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A Rum Affair

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A Rum Affair

A True Story of Botanical Fraud
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In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory: that vegetation on the islands off the west coast of Scotland had survived the last Ice Age. His premise flew in the face of what most botanists believed - that no plants had survived the 10,000-year period of extreme cold. But Heslop Harrison had proof - the plants and grasses found on the isle of Rum.Harrison didn't anticipate, however, an amateur botanist called John Raven, who boldly questioned whether these grasses were truly indigenous to the area, or whether they had been transported there. This is the story of what happened when a tenacious amateur set out to find out the truth, and how he uncovered a most extraordinary fraud.

Author Biography:

Karl Sabbagh is a writer, journalist and TV producer. He is the author of a dozen books, including The Living Body (with Christian Barnaard), Power into Art and Palestine: A Personal Journey.Adam Nicolson has worked as a journalist for The Sunday Times, the Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Telegraph, and writes regularly for National Geographic Magazine. He has written a number of highly acclaimed books including Sea Room.
Release date NZ
June 20th, 2016
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Foreword by Adam Nicholson
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
8 Plates, black and white
Imprint
Birlinn Ltd
Pages
288
Publisher
Birlinn General
Dimensions
130x195x20
ISBN-13
9781780273860
Product ID
24547673

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