Download or read book The Tale of Beatrix Potter written by Margaret Lane and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Beatrix Potter died, few people knew the full story of her life. Margaret Lane's remarkable piece of literary detective work, originally published only three years after Beatrix's death, told her story for the first time. Extensively revised in 1985 to include new material that had come to light, and now available in this eBook format, it remains essential reading for anyone interested in the background to the author of the famous Peter Rabbit Tales.