Butterfly cooing like a dove by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Miri

Butterfly cooing like a dove by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Miri

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Exploring the significance of butterflies and doves through history, art and literature, including the writings of, amongst others, Pliny, Shelley and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, this book is interwoven with the author's feelings for her own home, gardens, children and animals.

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Butterfly cooing like a dove by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Miri

Following the significance of wings through history, art and literature, this book explores the butterfly's roles in the writings of Pliny, the poetry of Shelley and the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, amongst others. The author follows the commercial routes of the silkworm in Japan and tells war stories of the message-bearing doves in ancient Greece and Rome. On a more personal level, the book is interwoven with her feelings for her own home, gardens, children and animals. Dame Miriam Rothschild is an eminent zoologist and campaigner for such issues as wild-flower preservation. She has also written a biography of her uncle, Dear Lord Rothschild.
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ISBN 13 9780385269155
ISBN 10 0385269153
Title Butterfly cooing like a dove
Author Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Miri
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published 1991-05-23
Number of pages 249
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.