Carolyn Fry
Autor de The Plant Hunters: The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers
Obras de Carolyn Fry
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Ocupaciones
- writer
journalist - Premios y honores
- Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Miembros
- 165
- Popularidad
- #128,476
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 24
- Idiomas
- 5
Second - it's really well researched, although it does lack a citation / notes section at the end, an unfortunate oversight.
Also unfortunate is the writing. It's dry. So, so dry. Think academic history text dry. If I had to guess, I'd say it's a case of severe editing; trying to pack huge chunks of history into small 1-2 page sections. The result is a litany of names and dates guaranteed to make the most interested eyes droop.
Luckily, the illustrations go a long way towards perking up a reader's attention.… (más)