I edited a wonderful volume of Humboldt's selected writings for the Everyman's Library. For those of you who want to read Humboldt's own words.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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BOOKS
The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt's New World (published in the UK and the US in 2015 and in 21 other countries in 2016/17).
click here for The Invention of Nature reviews
Chasing Venus. The Race to Measure the Heavens (2012 published in the UK, US, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Brazil.
click here for Chasing Venus reviews
The Founding Gardeners. The Revolutionary Generation and the Shaping of the American Nation (2011, published by Knopf and William Heinemann)
Click here for Founding Gardeners reviews
The Brother Gardeners. Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
UK paperback February 2009
Winner of American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
US edition 30 March 2009
This Other Eden Seven Great Gardens and Three Hundred Years of English History
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ANDREA WULF
- I trained as a design historianat the Royal College of Art in London and I'm a full-time writer. I’m the author of five books and have written for the Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times, and LA Times. I also write book reviews New York Times Sunday Book Review and the Wall Street Journal. I was the 2013 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence. My latest book is "The Invention of Nature". I lecture widely across the world. Click here for a short bio. Contact: andrea (at) andreawulf.com
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