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Biography
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Wild
and Fearless:
The Life of Margaret Fountaine
Natascha Scott-Stokes
The
appearance of Margaret Fountaine’s diaries in 1978
led to a publishing sensation.
Love Among the Butterflies recorded the activities and private
passions of a Victorian vicar’s daughter from Norfolk
who became one of the foremost entomologists of her day. Although
the public was captivated by Fountaine’s unorthodox private
life, she has never been given serious consideration for her
work, nor has a biography been written until now.
Natascha Scott-Stokes draws on a wealth of new material
to tell Fountaine’s remarkable story. A passionate lover
and fearless spirit, Margaret Fountaine was a true individualist
whose life was founded upon her idiosyncratic determination
to pursue her work. Tempestuous love affairs with men from
around the world aside, Fountaine can be counted as a pioneering
traveller who considered the effects of tourism on native populations
before anyone else and developed ideas of sustainable research
whilst others were culling species for the world’s museums.
Time will tell whether Margaret Fountaine is to be ranked
among the world’s finest naturalists, but readers will
find it as easy as always to fall under the spell of this
great English eccentric.
• This is the first ever biography of Margaret
Fountaine
• Uncovers substantial new source material never before published
• Contains unpublished photographs and artwork
• Fountaine's diaries Love Among the Butterflies have sold widely
around the world
• The author is a renowned adventurer and travel writer
NATASCHA SCOTT-STOKES became the first
woman to travel the length of the Amazon river alone in 1989.
She has published three books about her extensive travels
and has contributed to Rough Guides and Cadogan Books. Wild
and Fearless is her first biography.
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