Kedrun LaurieKEDRUN LAURIE studied French and English Literature at Girton College, Cambridge and went on to become Assistant Curator of the Geffrye Museum in London. She subsequently worked for some years as a consultant on the restoration of historic parks and ardens. After moving to Belgium in 1989 she received her doctorate from King's College London with a thesis examining how the humanitarian concerns of the Victorian era changed the way we in which we write about nature. She now works as an independent scholar in France and publishes on the art and literature of the late nineteenth century. Read More Read Less