Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood by Gwen Raverat vividly evokes a bygone era, recorded with an artist's careful eye; this book is a classic memoir from the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin.
Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) was the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. In 1911 she married the French painter Jacques Raverat, and she was an artist, illustrator and wood engraver in her own right. She published her memoir, Period Piece, in 1952.
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