A Chapter of Life
The Confined Years
She grew up shut away on the top floor of a London house.
Taught by governesses, kept from other children, watched over long into adulthood. These were the confined years — and the secret world she built inside them.
The Secret Journal: Sixteen Years in CodeFor sixteen years Beatrix Potter kept a journal in a secret code — 200,000 private words no one could read until years after her death.What Beatrix Potter's Journal Reveals: Art, Politics and a Watchful EyeDecoded at last, Beatrix Potter's journal reveals a sharp, funny eye on Gladstone, Millais, and everyone who crossed her path.