Mr. Mauve

[Dave Monroe]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> March 12, 1838: William Henry Perkin is born.
>
> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/03/dayintech_0312

Simon Garfield
Mauve
How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring02/032313.htm

Simon Garfield

Mauve

[...]

The extract is from Chapter 3, when Perkin makes his breakthrough.

The Audio clip is of Tom Baker reading the first section on BBC Radio
4, a Watershed production produced by Chris Wallis.

http://www.simongarfield.com/pages/books/mauve.htm