Books by Molly Peacock
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English
review 1: What a pleasure to revisit the extraordinary work of Mrs. Delany! Molly Peacock does a first-rate job in this biography of the inventor of "paper mosaicks," i.e., the most extraordinary botanical renderings ever, assembled with tiny bits of colored paper. Starting at age 72, Mrs....
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English
review 1: well...this was not at all what i thought it would be. i was absolutely fascinated and engaged with the life, story and art of mary delany. but i was really not engaged with (or interested in) author molly peacock's memoir-ish insertions of herself into delay's biography. for me...