A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries and Recluses
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries and Recluses
By (Author) Isabel Colegate
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
13th May 2003
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and ethical issues
Religious life and practice
291.447
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
221g
Description
A man that studies Happiness must sit alone like a Sparrow upon the House Top, and like a Pelican in the Wilderness Thomas Traherne. Celebrated novelist Isabel Colegate explores the lives and works of those who've followed the call of solitude, from Lao Tzu and the Desert Fathers to Wordsworth and Thoreau.
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Author Bio
Isabel Colegate is the author of many bestselling books including THE ORLANDO TRILOGY, AGATHA, A GLIMPSE OF SION'S GLORY, WINTER JOURNEY and THE SHOOTING PARTY. She reviews both fiction and non-fiction for the Daily Telegraph, TLS, the Spectator, Washington Post, New York Times as well as writing travel articles for the Independent, Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. She has appeared on a number of radio and television programmes. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1981and given an honorary degree by the University of Bath in 1988.
