![]() Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty and barely suppressed envy. Luckily Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly, intelligent Elizabeth Philpot, a middle class spinster who is also fossil obsessed. Even nature is a threat, throwing bitter cold, storms, and landslips at her. ![]() ![]() In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is soon reduced to a serving role, facing prejudice from the academic community, vicious gossip from neighbours, and the heartbreak of forbidden love. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world's creation and stimulating debate over our origins. From the moment she?s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£15.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. ![]() ![]() First edition, first impression with '1' on the copy right page. ![]()
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