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A pelican in the wilderness : hermits, solitaries and recluses / Isabel Colegate.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : HarperCollins, 2003.Description: xix, 284 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780006531883 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.4 21
LOC classification:
  • BJ1499.S65 C65 2003
Summary: 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.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 291.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R13569L0499

Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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