Andrea Wulf's Blog, page 31

Evening Standard: London's Bestsellers

What a lovely surprise in yesterday's Evening Standard.

The Invention of Nature on number 4 - in my hometown, no less ...

 

Huffington Post: The Invention of Nature

���Astonishing new book ��� Reading this book, you will find out-- in sumptuous, finely written detail--why Humboldt was so highly regarded by these and many, many other contemporaries ��� Andrea Wulf's book is a paragon of research, thoughtfulness, considerable humor and fine writing. Her accomplishment in explaining this remarkable man to us is to be congratulated.��� ��� Huffington Post

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Guardian: History writing male preserve

Here is an article in the Guardian about a study that reveals just how male���orientated history writing still is. Really shocking to read the numbers. ���Women are allowed to write about, well, women,��� said Imogen Robertson, chair of the Historical Writers��� Association in the UK.

I have often been asked (sometimes accused) why I DON���T write about woman ��� so, I���m feeling a little vindicated here because the article ends with this paragraph:

���But both authors and publishers highlighted Andrea Wulf���s biography of Alexander Humboldt, The Invention of Nature. ���We���re discussing this just days after [she] has won the Costa biography award,��� said Robertson, ���so perhaps there is hope���.���

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Review of John Dvorak's The Last Volcano in WSJ

Here is my review John Dvorak's book 'The Last Volcano'

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Berliner Zeitung: The Invention of Nature

Here is the front page of the Berliner Zeitung and the first bit of German publicity (book is only published in September in Germany).

For those who can read German

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BBC Radio 4 Front Row: Interview Costa Biography Award 2015

John Wilson interviewed me on Front Row about 'The Invention of Nature'.

click here for BBC Radio 4 website 

And download the podcast here - my interview starts at 8min 20sec.

BBC Radio 4 FrontRow

 

 

Shepherd Express: The Invention of Nature

���The Invention of Nature is everything a biography should be: grounded in scholarship, elegantly composed, telling a life���s story in the context of the subject���s era and through his accomplishments��� [it] is one of 2015���s finest books on science��� ��� Shepherd Express (Milwaukee)

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Winner Costa Biography Award 2015

'The Invention of Nature' is the winner of the Costa Biography Award 2015 - yah! 

click here for Costa Award website and see below my favourite tweet ... from my fabulous literary agency Conville & Walsh

and a nice article in the Daily Telegraph click here

Joyce Carol Oates tweets about Invention of Nature

Okay, that's me showing off ... but look at this:

The Atlantic Monthly: The Forgotten Father of Environmentalism

Here is the first of my monthly columns on the history of science for The Atlantic Monthly ... of course I started with Humboldt.

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