A pelican in the wilderness : hermits, solitaries and recluses
Colegate, Isabel2003
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The quest for solitude dates back to ancient times, with roots in Chinese, Indian and Western philosophies. Isabel Colegate looks at the lives and habitations of solitaries, male and female, past and present, holy, picturesque or merely eccentric.
Main title:
A pelican in the wilderness : hermits, solitaries and recluses / Isabel Colegate.
Author:
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 2003.
Collation:
xix, 284 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2002.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
00065318819780006531883
Dewey class:
291.4'47
Language:
English
BRN:
259654
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