Remarkable Creatures - Hardcover

Chevalier, Tracy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525951458 ISBN 13: 9780525951452

Publisher: E P Dutton, 2010

Synopsis

Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, Mary Anning discovers a fossilized skeleton near her 19th-century home that triggers attacks on her character and upheavals throughout the religious, scientific and academic communities. By the best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.

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Review:

Praise for Remarkable Creatures

‘It is a stunning story, compassionately reimagined’
Guardian

‘Chevalier recently stated that making fossils sexy was one of her chief aims in writing Remarkable Creatures. With this very entertaining book, she has certainly succeeded’
Telegraph

‘Very entertaining and informative’
The Times

‘The backdrop of shifting evolutionary ideas finds a rueful echo in Chevalier’s tender portrayal of two extraordinary women who refuse to be constrained by society’
Sunday Telegraph

‘An enthralling novel of female friendship and fossil hunting.’
Woman and Home

‘An extraordinary tale about two 19th century women who attempt to alter ideas about creationism with their discoveries of dinosaur fossils’
Daily Mirror

‘Involving themes of friendship and the hidden world of women as much as the excitement of discovering the fossils’ significance, Remarkable Creatures is itself a find’
Metro

‘Chevalier shows her skill for working history’s lost individuals into far-reaching fiction’
Good Housekeeping

About the Author:

Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of five previous novels, including Girl With the Pearl Earring and Burning Bright.

About this edition

• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0525951458
• ISBN 13: 9780525951452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312