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THE MAN WHO ATE BLUEBOTTLES: AND OTHER GREAT BRITISH ECCENTRICS
Catherine Caufield
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Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Till, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Until he ate a bluebottle, William Buckland had always maintained that the taste of mole was the most repulsive he knew. But that was before he ate the embalmed heart of Louis XVI. Lord Monboddo believed that babies are born with tails, and was a careful observer at the births of his own children - but in each case the midwife outwitted him and managed to destroy the evidence. The Comtesse de Noailles was a keen believer in the benefits of fresh air and methane gas, keeping cows tethered near her open windows so that she could enjoy ... Read more
Until he ate a bluebottle, William Buckland had always maintained that the taste of mole was the most repulsive he knew. But that was before he ate the embalmed heart of Louis XVI. Lord Monboddo believed that babies are born with tails, and was a careful observer at the births of his own children - but in each case the midwife outwitted him and managed to destroy the evidence. The Comtesse de Noailles was a keen believer in the benefits of fresh air and methane gas, keeping cows tethered near her open windows so that she could enjoy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840466973
SKU
V9781840466973
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99-50
About Catherine Caufield
Catherine Caufield is a writer and environmentalist. She has written for New Scientist, London Review of Books, the New Yorker and the Guardian.
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