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Title: His Imperial Majesty: A Natural History of the Purple Emperor
Author: OATES MATTHEW
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 21/07/2020
Imprint: BLOOMSBURY
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
The Purple Emperor is our most elusive and least-known butterfly. We glimpse it only through fissures in its tree top world, yet this giant insect has fascinated us for centuries. This must be England’s national butterfly.
Matthew Oates has spent fifty years trying to unravel the Emperor’s secrets. Many mysteries remain unsolved, but enough are revealed in this book to enable experts and non-experts alike to go out in search of a butterfly that thrills and enthrals all who encounter it.
This is a good-news species, at a time of massive wildlife decline. And this is a joyous o often rapturous o account, written in plain English, as a labour of love.
ISBN: 9781472950123
Pages: 432