Piers Torday

The lonely passion of Beatrix Potter

Her solitary childhood at least honed her gifts as an artist and naturalist. But she seems to have lost heart with The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots

  • Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter

    Matthew Dennison

    Head of Zeus, pp. 304

  • The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots

    Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

    Frederick Warne, pp. 72

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