A review by georgina_bawden
The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

DNF - I read about half of this and I have to admit it zipped along, but it's been a while since I've tried to read a straightforward biography and I found it quite boring. Humboldt did this thing! Then he did this thing! Then he did something else! An interesting figure somewhat lost to modern English speaking history but I don't think I'm a biography sort of person.