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Walter Rothschild: The Man, the Museum and the Menagerie

This compelling biography reveals the extraordinary life of Walter Rothschild – the best known zoologist of his day and one of Britain’s great eccentrics.

Author: Miriam Rothschild

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Walter Rothschild: The Man, the Museum and the Menagerie

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Born into what was one of the wealthiest families in the world, he amassed the largest single accumulation of zoological specimens ever collected by one person. Walter’s life traversed the fields of politics and finance as well as zoology and was packed with both achievements and incident. With the help of evocative photographs Miriam Rothschild has produced an absorbing narrative which reveals the complexities and conflicts this remarkable man faced during his life.

The book was originally published in hardback under the title Dear Lord Rothschild: Birds, Butterflies and History.

Published by the Natural History Museum.

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