The Lunar Men by Jenny Uglow
Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s.
Jenny Uglow grew up in Cumbria and now works in publishing. Her books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. The Lunar Men, published in 2002, was described by Richard Holmes as 'an extraordinarily gripping account', while Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, won the National Arts Writers Award for 2007 and A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize. Her most recent book In These Times, a comprehensive history of the home front during the Napoleonic Wars, was described as 'a remarkable book written by an award-winning historian at the peak of her powers'. She lives in Canterbury.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571216109 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571216102 |
| Title | The Lunar Men |
| Author | Jenny Uglow |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2003-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Prizes | Winner of PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2003, Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Biography) 2002 |
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