Beatrix Potter's Journal

Dec 1, 2025 6:19 AM

Author:Beatrix Potter

Between the ages of 15 and 30 Beatrix Potter kept a secret diary written in code. When the code was cracked by Leslie Linder more than 20 years after her death, the diary revealed a remarkable picture of upper middle-class life in late Victorian Britain. The original diaries run to over 200,000 words so for this edition Glen Cavaliero has made a careful selection of complete entries and excerpts which provide an illuminating insight into the personality and inspiration of one of the world's best loved children's authors.

Reviews

Complete collywobbles!

—— The Gazoo's Gazette

Bong! Boo! Ping! Clang!

—— The Daily Ning Nang Nong

Nonsense! Off with their heads!

—— 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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