Date: 24 December 2009
The study of insects was considered either lunacy or satanic rural Somerset in the late1600s, but in London, entomology was just emerging as a field of study. Eleanor Glanville has been entranced by butterflies since she was a child. She learns to catch, display and study them much
to the disgust of her tenants. This book is a great portrayal of Restoration England with ongoing tensions between Puritan and Cavalier, suspision of Catholics and the possible draining of marshland which would destroy both habitat and the livelihood of sedge cutters and eelers.
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