{"product_id":"rainbow-dust-three-centuries-of-delight-in-british-butterflies-9781784703189","title":"Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuch more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies \u003ci\u003eRainbow Dust\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the author's own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy, Peter Marren considers the special place of the butterfly in art, literature, advertising and science, and, latterly, our attempts to conserve them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRainbow Dust\u003c\/i\u003e takes in the controversy over collecting, the women who studied them and the curious details that lead to butterflies being feared as well as loved. \u003cb\u003eThis is a celebration of butterflies\u003c\/b\u003e; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA scholarly and captivating excursion into the history of natural history, further enlivened by vivid portraits of some of the butterfly enthusiasts of the past -- Michael McCarthy * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eNever again will this reader, at least, take a butterfly for granted… Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, Rainbow Dust is a truly marvellous book -- Sophia Waugh, 5 stars * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eIn Peter Marren Britain’s butterflies have found their champion. Is \u003ci\u003eRainbow Dust\u003c\/i\u003e worth a flutter? Oh, absolutely -- John Lewis-Stempel * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e[A] superbly distilled statement on our national obsession with butterflies -- Mark Cocker * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eWhether you know a lot or a little about butterflies, this is an essential read -- Peter Forbes * Independant *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ei: Introduction: The Painted Lady\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.: Meeting the Butterfly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.: Chasing the Clouded Yellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.: Graylings: The Birthday of a Passion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4.: Gatekeepers: Collecting with Jean Froissart, John Fowles and Vladimir Nabokov\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.: Lady Glanville's Fritillary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6.: At the Sign of the Chequered Skipper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7.: The Golden Hog or The Wonderful Names of Butterflies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8.: Seeing Red: The Admiral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9.: Fire and Brimstone: Butterflies and the Imagination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10.: Silver Washes and Pearl Borders: Painting Butterflies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11.: Endgame: The Large Blue and Other Dropouts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12.: The Wall or How to Save a Butterfly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13.: Envoi: Aurora or the Daughter of Dawn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eii: Appendix: British Butterflies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eiii: Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eiv: Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ev: Acknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evi: Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516077171031,"sku":"9781784703189","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rainbow-dust-three-centuries-of-delight-in-british-butterflies-9781784703189","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}