| "Fiona Mountain is a major new talent in the field of historical fiction." Alison Weir |
On the ancient marshlands of Somerset - a place of mists and magic - a girl grows up in the shadow of the English Civil War, knowing that one day she will inherit the rich estate which belonged to her late mother. Her father, a stern but loving Puritan, once a distinguished soldier in Cromwell's army, fears for his daughter in the poisonous aftermath of the war, and for her vulnerability as an heiress. But above all he fears and misunderstands her scientific passion for butterflies. The girl is Eleanor Glanville, destined to become one of the most famous entomologists in history, bequeathing her name to the rare butterfly which she discovered, the Glanville Fritillary. But not before she had endured a life of quite extraordinary vicissitude. Two marriages and an all-consuming love, which proved her undoing, a deep friendship with one of the great scientists of the day and finally, a trial for lunacy (on the grounds that no sane person would pursue butterflies). The dramatic events of her life are played out against the violent events of the Monmouth Rebellion and the vicious controversy over whether or not to drain the Somerset marshes (what is now the M5 motorway runs across Kings Sedgemoor Drain - one of the first great ditches which reclaimed the land for farming and destroyed this precious natural habitat).
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Used availability for Fiona Mountain's Lady of the Butterflies
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Hardback Editions
January 2011 : Hardback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies (Thorndike Press Large Print Reviewers' Choice) Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-4104-3317-X / 978-1-4104-3317-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 0-399-15636-4 / 978-0-399-15636-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Hardback
| Title: LADY OF THE BUTTERFLIES Author(s): FIONA MOUNTAIN Publisher: PUTNAM Availability: Amazon More details... |
Hardback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-84809-163-X / 9781848091634 (UK edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain Publisher: Berkley Trade Availability: Amazon More details... |
July 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 0-425-24117-3 / 978-0-425-24117-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Trade Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Rebel Heiress Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-84809-165-6 / 9781848091658 (UK edition) Publisher: Arrow Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-84809-164-8 / 9781848091641 (UK edition) Publisher: Preface Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Signed Edition Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-84841-528-1 / 9781848415287 (UK edition) Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
July 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies: A Novel Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-4001-4752-2 / 978-1-4001-4752-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies: A Novel Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-4001-1752-6 / 978-1-4001-1752-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2010 : MP3 CD
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies: A Novel Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-4001-6752-3 / 978-1-4001-6752-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2009 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 0-7531-4963-X / 978-0-7531-4963-8 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 0-7531-4964-8 / 978-0-7531-4964-5 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 0-7531-4965-6 / 978-0-7531-4965-2 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
July 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 2010 : Unknown
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Fiona Mountain ISBN: 1-61657-287-6 / 9781616572877 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Lady of the Butterflies Author(s): Fiona Mountain Publisher: Preface Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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