Beatrix Potter Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman

Dec 1, 2025 6:19 AM

Author:Judy Taylor,Patricia Routledge

The downloadable audiobook edition of Judy Taylor's classic biography, Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman, read by the actress Patricia Routledge.

Starting with the publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, Beatrix Potter went on to become one of the world's most successful children's authors. This illustrated biographical eBook takes the reader through the whole of her life, from her Victorian childhood in London to her final years farming in the Lake District. Regarded as a standard work on Beatrix Potter's life, this work has been updated regularly to include fresh material and previously unpublished photographs that have come to light as interest in Beatrix Potter continues to grow.

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—— The Gazoo's Gazette

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—— The Daily Ning Nang Nong

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—— The Queen of Hearts

If you're feeling low, this book'll cheer you up big time

—— Mizz

This book will get drawn all over and it will be absolutely adored. It hugely encourages a child’s creativity and really brings books to life

—— Becky Goddard-Hill , family-budgeting.co.uk

This is a brave and successful attempt to help readers understand a complex, topical situation in our real world

—— The Bookseller

Thought-provoking book with sensitivity, wit and warmth . . . Its admirable message comes wrapped in a fast-paced and exciting adventure story populated with well-rounded characters

—— Irish Times

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