowner, eleanor grows up not just admiring the natural beauty of the marshy moors around her but also observing and collecting specimens according to the latest scientific methods. Her longing for color and brightness leads to an obsession with butterflies as well as to an illicit passion for charismatic but troubled richard glanville. Lady of the butterflies by fiona mountain tell me a. I also love historical fiction, and it did not disappoint. Aug 11, 2009 lady of the butterflies fiona mountain this is the story of eleanor glanville, daughter of a puritan nobleman on the marshlands of england. Lady of the butterflies by fiona mountain historical novels info.
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Isabella, the love story of the mutiny on the bounty, set in the lake district, lady of the butterflies, cavalier queen and a series featuring genealogist natasha blake. Eleanor grew up on the moors in somerset, and was made heiress of tickenham court at her puritan fathers death. Eleanors life is one of personal upheaval and her story is set. Her books include bloodline, lady of the butterflies, and pale as. On the ancient marshlands of somerset a place of mists and magic a girl grows up in the shadow of the english civil war, knowing that one day she will inherit the rich estate which belonged to her late mother. Fiona mountain is the author of isabella, pale as the dead, and bloodline, which won the prestigious mary higgins clark award.
She moved to the cotswolds to write novels and renovate a seventeenth century house with musician husband tim mountain and produced three sons, one daughter and five books. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Richard, the son of an exiled cavalier, embodies all that eleanor had been taught to despise and distrust, but. Lady of the butterflies is a fascinating historical novel capturing the life of eleanor glanville, a woman of terrific scientific discipline and worldly passion. Lady of the butterflies by mountain, fiona and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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