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The Naturalist of Amsterdam

The Naturalist of Amsterdam

by Melissa Ashley

Format
Hardcover
Category
Fiction
Publisher
Affirm Press
Publish Date
October 2023

Another rich and sumptuously told tale based on the life of artist Dorothea Graff, from award-winning and bestselling author of The Birdman's Wife and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Melissa Ashley. Set in 1700s Amsterdam and the wilds of the South American jungle, it charts the creation of one of the most famous works by a female artist of all time: The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname.

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