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

By:

Colegate, Isabel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : HarperCollins, 2003.Description: xix, 284 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780006531883 (pbk.) :

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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

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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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