Recently I made three book purchases, all by the same
author. These are not newly published
books, or even new copies of said books, but books I saw on my parents' shelves
growing up, and now I am a grown-up, thought I should own too.
Shall I reveal what they are?
Yes, I've been buying books by the wonderfully talented
Edith Holden. Did you know that she
went got a scholarship to the Birmingham School of Art? How difficult must that have been for a
woman in the Victorian era?
Tragically she died in 1920 at only 49 years old, whilst
trying to break off a bough of chestnut buds reaching out over a backwater of
the Thames. She fell into the water and
drowned.
Thankfully her books live on, and her illustrations are just
as wonderful today as they were then.
G x
I only have one of these, Nature Notes, and didn't even know the third one existed, but they are beautiful books that are so beautifully illustrated and written aren't they! xx
ReplyDeletethats so sad but very interesting!
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I love those books Ginny - they were part of my childhood too - but I never knew how she died. I'd love to have met her! Jane x
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten just how beautiful they were x
ReplyDeleteYes these are lovely books, my mum has them I think..xxx
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