Gilbert White : a biography of the author of The natural history of Selborne

This is to accompany a major BBC TV series on the naturalist Gilbert White, the award-winning biography by the best-selling nature author.

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology.

In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.