The Peppered Moth

The Peppered Moth

Hardback (05 Jan 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Peppered Moth explores inheritance, DNA, the individual's place in history and fate. It begins with Bessie Bawtry, a small child living in Yorkshire in 1905, and ends with her granddaughter, listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance.

About the Publisher

Viking

Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carr?, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm T?ib?n, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670894000
Publisher: Viking
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 391
Weight: 609g
Height: 225mm
Width: 143mm
Spine width: 37mm