A Year with Gilbert White : The First Great Nature Writer - Jenny Uglow Genre:Art forms unpredictable and frequently laugh-out-loud funny

unpredictable and frequently laugh-out-loud funny

Devastatingly plotted

In exchange for its freedom

ruled the galaxy with an iron fist

clever storytelling' Ella Ward

A Year with Gilbert White : The First Great Nature Writer - Jenny Uglow Genre:Art forms unpredictable and frequently laugh-out-loud funnyUglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.' GUARDIAN'Few can match Uglow's skill at conjuring up a scene, or illuminating a character.' SUNDAY TIMES'Charming . . . Like Radio 4's shipping forecast for naturalists.' Andrea Wulf, FINANCIAL TIMES'A glorious celebration of curiosity and nature.' OBSERVERA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, THE SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER AND NEW STATESMANIn 1781, Gilbert White was a country curate, living in the