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Book SynopsisFrank Buckland was an extraordinary man – surgeon, natural historian, popular lecturer, bestselling writer, museum curator, and a conservationist before the concept even existed.
Eccentric, revolutionary, prolific, he was one of the nineteenth century’s most improbable geniuses. His lifelong passion was to discover new ways to feed the hungry. Rhinoceros, crocodile, puppy-dog, giraffe, kangaroo, bear and panther all had their chance to impress, but what finally - and, eventually, fatally - obsessed him was fish.
Forgotten now, he was one of the most original, far-sighted and influential natural scientists of his time, held as high in public esteem as his great philosophical enemy, Charles Darwin.
Trade ReviewHugely entertaining. * Jeremy Paxman *
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tumultuously entertaining biography… [An]
irresistibly engaging book. * Sunday Times *
A rollicking ride through eccentric Victorian England.
Frank Buckland is the most engaging of subjects...Girling's infectious enthusiasm for his subject shines through * The Times *
Girling brings to
rip-roaring life a fascinating Victorian figure of whom few have ever heard;
I so wish I could invite Frank Buckland over for dinner. -- Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale
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irresistibly engaging account of the life of the David Attenborough of the Victorian era. * Sunday Times *
